The Blue Piano Mathias Rüegg

• 1 Ein Kleines Lied 01:42
• 2 A Little Song 03:16
• 3 Musik Im Mirabell 02:54
• 4 Das Meer Singt 02:01
• 5 The Sea Sings 03:57
• 6 Bist Du Manchmal Auch Verstimmt 02:10
• 7 Serafina an ihr Klavier 02:55
• 8 Serafina to Her Grand Piano 03:23
• 9 Das kleine Lied 02:38
• 10 Happy Little Song 03:40
• 11 Wer einsam steht im bunten Lebenskreise 02:06
• 12 Die Nachtigall 02:19
• 13 Song of the Nightingale 02:40
• 14 Music 02:48
• 15 Musik 02:53
• 16 Der eine Klang 02:11
• 17 In mein gar zu dunkles Leben 02:31
• 18 Das erste Lied 02:09
• 19 Faunsflö”Tenlied 01:59
• 20 Pan Flute Song 02:46
• 21 The Hurdy-Gurdy Man 02:35
• 22 Der Leiermann 03:05
• 23 Mein blaues Klavier 02:18
• 24 The Nightingale 03:12
• 25 Nachtigall 02:52
• 26 Gestern war in meiner Mütze 00:52
• 27 Yesterday Under My Cap 02:55
• 28 Die lydische Kuh 01:01
• 29 The Lydian Cow 01:30
• 30 Mozart: First Movement (Playing Around Lovely with a Fragment) 06:43
• 31 Mozart: Second Movement (Playing Around Lovely with a Fragment) 06:24
• 32 Mozart: Third Movement (Playing Around Lovely with a Fragment) 03:52
• 33 Liszt: A Personal View of the 4th Movement of Liszt's Dante Symphonie 03:42
• 34 Sonnengesang 07:33
• 35 Satie: Variationen über ein Ostinato von Erik Satie 02:32
• 36 Kopf hoch, Sophiechen! 04:18
• 37 Sam - A Hero 03:44
• 38 Fagur - A Friend 03:26
• 39 Lea - A Hope 01:56
• 40 Lucciridari - A Play 03:40
• 41 Svenja - An Artist 03:42
• Total Runtime 02:04:50

Info for The Blue Piano

Late romantic art songs meet a cornucopia of cultivated jazz tones. The young pianist Soley Blümel and the baritone Benjamin Harasko provide the first part of the Blue Sound. The 18 poems by Ebner-Eschenbach, Heinrich Heine, Th. Storm, R. M. Rilke, W. Busch and others set to music were brought to maturity in acoustically perfect surroundings. Blümel's impeccable touch blossoms luminous timbres that prepare an ideal ground for Harasko's versatile baritone. It's like being transported to another time - for example, to an afternoon concert in Schubert's living room.

11 of these pieces appear in a cool, elegant jazz garb. On the second part of the album we hear solo piano pieces by Mathias Rüegg based on arrangements by Mozart, Liszt and Satie. After his successful career spanning decades, "The Blue Piano" is Mathias Rüegg's last compositional work.

"Jazz inspirations do not appear immediately or in every composition, but all the performances inspire with their artistry, presenting the whole spectrum of textural, expressive and expressive solutions. The whole works gracefully in this context, both in serious, thoughtful pieces and in joyful compositions with a lively character." (jazz-fun.com)

Benjamin Harasko, baritone
Soley Blümel, piano
Lia Pale, vocals, flute (track 23), bass flute (tracks 21, 25, 26 & 27)
Ingrid Oberkanins, percussion, vocals (track 29)
Hans Strasser, bass
Mathias Rüegg, piano
Sabina Hasanova, piano
Soley Blümel, piano

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