Simone Kopmajer - New Romance (2012) [2014 SACD]

Austrian singer Simone Kopmajer's (formerly known simply as "Simone") new release from Venus Records is a fresh and thrilling encounter of classical music and jazz. Simone and lyricist Karolin Tuerk wrote the lyrics to well-known classical melodies by Liszt, Chopin, Ravel, Bach and others, and performed them with talented Viennese musicians. Surprisingly, these new "songs" sound natural and even familiar, as if they are jazz standards. A fascinating, new jazz vocal album!

Tracks:

1. Feel You (after Liszt’s Liebestraume No. 3)
2. Come, Dance With Me (after Chopin’s Prelude Op. 28 No. 4)
3. Palace Lights (after Ravel’s Pavane)
4. Two Love Birds (after Lizst’s La Campanella)
5. New Romance (after J. S. Bach)
6. Free (after Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake)
7. Love’s Sorrow (after Kreisler’s Liebesleid)
8. Stranger In Paradise (after Borodin’s Polovetsian Dances)
9. My Sweet Love (after Bach’s Air On The G String)
10. Dance Of A Flower In Spring (after Tchaikovsky’s Waltz Of The Flowers)
11. Our Love Is Strong (after Saint-Seans’ The Swan)
12. The Sound Of The Wind (after Rachmaninov’s Vocalise)
13. Wiegenlied (after Brahms’ Lullaby)

Personnel:

Simone Kopmajer, vocals, piano on "Lullaby"
Karen Asatrian, piano
Raphael Preuschl, bass
Reinhardt Winkler, drums
Anna Asatrian, violin
Wolfgang Puschnig, flute, alto saxophone