Album guide
Rokoko Jazz
- Composers
- C.P.E. Bach; Scarlatti; Couperin; Mozart; J.S. Bach
- Released
- 1965
- Label
- SABA
- Forces
- Piano, Trio
- Personnel
- Eugen Cicero, Peter Witte, Charly Antolini
Released in 1965, Rokoko Jazz sold more than a million copies.
On “Bach’s Softly Sunrise”, Cicero folds Bach’s D minor Toccata, a Broadway standard and a glimpse of Charlie Parker into a single performance.
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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 originalsFive classical composers · six tracks
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Jazzed upEugen Cicero Trio · 1965
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Source works
The album’s complete track listing, with each classical source identified and original compositions marked plainly.
- Solfeggio in C minorC.P.E. Bach: Solfeggio in C minor, Wq 117/2
- Scarlatti Sonata in C majorDomenico Scarlatti: Sonata in C major, K. 159
- L’AdolescenteFrançois Couperin: L’Adolescente
- Bach’s Softly SunriseJ.S. Bach: Toccata in D minor, BWV 565, with Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise
- Fantasia in D minorMozart: Fantasia in D minor, K. 397
- Erbarme dichJ.S. Bach: St Matthew Passion, BWV 244: Erbarme dich