Benjamin Schmid - Jazz Violin Concertos (2023/2024) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

Benjamin Schmid inspires both audiences and international critics not only in the classical field, but also in jazz and improvisation. On his latest album "Jazz Violin Concertos" with the Swedish chamber orchestra Musica Vitae, Schmid presents jazz violin concertos by Austrian composers. Friedrich Gulda's violin concerto, titled "Wings," is laid out as one big violin cadenza with orchestra that doesn't lack groovy parts in addition to virtuosic ones. Herbert Berger's "Metropoles Suite" was adapted for violin by the composer for Benjamin Schmid; each of the movements "Insomnia", "El largo adios", "A la minute" and "Avenida" can be assigned to a metropolis. "Three Songs for an Abandoning Angel" by the Austrian jazz pianist and composer Sabina Hank was also written for the performer.

TRACKLIST

1. Benjamin Schmid - I. Insomnia
2. Benjamin Schmid - II. El Largo Adiós
3. Benjamin Schmid - III. À La Minute
4. Benjamin Schmid - IV. Avenida
5. Benjamin Schmid - I. Liberamente sempre
6. Benjamin Schmid - II. Lento
7. Benjamin Schmid - III. Liberamente
8. Benjamin Schmid - IV. Allegro assai. Solo Improvisations
9. Benjamin Schmid - No. 1, Dauntless departure
10. Benjamin Schmid - No. 2, Soul’s Concealment
11. Benjamin Schmid - Free Solo Cadence
12. Benjamin Schmid - No. 3, Breakthrough



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