Jazzissimo
Jazz in Classical Music
back
GEN 22792 EAN: 4260036257922
7.10.2022Special offer18.90 € 16.90 €
Straddling the fine line between so-called classical music and jazz is an award-winning duo on their new GENUIN CD. Violinist Matthias Well and pianist Lilian Akopova present syncopated, blue note-soaked sounds by Astor Piazzolla, Maurice Ravel, and George Gershwin, as well as two spectacular pieces of recent date: Alexander Rosenblatt's virtuosic Carmen Fantasy and Vladislav Cojocaru's at first melancholy, later groovy Kaleidoscope. Dedicated to Akopova and Well, it is recorded here for the first time. A CD full of creativity and color, perfect for fighting the autumn blues!
American Record Guide
"When they finally relax in Piazzolla, the
effect is poignant. Somewhere deep inside I feel a tear forming. I want to linger there
awhile ..." Review by Ned Kellenberger in American Record Guide, March 13 2023
NDR Kultur
On November 2, 2022 Matthias Well and Lilian Akopova were guests on NDR Kultur à la carte EXTRA from 7 to 8 p.m. and presented Jazzissimo in a live studio concert.
Das Orchester
"Bravissimo"
Review by Werner Stiefele in das Orchester, 05/2023
Klassik Heute
"Above all, the extensive glissandi and bending effects show that for this musician it only gets really exciting beyond fixed pitches. He is reinforced by the powerful piano playing of Lilian Akopova, so that this music also neatly "swings" and grooves when it needs to."
Review by Stefan Pieper in Klassik Heute of January 5, 2023
Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung
"Rousing: it's certainly one of the most entertaining and vital chamber music albums of the season that German violinist Matthias Well and the Ukrainian pianist have put together under the title Jazzissimo."
Review in WAZ, October 7, 2022
Matthias Well Violin
Lilian Akopova Piano
Straddling the fine line between so-called classical music and jazz is an award-winning duo on their new GENUIN CD. Violinist Matthias Well and pianist Lilian Akopova present syncopated, blue note-soaked sounds by Astor Piazzolla, Maurice Ravel, and George Gershwin, as well as two spectacular pieces of recent date: Alexander Rosenblatt's virtuosic Carmen Fantasy and Vladislav Cojocaru's at first melancholy, later groovy Kaleidoscope. Dedicated to Akopova and Well, it is recorded here for the first time. A CD full of creativity and color, perfect for fighting the autumn blues!
American Record Guide
"When they finally relax in Piazzolla, the
effect is poignant. Somewhere deep inside I feel a tear forming. I want to linger there
awhile ..." Review by Ned Kellenberger in American Record Guide, March 13 2023
NDR Kultur
On November 2, 2022 Matthias Well and Lilian Akopova were guests on NDR Kultur à la carte EXTRA from 7 to 8 p.m. and presented Jazzissimo in a live studio concert.
Das Orchester
"Bravissimo"
Review by Werner Stiefele in das Orchester, 05/2023
Klassik Heute
"Above all, the extensive glissandi and bending effects show that for this musician it only gets really exciting beyond fixed pitches. He is reinforced by the powerful piano playing of Lilian Akopova, so that this music also neatly "swings" and grooves when it needs to."
Review by Stefan Pieper in Klassik Heute of January 5, 2023
Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung
"Rousing: it's certainly one of the most entertaining and vital chamber music albums of the season that German violinist Matthias Well and the Ukrainian pianist have put together under the title Jazzissimo."
Review in WAZ, October 7, 2022
Audio Player
Tracklist
- Alexander Rosenblatt (*1956)
Carmen Fantasy (1994) - Astor Piazzolla (1921–1992)
from L’histoire du Tango (1985)
Nightclub 1960 - Maurice Ravel (1875–1937)
Violin Sonata No. 2 in G Major, M. 77 (1923–27)
Allegretto - Blues. Moderato
- Perpetuum mobile. Allegro
- George Gershwin (1898–1937)
from Porgy and Bess (1934–35)
My Man’s Gone Now - Vladislav Cojocaru (*1983)
Kaleidoscope (2020) - Darius Milhaud (1892–1974)
Le boeuf sur le toit, Op. 58b, Cinéma-Fantaisie (1919)
Straddling the fine line between so-called classical music and jazz is an award-winning duo on their new GENUIN CD. Violinist Matthias Well and pianist Lilian Akopova present syncopated, blue note-soaked sounds by Astor Piazzolla, Maurice Ravel, and George Gershwin, as well as two spectacular pieces of recent date: Alexander Rosenblatt's virtuosic Carmen Fantasy and Vladislav Cojocaru's at first melancholy, later groovy Kaleidoscope. Dedicated to Akopova and Well, it is recorded here for the first time. A CD full of creativity and color, perfect for fighting the autumn blues!
American Record Guide
"When they finally relax in Piazzolla, the
effect is poignant. Somewhere deep inside I feel a tear forming. I want to linger there
awhile ..." Review by Ned Kellenberger in American Record Guide, March 13 2023
NDR Kultur
On November 2, 2022 Matthias Well and Lilian Akopova were guests on NDR Kultur à la carte EXTRA from 7 to 8 p.m. and presented Jazzissimo in a live studio concert.
Das Orchester
"Bravissimo"
Review by Werner Stiefele in das Orchester, 05/2023
Klassik Heute
"Above all, the extensive glissandi and bending effects show that for this musician it only gets really exciting beyond fixed pitches. He is reinforced by the powerful piano playing of Lilian Akopova, so that this music also neatly "swings" and grooves when it needs to."
Review by Stefan Pieper in Klassik Heute of January 5, 2023
Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung
"Rousing: it's certainly one of the most entertaining and vital chamber music albums of the season that German violinist Matthias Well and the Ukrainian pianist have put together under the title Jazzissimo."
Review in WAZ, October 7, 2022