Spanning almost two decades of Schulhoff’s output, this programme includes the rarely heard Neun kleine Reigen, one of the composer’s earliest works to exhibit the influence of both jazz and light music, as well as Suite dansante en jazz, one of the last of his works to be overtly indebted to jazz idioms. The six intimate and humorous portraits of everyday life with a child which make up Ostinato show the influence of Expressionism and Dada. The album concludes with Zez Confrey’s ragtime Kitten on the Keys to which Schulhoff pays his own tribute in the last movement of Cinq Études de Jazz.
Schulhoff, Erwin
Suite dansante en jazz
1 I. Stomp 01:01
2 II. Strait 03:22
3 III. Waltz 04:23
4 IV. Tango 02:33
5 V. Slow 03:43
6 VI. Fox-trot 01:58
9 kleine Reigen, Op. 13
7 No. 1. Leicht bewegt 01:47
8 No. 2. Massig bewegt 01:24
9 No. 3. Schnell 00:38
10 No. 4. Feurig, aber sehr rhythmisch 00:50
11 No. 5. Walzertempo, äusserst kokett vorzutragen 03:01
12 No. 6. Ruhig fliessend 02:36
13 No. 7. Ruhiges Walzertempo 01:59
14 No. 8. Leicht bewegt 01:20
15 No. 9. Ruhiges Walzertempo 02:15
Ostinato
16 I. Papa 01:32
17 II. Mama 01:37
18 III. da....da 01:07
19 IV. hopp....hopp 00:48
20 V. a....a 01:06
21 VI. trara 01:06
5 Etudes de jazz
22 No. 1. Charleston 01:29
23 No. 2. Blues 03:20
24 No. 3. Chanson 03:35
25 No. 4. Tango 01:56
26 No. 5. Toccata sur le shimmy 'Kitten on the keys' de Zez Confrey 02:56
Confrey, Zez
Kitten on the Keys
27 Kitten on the Keys 03:51
