Ursula Schoch - Jazzettes (2017) [Hi-Res]

Ursula Schoch and Marcel Worms play through jazz-inspired music from the interbellum.

For many composers, the introduction of jazz at the beginning of the twentieth century in Europe did not go unnoticed. The spontaneity of the new music, the new sound possibilities, the vital rhythms, the refined, swinging rubato – and improvisation, inseparably integrated with jazz – they were all features which speak to the imagination.


The influence of jazz became audible in symphonic repertoire as well as in chamber music. Although in jazz itself, the violin had never taken a prominent place, many composers chose the instrument for their jazz-inspired works. Even though an essential element of jazz – improvisation – is missing in their music, other elements justify the term “jazzy”: the lively rhythms, the free and whimsical melody lines and above all a light-hearted kind of energy, which mirrors the innovative and optimistic spirit of the Interbellum years.

Ursula Schoch, violin
Marcel Worms, piano

Tracklist:
01. Ursula Schoch - I. Foxtrot (3:23)
02. Ursula Schoch - II. Spiritual and Blues (4:10)
03. Ursula Schoch - III. Charleston (1:57)
04. Ursula Schoch - I. Allegretto (8:21)
05. Ursula Schoch - II. Blues: Moderato (5:28)
06. Ursula Schoch - III. Perpetuum mobile: Allegretto (4:11)
07. Ursula Schoch - Jazzband (7:32)
08. Ursula Schoch - I. Allegretto grazioso (2:36)
09. Ursula Schoch - II. Lento sostenuto (3:50)
10. Ursula Schoch - III. Allegro ritmico (3:17)
11. Ursula Schoch - Ukelele Serenade (3:59)
12. Ursula Schoch - I. Allegro impetuoso (6:25)
13. Ursula Schoch - II. Andante (3:28)
14. Ursula Schoch - III. Burlesca: Allegretto (2:31)
15. Ursula Schoch - IV. Finale: Allegro risoluto (3:50)
16. Ursula Schoch - No. 1 in B-Flat Major: Allegro ben ritmato e deciso (1:41)
17. Ursula Schoch - No. 2 in C-Sharp Minor: Andante con moto e poco rubato (3:07)
18. Ursula Schoch - No. 3 in E-Flat Minor: Allegro ben ritmato e deciso (1:25)
19. Ursula Schoch - III. Brazileira (arr. J. Heifetz for violin and piano) (2:41)
20. Ursula Schoch - Le petit nègre (The Little Negro) (arr. S. Frenkel for violin and piano) (1:55)