Album guide
Impromptu
- Composers
- Tchaikovsky; Beethoven; Debussy; Chopin; J.S. Bach
- Released
- 2013
- Label
- Chesky Records
- Forces
- Piano, Trio
- Personnel
- George Mraz, Jason Brown and David Hazeltine
The trio recorded Impromptu with a binaural dummy head at the Hirsch Center in Brooklyn, placing the listener inside the acoustic rather than close-miking the instruments in the usual studio manner.
It was captured in a single session on 28 November 2012, with the late George Mraz on bass and Jason Brown on drums.
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Source works
The album’s complete track listing, with each classical source identified and original compositions marked plainly.
- Clair De LuneDebussy: Clair de lune, from Suite bergamasque
- Jesu, Joy of Man’s DesiringJ.S. Bach: Cantata ‘Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben’, BWV 147: Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring
- Moonlight SonataBeethoven: Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 2 ‘Moonlight’: I. Adagio sostenuto
- Impromptu No. 4Chopin: Fantaisie-Impromptu in C-sharp minor, Op. 66
- Waltz Of The FlowersTchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, Op. 71: Waltz of the Flowers
- PreludeChopin: Prélude in E minor, Op. 28 No. 4
- ReverieDebussy: Rêverie, L. 68
- Fur EliseBeethoven: Bagatelle in A minor, WoO 59 ‘Für Elise’