Album guide
Impromptu
- Released
- 2010
- Label
- Playscape Recordings
- Forces
- Piano, Trio
- Personnel
- Noriko Ueda, Quincy Davis and Ted Rosenthal
Reviewing Impromptu, Jon Garelick initially mistook the trio’s Chopin Nocturne for a half-remembered standard, hearing imaginary words in its rhythm before recognising the source.
Rosenthal later described his approach to classical themes as finding new harmonies, forms and rhythmic feels that allow them to sound natural in jazz.
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Source works
The album’s complete track listing, with each classical source identified and original compositions marked plainly.
- Ballade In G MinorBrahms: Ballade in G minor, Op. 118 No. 3
- Nocturne In F MinorChopin: Nocturne in F minor, Op. 55 No. 1
- Impromptu In G FlatSchubert: Impromptu in G-flat major, D. 899 No. 3
- JuneTchaikovsky: The Seasons, Op. 37a: VI. June - Barcarolle
- TraumereiSchumann: Kinderszenen, Op. 15 No. 7, Träumerei
- PrestoJ.S. Bach: Violin Sonata No. 1 in G minor, BWV 1001: IV. Presto
- O Mio Babbino CaroPuccini: O mio babbino caro, from Gianni Schicchi
- Intermezzo In B Flat MinorBrahms: Intermezzo in B-flat minor, Op. 117 No. 2
- Fantasy In D MinorMozart: Fantasia in D minor, K. 397
- Theme From Symphony No.5Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64: II. Andante cantabile