The Mozart Sessions
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Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus MozartConductor: Bobby McFerrin
Performer: Bobby McFerrin
Orchestra: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
Performer: Armando Anthony "Chick" Corea
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1996-10-01
Music Label: Sony
Soundtracks:
- Allegro
- Adagio
- Allegro assai
- Allegro
- Romance
- Rondo (Allegro assai)
- adagio
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Free Music Review: Beautiful album
Hit: 5 Stars
Don't listen to the other idiots on here. If you actually read the other reviews, you will see that they were all just "Don't Worry, Be Happy" fans who have no idea what a concerto is, don't listen to classical music(nor want to), and simply thought they were getting 60 minutes of improvised voice by Bobby McFerrin. Maybe we ought to have read the track listing? Should we have seen that it was "Mozart" not "McFerrin"?
But as for the album itself it is a beautiful rendition. I even liked it better than most. The improvising is excellent on both musicians parts! It is very invigorating for someone who never gets to hear things like that. McFerrin's interpretation is great. I even liked this better than many other classical conductors. He really seems to keep it at a good tempo, and brings out parts in the orchestra that are often times just kind of drowned out. So, great job on his part. And his improvisations (especially the one at the end with Mr.Corea) are amazing!
Corea's performance is excellent as always. Although I'm used to hearing him as a jazz artist he performs this very well. His time is perfect. His technique and interpretation are again beautiful. And his cadenzas are amazing! It's really something to hear a beautifully performed classical piece, and then an actually improvised cadenza!
I'd recommend this to any classical music lover (though net necessarily a strictly McFerrin lover)! This is something any Mozart fan could appreciate. A brilliant performance!
The Mozart Sessions Poster
Bobby McFerrin's signature falsetto envelops a poignant, wordless melody, embellished by piano flourishes that uncomfortably tow the line between classical decorum and Chick Corea's airy, modal jazz style. Suddenly the music segues into the opening of Mozart's D Minor Concerto. The A Major Concerto (K. 488) is similarly introduced. While the smooth, thick orchestral fabric suggests forces larger than a chamber aggregation, McFerrin clarifies important woodwind details (the elusive bassoon, for instance, in K. 488's slow movement) and infuses the outer movements with controlled brio. By contrast, Corea's Latin-tinged, improvised cadenzas (and overeager embellishments during solos and tuttis) lose their novelty over repeated hearings. Elsewhere, Corea's literal, dutiful phrasing smacks more of a talented student than a daring and vibrant pianist whose impact on jazz is unassailable. --Jed DistlerClassical Music CDs
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