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Classic Meets Cuba

Klazz Brothers & Cuba Percussion

Released
2002
Label
Sony Classical
Forces
Piano, Percussion
Personnel
Tobias Forster piano, Kilian Forster bass, Tim Hahn drums, Elio Rodriguez Luis congas and vocals, Alexis Herrera Estevez timbales and vocals

The group began after three German jazz and classical musicians met Cuban players associated with Compay Segundo and started experimenting together.

Its first album turned that chance encounter into a lasting project, winning an ECHO Klassik award and later contributing to a Grammy nomination for the ensemble.

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The classical side contains only the source pieces used on the album, in album order. The jazz side presents the complete album whenever a dependable copy can be embedded.

The originalsMozart, Brahms, Schubert, J.S. Bach, Beethoven, Monti, Chopin, Bizet, Rimsky-Korsakov, Rachmaninoff, Haydn · classical source works

The listening queues above follow the same order. The classical player omits tracks that are not based on a classical original.

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Source works

The album’s complete track listing, with each classical source identified and original compositions marked plainly.

  1. MambozartWolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550, first movement
  2. Cuban DanceJohannes Brahms: Hungarian Dance No. 5
  3. Danzon De La TruchaFranz Schubert: Piano Quintet in A major, D. 667, “Trout”: IV. Theme and Variations (Andantino)
  4. PreludioJ. S. Bach: Cello Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007, Prelude
  5. AfroliseLudwig van Beethoven: Für Elise, WoO 59
  6. AirBach: Air from Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068
  7. Pathétique IBeethoven: Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13: I. Grave – Allegro di molto e con brio
  8. Pathétique IIBeethoven: Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13: II. Adagio cantabile
  9. Pathétique IIIBeethoven: Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13: III. Rondo (Allegro)
  10. Salsa No. VBeethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67: I. Allegro con brio
  11. CzardasVittorio Monti: Csárdás
  12. ÉtudeFrédéric Chopin: Étude in E major, Op. 10 No. 3
  13. Carmen CubanaGeorges Bizet: Habanera from Carmen
  14. Flight Of The Bumble BeeNikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: “Flight of the Bumblebee” from The Tale of Tsar Saltan, in Sergei Rachmaninoff’s piano transcription
  15. Guten AbendBrahms: “Wiegenlied”, Op. 49 No. 4
  16. AnthemJoseph Haydn: String Quartet in C major, Op. 76 No. 3, second movement