Description
In 2011 the “woodwind quintet of the Staatskapelle Berlin”, one of the most outstanding ensembles of it’s kind, led by Gregor Witt, solo oboist of the Staatskapelle, made an excursion into the world of jazz and ragtime music. Together with three jazz musicians they recorded pieces from George Gershwin, Paquito d’Rivera and Scott Joplin, but also from contemporary composers like Frank Raschke, Benjamin Köthe and Austrian composer Augustin Lehfuss. An extraordinay example of the ensemble’s versatility
ensemble homepage
sound example
Thomas Beyer – flute and alto flute
Gregor Witt – oboe and english horn
Heiner Schindler – clarinet and bass clarinet
Axel Grüner – french horn
Mathias Baier – bassoon
and friends:
Benjamin Köthe – piano
Frithjof Martin Grabner – bass
Dietrich Wöhrlin – drums / percussion
Tracks:
George Gershwin
01 – I Got Rhythm
02 – Prelude I
03 – Prelude II
04 – Prelude III
Scott Joplin
05 – The Ragtime Dance
06 – Fig Leaf Rag
07 – Cleopha Rag
Zequinha de Abreu
08 – Tico-Tico
Paquito d’Rivera
09 – Alborada
10 – Son
11 – Habanera
12 – Valse Venezolano
13 – Dizzyness
14 – Contradanza
15 – Afro
Benjamin Köthe
16 – Blues At Orchard Street
Augustin Lehfuß
17 – Dixie Cartoon
18 – Gregories Waltz
19 – In Between
20 – Bebop Study
Frank Raschke
21 – Three Sec. Blues Part 1
