Name: Plays Mozart
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Plays Mozart

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Album: Plays Mozart
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Piano Sonata in C major (K545): First Movement	More Info...	0:03
2)	Symphony No. 40 in G minor (K550): First Movement	More Info...	0:13
3)	Symphony No. 41 in C major (K551): Second Movement	More Info...	0:10
4)	Clarinet Quintet in A major (K581): Fourth Movement	More Info...	0:07
5)	Piano Sonata in C major (K545): Second Movement	More Info...	0:08
6)	Sinfonia Concertante in E flat major (K364): Third Movement	More Info...	0:06
7)	'Batti, batti, o bel Masetto' (from Don Giovanni)	More Info...	0:09
8)	'Bei Mannern, Welche Liebe Fuhlen' / 'Der Holle Rache Kocht In Meinem Herzen' (from Die Zauberflote)	More Info...	0:05
9)	Turkish Rondo (from Piano Sonata in A major (K331))	More Info...	0:08
10)	Piano Sonata in C major (K545): Third Movement	More Info...	0:03

Album: Plays Mozart
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Piano Sonata in C major (K545): First Movement	More Info...	0:03
2)	Symphony No. 40 in G minor (K550): First Movement	More Info...	0:13
3)	Symphony No. 41 in C major (K551): Second Movement	More Info...	0:10
4)	Clarinet Quintet in A major (K581): Fourth Movement	More Info...	0:07
5)	Piano Sonata in C major (K545): Second Movement	More Info...	0:08
6)	Sinfonia Concertante in E flat major (K364): Third Movement	More Info...	0:06
7)	'Batti, batti, o bel Masetto' (from Don Giovanni)	More Info...	0:09
8)	'Bei Mannern, Welche Liebe Fuhlen' / 'Der Holle Rache Kocht In Meinem Herzen' (from Die Zauberflote)	More Info...	0:05
9)	Turkish Rondo (from Piano Sonata in A major (K331))	More Info...	0:08
10)	Piano Sonata in C major (K545): Third Movement	More Info...	0:03

Performer Notes

Adapter: Uri Caine.
Uri Caine: Uri Caine (piano); Nguy?n L? (electric guitar); Joyce Hammann (violin); Chris Speed (clarinet); Ralph Alessi (trumpet); Drew Gress (double bass); Jim Black (drums); DJ Olive (turntables).
Audio Remixer: Lori Lorenzen.
Recording information: Amstelkerk, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Ensemble: Uri Caine.
Arranger: Uri Caine.
Few jazz performers have been as successful in applying their improvisational chops to the work of revered classical composers as this Philadelphia born pianist Uri Caine, whose catalog over the years has included homages to everyone from Herbie Hancock and Thelonious Monk to the songs of Tin Pan Alley and more recently, Mahler, Wagner, Bach, Beethoven and Schumann. His current ensemble, which features violinist Joyce Hammann, clarinetist Chris Speed, trumpeter Ralph Alessi, electric guitarist Nguy?n L?, and DJ Olive on turntables, takes Mozart out of his own century and puts him into an experimental jazz crazy house circa 2007 -- a time travel experience that is partially eloquent and recognizably beautiful (Piano Sonata in C Major) and at times disorienting, hauntingly strange and overly chaotic (Symphony 40 in G Minor). Some tracks like Symphony 41 in C Major fuse Mozart's inherent lyricism with trippy ambient textures and unexpected textures like rock guitar. Arranged around three solo piano sonatas that act as bookends and an intermission of sorts, the album swings mercurially from mood, paying strict homage at times but also reminding the listener that centuries have passed and it's time for new twists on the sacred. One's enjoyment will depend solely on his or her passion for tradition, but overall, for the adventurous, Plays Mozart is worth at least one test spin. ~ Jonathan Widran

Professional Reviews

JazzTimes (p.69) - "Caine's playful deconstructions and augmentations deliver tons of delightful surprises."