Album guide
Imagine
- Released
- 2019
- Label
- Label G
- Forces
- Piano, Trio
- Personnel
- Charl du Plessis piano, Werner Spies bass, Peter Auret drums
The programme moves from opera and instrumental classics towards “Imagine”, treating Lennon as the modern end of a song tradition rather than an unrelated encore.
It is also one of the trio’s broadest surveys, ranging from a Neapolitan song to Beethoven within the same compact format.
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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.
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Source works
The album’s complete track listing, with each classical source identified and original compositions marked plainly.
- Adagio (After Albinoni)Giazotto: Adagio in G minor for organ and strings
- Caro mio ben (After Giordani)Giordani: ‘Caro mio ben’
- Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen (After Mozart’s K. 620 “The Magic Flute”)Mozart: Die Zauberflöte, K. 620: ‘Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen’ (Queen of the Night, Act II)
- E lucevan le stelle (After Puccini’s SC 69)Puccini: Tosca, SC 69, Act III: ‘E lucevan le stelle’
- Funiculì, funiculà (After Denza)Denza: ‘Funiculì, funiculà’
- Für Elise (After Beethoven’s WoO 59)Beethoven: Bagatelle in A minor, WoO 59 ‘Für Elise’
- Ode to Joy (After Beethoven’s Op. 125)Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125: IV. Ode to Joy
- Adagio cantabile (After Beethoven’s Op. 13 “Pathétique”)Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13 ‘Pathétique’: II. Adagio cantabile
- Seguidilla (After Bizet’s “Carmen”)Bizet: Carmen, Act I: Seguidilla, ‘Près des remparts de Séville’
- Va pensiero, sull’ali dorata (After Verdi’s “Nabucco”)Verdi: Nabucco, Act III: ‘Va, pensiero’
- ImagineNon-classical source