Album guide
Schubert & Mozart: ‘Round Midnight
- Released
- 2024
- Label
- Crave Music
- Forces
- Piano, Trio
- Personnel
- Jo-Yu Chen piano, Chris Tordini bass, Tommy Crane drums
Jo-Yu Chen had already made four albums of original jazz when she was invited to play a one-o’clock-in-the-morning slot at Taiwan’s 24-hour Schubert festival. She wondered whether anyone would attend, but the 2,000-seat hall filled. A return invitation for the following year’s Mozart festival gave her the other half of this EP.
Recorded in New York with bassist Chris Tordini and drummer Tommy Crane, Schubert & Mozart: ‘Round Midnight reconnects Chen with the classical training she had set aside when she turned to jazz. Rather than treating the repertoire as a diversion from her own music, she draws on the same interest in counterpoint, harmonic detail and trio interplay that shaped her earlier records.
Hear both
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 has five recordings for four tracks because track 2 joins Mozart’s Twelve Variations on “Ah vous dirai-je, Maman”, K. 265, to the first movement of his Piano Sonata in C major, K. 545, and carries a recording of each.
Spotify’s player is here for convenience; the full track listing below remains available to everyone.
Source works
The album’s complete track listing, with each classical source identified and original compositions marked plainly.
- Franz Schubert: Piano Trio No.2, op.100 Andante con motoSchubert: Piano Trio No. 2 in E-flat major, D. 929: II. Andante con moto
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Twinkle Twinkle Little Star/Sonata No.16 in C majorMozart: Twelve Variations on ‘Ah, vous dirai-je, Maman’, K. 265; Piano Sonata No. 16 in C major, K. 545: I. Allegro
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Queen of the Night’s Aria (Magic Flute)Mozart: Die Zauberflöte, K. 620, Act II: ‘Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen’
- Franz Schubert: heidenröslein D.257Schubert: Heidenröslein, D. 257