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Moldau Plays Classics

Massimo Faraò Trio

Released
2018
Label
Venus Records
Forces
Piano, Trio
Personnel
Massimo Faraò piano, Nicola Barbon bass, Ruben Bellavia drums; recorded Riverside Studio, Torino, 7-8 November 2017

Faraò recorded these twelve transformations in Turin with bassist Nicola Barbon and drummer Ruben Bellavia.

The closing Adagio carries one of classical music’s most persistent false labels: musicologist Remo Giazotto published it in 1958 as a reconstruction from an Albinoni fragment, but the supposed original has never surfaced and the music is now generally credited to Giazotto.

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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 originalsTchaikovsky; Beethoven; Giazotto; Smetana; Mozart; Brahms; Chopin; Gounod; Liszt; Grieg; J.S. Bach · classical source works

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Source works

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

  1. Piano Sonata No.8 in C minor, Op.13 “Pathetique”Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13 ‘Pathétique’
  2. Mazurka in G minor, Op.67, No.2Chopin: Mazurka in G minor, Op. 67 No. 2
  3. Nocturne in E-flat major, Op.9, No.2Chopin: Nocturne in E-flat major, Op. 9 No. 2
  4. For EliseBeethoven: Bagatelle in A minor, WoO 59 ‘Für Elise’
  5. Peer Gynt Suite No.2, Op.55-4 Solveigs SangGrieg: Peer Gynt Suite No. 2, Op. 55 No. 4, Solveig’s Song
  6. Ave MariaBach/Gounod: Ave Maria, on Bach’s Prelude in C major, BWV 846
  7. Dreams Of LoveLiszt: Liebestraum No. 3 in A-flat major, S. 541
  8. Symphony No.3 Second MovementsBrahms: Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 90, III. Poco allegretto
  9. Piano Sonata No.16 in C major, K.545Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 16 in C major, K. 545: I. Allegro
  10. Swan LakeTchaikovsky: Swan Lake, Op. 20, Act II No. 10, Scène
  11. MoldauSmetana: Vltava (The Moldau), from Má vlast
  12. Adagio in G minorGiazotto: Adagio in G minor