Album guide
Mozart Jazz
- Composer
- Mozart
- Released
- 2006
- Label
- Pony Canyon
- Forces
- Piano, Trio
- Personnel
- Aaron Diehl, David Wong and Quincy Davis
The Japanese record company Pony Canyon commissioned Mozart Jazz while Diehl was still a Juilliard student, asking him to choose from fifteen Mozart works.
The resulting trio session with David Wong and Quincy Davis became his first album as a leader, a year before he graduated.
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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 classical player follows all fifteen source works in album order, with the original instrumental or vocal scoring retained.
You can hear the album on Spotify below.
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Source works
The album’s complete track listing, with each classical source identified and original compositions marked plainly.
- Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K. 550: ISymphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550: I. Molto allegro
- Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major K. 467: II.Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major, K. 467: II. Andante
- Le Nozze di Figaro K. 492: OvertureLe nozze di Figaro, K. 492: Overture
- Andante fur eine Walze in eine Kleine Orgel K. 616Andante for a small mechanical organ in F major, K. 616
- Rondo in A Minor K. 511Rondo in A minor, K. 511
- Divertimento No. 17 in D Major K. 334: Menuett - TrioDivertimento No. 17 in D major, K. 334: III. Menuetto and Trio
- Serenade No. 13 in G Major K. 525: I. Eine Kleine NachtmusikSerenade No. 13 in G major, K. 525: I. Allegro
- Clarinet Concertoin A Major K. 622: IIClarinet Concerto in A major, K. 622: II. Adagio
- Piano Concerto No. 23 in A Major K. 488: IIPiano Concerto No. 23 in A major, K. 488: II. Adagio
- 12 Variations on the French Song in C Major K. 265: Ah,vous dirai-je MamanTwelve Variations on ‘Ah vous dirai-je, Maman’, K. 265
- Piano Concerto No. 26 in D Major K. 537: IIIPiano Concerto No. 26 in D major, K. 537: III. Allegretto
- Fantasia in D Minor K. 397Fantasia in D minor, K. 397
- Clarinet Quintet in A Major K. 581: IClarinet Quintet in A major, K. 581: I. Allegro
- Symphony No. 25 in G Minor K. 183: ISymphony No. 25 in G minor, K. 183: I. Allegro con brio
- Ave Verum Corpus K. 618Ave verum corpus, K. 618
