About
When the music of Nikolai Kapustin was discovered by a wider audience in the West, it was positively shocking: Who was this Soviet (!) composer, whose music sounded more like an Oscar Peterson improvisation than anything else - but who wrote detailed scores, black with notes?! As we discover more and more of his music and as we again can hear on the present recording, Kapustin developed his style subtly and steadily. He went with the times. As the music that influenced him changed, so did Kapustin's. The development of Big Band Jazz can be traced in his work. In that sense Kapustin never settled on one style (within the parameters of his unique fusion of jazz and classical, granted) but remained flexible about the musical material and the way he related it to the orchestra.
Tracklist 11 tracks
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1 Variations, Op. 3 03:23
- Track
- 1
- Title
- Variations, Op. 3
- Duration
- 03:23
- Composer
- Nikolai Kapustin
- Performer
- Frank Dupree, Meinhard Jenne, Jakob Krupp
- Ensemble
- SWR Big Band
- Conductor
- Dominik Beykirch
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2 Toccata, Op. 8 04:33
- Track
- 2
- Title
- Toccata, Op. 8
- Duration
- 04:33
- Composer
- Nikolai Kapustin
- Performer
- Frank Dupree, Meinhard Jenne, Jakob Krupp
- Ensemble
- SWR Big Band
- Conductor
- Dominik Beykirch
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3 I. Allegro molto 05:39
- Track
- 3
- Title
- I. Allegro molto
- Duration
- 05:39
- Composer
- Nikolai Kapustin
- Performer
- Frank Dupree, Meinhard Jenne, Jakob Krupp
- Ensemble
- SWR Big Band, WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln
- Conductor
- Dominik Beykirch
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4 II. Andante 05:26
- Track
- 4
- Title
- II. Andante
- Duration
- 05:26
- Composer
- Nikolai Kapustin
- Performer
- Frank Dupree, Meinhard Jenne, Jakob Krupp
- Ensemble
- SWR Big Band, WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln
- Conductor
- Dominik Beykirch
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5 III. Rondo - Toccata 04:42
- Track
- 5
- Title
- III. Rondo - Toccata
- Duration
- 04:42
- Composer
- Nikolai Kapustin
- Performer
- Frank Dupree, Meinhard Jenne, Jakob Krupp
- Ensemble
- SWR Big Band, WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln
- Conductor
- Dominik Beykirch
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6 Nocturne in G Major, Op. 16 05:00
- Track
- 6
- Title
- Nocturne in G Major, Op. 16
- Duration
- 05:00
- Composer
- Nikolai Kapustin
- Performer
- Frank Dupree, Meinhard Jenne, Jakob Krupp
- Ensemble
- SWR Big Band, WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln
- Conductor
- Dominik Beykirch
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7 I. Introduction 04:11
- Track
- 7
- Title
- I. Introduction
- Duration
- 04:11
- Composer
- Nikolai Kapustin
- Performer
- Frank Dupree, Meinhard Jenne, Jakob Krupp
- Ensemble
- SWR Big Band, WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln
- Conductor
- Dominik Beykirch
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8 II. Humoresque 06:15
- Track
- 8
- Title
- II. Humoresque
- Duration
- 06:15
- Composer
- Nikolai Kapustin
- Performer
- Frank Dupree, Meinhard Jenne, Jakob Krupp
- Ensemble
- SWR Big Band, WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln
- Conductor
- Dominik Beykirch
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9 I. Allegro 08:48
- Track
- 9
- Title
- I. Allegro
- Duration
- 08:48
- Composer
- Nikolai Kapustin
- Performer
- Frank Dupree, Meinhard Jenne, Jakob Krupp
- Ensemble
- SWR Big Band
- Conductor
- Dominik Beykirch
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10 II. Larghetto 04:14
- Track
- 10
- Title
- II. Larghetto
- Duration
- 04:14
- Composer
- Nikolai Kapustin
- Performer
- Frank Dupree, Meinhard Jenne, Jakob Krupp
- Ensemble
- SWR Big Band
- Conductor
- Dominik Beykirch
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11 III. Allegro giocoso 04:55
- Track
- 11
- Title
- III. Allegro giocoso
- Duration
- 04:55
- Composer
- Nikolai Kapustin
- Performer
- Frank Dupree, Meinhard Jenne, Jakob Krupp
- Ensemble
- SWR Big Band
- Conductor
- Dominik Beykirch