Jazzin' the Classics Vol.2: A Musical Sacrilege: From Massenet To Weber

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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1Elegie (Massenet)
Art Tatum3:21
2Spring Song (Mendelssohn)
Tommy Dorsey2:45
3Mozart Matriculates (Mozart)
recording of:
Mozart Matriculates
writer:
Alec Templeton
Benny Goodman2:11
4Barcarolle (Tales of Hoffman) (Offenbach)
Charlie Barnet3:28
5Caprice XXIV (Paganini)
recording of:
Caprice XXIV (for clarinet and piano, Reisfeld)
composer:
Niccolò Paganini (Italian composer and violinist)
arranger:
Bert Reisfeld
arrangement of:
24 Caprices for Solo Violin, op. 1, MS 25: No. 24 in A minor: Tema con variazioni. Quasi presto
Benny Goodman2:50
6Prelude in C-sharp Minor Op. 3 (Rachmaninoff)
guitar:
Eddie Lang (US jazz guitarist, also recorded as Blind Willie Dunn) (on 1927-05-28)
piano:
Arthur Schutt (on 1927-05-28)
Eddie Lang3:04
7Russian Rag (Rachmaninoff)
Jim Europe3:10
8Bolero (Ravel)
recording of:
Boléro
composer:
Maurice Ravel (French composer) (in 1928)
publisher:
Ed. Durand & Cie (1909–1947) and Soc. Arima (rights society?)
premiered at:
Palais Garnier in Paris, Île-de-France, France (on 1928-11-22)
part of:
Classic 100: Music of France (2012) (number: 9) and Catalogue Marcel Marnat des œuvres de Maurice Ravel (number: M. 81)
Benny Goodman2:31
9Pavanne (The Lamp Is Low) (Ravel)
Erroll Garner3:16
10Flight of the Bopple Bee (Rimsky-Korsakov)
James Moody2:53
11Arabian Nightmare (Rimsky-Korsakov)
John Kirby1:55
12Song of India (Rimsky-Korsakov)
recording of:
Song of India
writer:
Red Bone (trombonist)
composer:
Николай Андреевич Римский‐Корсаков (Nikolai Rimsky‐Korsakov, Russian composer)
piano arranger:
Edgar Fairchild
is based on:
Sadko: Scene IV. Song of the Indian Guest
Tommy Dorsey3:15
13Melody in F (Rubinstein)
Art Tatum3:24
14Melody in F (Rubinstein)
Tommy Dorsey3:02
15Schubert’s Serenade (Schubert)
Herman Chittison3:11
16Blue Danube (Johann Strauss Jr)
Les Brown3:12
17Blue Danube (Johann Strauss Jr)
Pat Flowers3:07
18Arab Dance (Tchaikovsky)
Claude Thornhill4:26
19Bounce of the Sugar Plum Fairy (Tchaikovsky)
John Kirby2:25
20Anvil Chorus (Verdi)
recording of:
Anvil Chorus (arr. Gray for big band)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
arranger:
Jerry Gray (US big band arranger and conductor)
arrangement of:
Il trovatore: Atto II, scena 1. “Vedi! Le fosche notturne” (zingari) (“Anvil Chorus”)
Glenn Miller4:04
21Pilgrim’s Chorus (Wagner)
Donald Lambert2:43
22Let’s Dance (von Weber)
recording of:
Let’s Dance (Benny Goodman’s theme song)
lyricist:
Fanny May Baldridge
composer:
Joseph Bonime, Gregory Stone and Carl Maria von Weber (composer)
Benny Goodman2:36
23Desecration Rag (Ragtime Medleys)
Felix Arndt3:09
24Operatic Rag (Ragtime Medleys)
Joseph Moskovitz2:38