Hibla Gerzmava - Opera. Jazz. Blues (2016) [Hi-Res]

The program "Opera. Jazz. Blues" includes rousing and lyric jazz improvisations, unexpected arrangements and fantasias on the pieces of classical, jazz and popular music composers. The genre of crossover is a synthesis of different music genres and styles, a fashionable but often risky device. It is only justified when top class musicians possessing a high taste and artistic convincingness venture to experiment in the area. This album is exactly the case. The musicians came up with an idea of carrying out a jazz/classical experiment a few years ago, but it had to wait to be realized. It took more than a year to select the repertoire, discuss details and make arrangement of Mozart's Alleluia, Glinka's Inesilia that doesn't sound like anything of itself, and the jazz hit Fly Me to the Moon that may seem so unwonted for Hibla Gerzmava. Combining classical depth and aesthetics with jazz harmonies and rhythms, an operatic voice with a swinging trio is not an easy task to accomplish, but Hibla Gerzmava and Trio of Daniel Kramer come through with flying colors.

Hibla Gerzmava, soprano
Trio of Daniel Kramer

Tracklist:
01. Hibla Gerzmava - La Traviata: Violetta's Aria "Ah, Fors'è Lui Che L'anima" (Arr. Daniel Kramer) (7:49)
02. Hibla Gerzmava - I Am Here, Inesilia (Arr. Daniel Kramer) (2:56)
03. Hibla Gerzmava - Ave Maria, D. 839 (Arr. Daniel Kramer) (5:55)
04. Hibla Gerzmava - Exsultate, Jubilate, K. 165: Alleluja (Arr. Daniel Kramer) (3:25)
05. Hibla Gerzmava - Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, K. 525 (Arr. Daniel Kramer) (3:10)
06. Hibla Gerzmava - Rinaldo, Hwv 7: Almirena's Aria "Lascia Ch'io Pianga" (Arr. Daniel Kramer) (8:09)
07. Hibla Gerzmava - Me Voglio Fà 'Na Casa (Arr. Daniel Kramer) (2:42)
08. Hibla Gerzmava - Gypsy Songs, Op. 55: Songs My Mother Taught Me (Arr. Daniel Kramer) (6:22)
09. Hibla Gerzmava - Das Veilchen Vom Montmartre: Violetta's Aria "Ich Sing Mein Lied Im Regen Und Schnee" (Arr. Daniel Kramer) (5:59)
10. Hibla Gerzmava - Étude in E Major, Op. 10, No. 3 (Arr. Daniel Kramer) (8:46)
11. Hibla Gerzmava - Fly Me to the Moon (Arr. Daniel Kramer) (3:47)
12. Hibla Gerzmava - Porgy and Bess: Clara's Lullaby "Summertime" (Arr. Daniel Kramer) (3:52)
13. Hibla Gerzmava - Hava Nagila (Arr. Daniel Kramer) (4:11)
14. Hibla Gerzmava - About the Rock (Arr. Daniel Kramer) (4:05)
15. Hibla Gerzmava - Flowers from Nice (Arr. Daniel Kramer) [Bonus Track] (3:11)
16. Hibla Gerzmava - Spring Is Coming (Arr. Daniel Kramer) [Bonus Track] (4:06)