Ludwig van Beethoven had the ability to create an entire musical universe from the most unassuming and minuscule motif. No classical composer worked more consciously with rhythm than Beethoven: his unmistakable “drive” can be felt in every bar!
Here familiar “Beethoven themes” are merged, liberated, shuffled, filtered and recombined with jazz harmonies, standard styles and rhythms. Jean Kleeb’s arrangements sometimes closely follow the original, at other times they comment on or recall Beethoven’s music from afar.
1. ia pa pa pa
Variation on Ludwig van Beethoven's 5th Symphony op. 67
2. Jazzmenuetto
Variation on Ludwig van Beethoven's Sonata 20/2 op. 49
3. Freude schöner Götter Funk
Variation on the theme of Ludwig van Beethoven's 9th Symphony op. 125/4
4. Moonlight
Remembrance on Ludwig van Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata op. 27/2
5. Varioption Sinfonia 7
Variation on Ludwig van Beethoven's 7th Symphony op. 92/2
6. Pastorale Impression
"Beethoven and Debussy" - from Ludwig van Beethoven's 6th Symphony op. 68/4
7. Waldstein Jazzsonate
from Ludwig van Beethoven's Sonata 21 op. 53/1 "Waldstein"
