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Baroqueswing Vol. III

Charl du Plessis Trio

Released
2018
Label
Claves
Forces
Piano, Trio
Personnel
Charl du Plessis piano, Werner Spies bass, Hugo Radyn drums

Two melodies on the album reached modern listeners through Anna Magdalena Bach’s notebook, but had rather different lives before they got there.

“Bist du bei mir” began as an aria in Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel’s lost opera Diomedes, while the famous Minuet was long credited to Bach because its appearance in the notebook was its best-known source.

In the 1970s, scholars matched it to a harpsichord suite by Christian Petzold and corrected the attribution.

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The classical side contains only the source pieces used on the album, in album order. The jazz side presents the complete album whenever a dependable copy can be embedded.

The originalsVivaldi, J.S. Bach, Stölzel, Petzold, Rodrigo · classical source works

The listening queues above follow the same order. The classical player omits tracks that are not based on a classical original.

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Source works

The album’s complete track listing, with each classical source identified and original compositions marked plainly.

  1. I. AllegroVivaldi: The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto in F major, Op. 8 No. 3, RV 293 ‘Autumn’: I. Allegro
  2. II. Adagio moltoVivaldi: The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto in F major, Op. 8 No. 3, RV 293 ‘Autumn’: II. Adagio molto
  3. III. AllegroVivaldi: The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto in F major, Op. 8 No. 3, RV 293 ‘Autumn’: III. Allegro
  4. Waltz Sum MoreOriginal composition by Charl du Plessis
  5. Pay With SambaOriginal composition by Charl du Plessis
  6. I. VivaceBach: Concerto for Two Violins in D minor, BWV 1043: I. Vivace
  7. II. Largo ma non tantoBach: Concerto for Two Violins in D minor, BWV 1043: II. Largo ma non tanto
  8. III. AllegroBach: Concerto for Two Violins in D minor, BWV 1043: III. Allegro
  9. Bach & Friends Jazz Suite: I. Wachet Auf und Ruft uns die StimmeBach: Cantata ‘Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme’, BWV 140: IV. ‘Zion hört die Wächter singen’ (also arranged by Bach as Schübler Chorale BWV 645)
  10. Bach & Friends Jazz Suite: II. Take the A TrainNon-classical source
  11. Bach & Friends Jazz Suite: III. Bist Du Bei MirStölzel: ‘Bist du bei mir’, from the lost opera Diomedes, long catalogued as BWV 508
  12. Bach & Friends Jazz Suite: IV. Billie’s BounceNon-classical source
  13. Bach & Friends Jazz Suite: V. Minuet (from Anna Magdalena Notenbüchlein)Petzold: Minuet in G major, BWV Anh. 114
  14. Bach & Friends Jazz Suite: VI. Musette (from Anna Magdalena Notenbüchlein)Anonymous: Musette in D major, BWV Anh. 126
  15. Bach & Friends Jazz Suite: VII. SpainRodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez, II. Adagio