Diabelli Variations (album)

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Diabelli Variations
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Studio album by Uri Caine
Released 2002 (2002)
Recorded February 23-26, 2002
WDR, Koln, Germany
Genre Classical music, Jazz
Length 56:07
Label Winter & Winter 910 086
Producer Uri Caine & Stefan Winter
Uri Caine chronology
Rio
(2001)Rio2001		 Diabelli Variations
(2002)		 Gustav Mahler: Dark Flame
(2003)Gustav Mahler: Dark Flame2003

Diabelli Variations is an album by Uri Caine performing Ludwig van Beethoven's Diabelli Variations with the Concerto Köln which was recorded in 2002 and released on the Winter & Winter label.[1][2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 3/5 stars[3]

In his review for Allmusic, Alex Henderson notes that "Diabelli Variations is strictly for broad-minded listeners who have no problem with the Euro-classical and jazz worlds interacting". [3]

On All About Jazz C. Michael Bailey said "Like his previous forays into the classical realm, Caine willingly combines classical and jazz elements, seasoning the festivities with a bit of barrelhouse boogie woogie in one place, a bit of Harlem Stride in another, and a bit of Bill Evans impressionism in yet another. The results are a very listenable bit of genius that should appeal to those with a jazz and/or classically bent alike".[4] Writing in JazzTimes, Andrew Lindemann Malone observed "Caine's interpretation never feels like something new so much as self-indulgent, extravagant riffing on this great work. True, Caine can make his riffing very interesting indeed, but it's hard to imagine that most music fans won't find a good recording of the original (William Kinderman on Hyperion, say) far more memorable than this enjoyable but inessential record".[5]

Track listing

All compositions adapted by Uri Caine after Ludwig van Beethoven

  1. "Theme" - 1:00
  2. "Variation I" - 2:13
  3. "Variation II" - 0:56
  4. "Variation III" - 1:15
  5. "Variation IV" - 1:14
  6. "Variation V" - 1:04
  7. "Variation VI" - 0:59
  8. "Variation VII" - 1:49
  9. "Variation VIII" - 1:22
  10. "Variation IX" - 1:29
  11. "Variation X" - 0:38
  12. "Variation XI" - 0:59
  13. "Variation XII" - 0:54
  14. "Variation XIII" - 1:00
  15. "Variation XIV" - 2:53
  16. "Variation XV" - 0:31
  17. "Variation XVI" - 1:17
  18. "Variation XVII" - 1:44
  19. "Variation XVIII" - 1:27
  20. "Variation XIX" - 1:05
  21. "Variation XX" - 2:28
  22. "Variation XXI" - 1:09
  23. "Variation XXII" - 0:50
  24. "Variation XXIII" - 1:06
  25. "Variation XXIV" - 1:14
  26. "Variation XXV" - 3:23
  27. "Variation XXVI" - 1:00
  28. "Variation XXVII" - 1:35
  29. "Variation XXVIII" - 0:50
  30. "Variation XIX" - 1:14
  31. "Variation XXX" - 1:58
  32. "Variation XXXI" - 5:03
  33. "Variation XXXII" - 5:50
  34. "Variation XXXIII" - 2:22

Personnel

Concerto Köln:

  • Werner Ehrhardt, Jörg Buschhaus, Stephan Sänger, Markus Hoffmann, Frauke Pöhl, Martin Ehrhardt - first violin
  • Hedwig van der Linde, Antje Engel, Corinna Hildebrand, Gudrun Engel-hardt, Kathrin Tröger, Chiharu Abe - second violin
  • Antje Sabinski, Giovanni Zordan, Lothar Haass, Stefan Schmidt - viola
  • Werner Matzke, Jan Kunkel, Susanne Wahmhoff - violon cello
  • Johannes Esser, Miriam Wittulski - double bass
  • Cordula Breuer - flute
  • Pier Luigi Fabretti - oboe
  • Diego Montes - clarinet
  • Lorenzo Alpert - bassoon
  • Dileno Baldin - horn
  • Hannes Kothe - trumpet
  • Stefan Gawlick - timpani

References

  1. ↑ Uri Caine discography, accessed December 5, 2014
  2. ↑ Winter & Winter discography, accessed December 5, 2014
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Henderson, Alex. Uri Caine – Diabelli Variations > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved December 5, 2014.
  4. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  5. ↑ Malone, C. L., JazzTimes Review, May, 2003
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