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Classic Meets Cuba | 
 enlarge | Creators: Tobias / Forster, Kilian / Hahn, Tim Forster, The Klazz Brothers
Label: Sony
Category: Music
List Price: $11.98
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Rating:  10 reviews
Sales Rank: 31966
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 93090
UPC: 827969309025
EAN: 0827969309025
ASIN: B00019PD2A
Release Date: February 3, 2004
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Tracks:
| | Mambozart (Symphony No. 40 in G Minor) - Klazz Brothers, Mozart, W.A. | | | Cuban Dance (Hungarian Dance No. 5 in G Minor Allegro; Vivace) - Klazz Brothers, Brahms, J. | | | Danzon de la Trucha (Quintet, D. 667 in A Major "Trout" for Piano, ...) - Klazz Brothers, Schubert, F. | | | Preludio (Suite No. 1 for Cello Solo in G Major, Prelude, BWV 1007) - Klazz Brothers, Bach, Johann Sebast | | | Afrolise (Albumblatt fuer Elise, in A Minor) - Klazz Brothers, van Beethoven, L. | | | Air (Air, BWV 991 in C Minor) - Klazz Brothers, Bach, Johann Sebast | | | I - Klazz Brothers, | | | II - Klazz Brothers, | | | III - Klazz Brothers, | | | Salsa No. V (Symphony No. 5, Op. 67 in C Minor "Destiny") - Klazz Brothers, van Beethoven, L. | | | Czardas (Czardas for Violin and Piano) - Klazz Brothers, Monti, V. | | | Etude (Etude, Op. 10, No. 3 in E Major "Tristesse") - Klazz Brothers, Chopin, F. | | | Carmen Cubana (Carmen, Suite II, No. 2 Habanera) - Klazz Brothers, Bizet, G. | | | The Flight of the Bumblebee - Klazz Brothers, Rimsky-Korsakov, Ni | | | Guten Abend (Guten Abend -- Gute Nacht) - Klazz Brothers, Brahms, J. | | | Anthem (String Quartet No. 77 in C Major, Op. 76, 3 "Emperor") - Klazz Brothers, Haydn, J. |
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| Customer Reviews: Read 5 more reviews...
 Classic Meets Cuba May 7, 2008
Ms James Bond007 (Calif)
Old classical songs put into Cuban music. The
percussionists sweep you along w/ their resourceful
rhythms. This has been done very creatively with
much originality. I loved the CD & can't stop moving
my feet.
Creative Excitement November 8, 2007
LCSteve (Carmel Valley, CA USA)
I heard one cut from this album and wanted to buy the whole CD. I love classical music. I also enjoy Cuban and salsa music. Combining the two seems almost impossible but the Klazz Brothers do it, and do it exceptionally well. They have managed to meld the beauty of classical with the joy of Cuban rhythm. This is a FUN CD, and an exciting one. It's music you can listen to and enjoy repeatedly.
Dos ritmos, una musica October 5, 2006
Raul Cazal
Esta agrupacion ha logrado ensamblar magistralmente el son, la salsa, con la musica clasica. Una vez que uno escucha a Bach, Beethoven, Mozart reinterpretados por estos alemanes (Klazz Brother) y cubanos (Cuba Percusssion), no podra concebir de otro modo la obra de estos grandes compositores.
Fantastic collection August 24, 2006
Data1001 (Los Angeles, CA USA)
Like others, I was skeptical when I heard about the idea, but this collection easily won me over. What I find so interesting is that the arrangements are so good, so creative, it's as though these well-known classical pieces were *written* as Cuban music. You find yourself completely accepting this genre-bending experiment.
Extremely enjoyable -- as is their companion album, "Jazz Meets Cuba".
 Unlikely Crossover of Cuban Beats with Familiar Classics Yields Mostly Zingy Confection December 28, 2005
Ed Uyeshima (San Francisco, CA USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Crossover efforts are always risky ventures that dance precariously between creative and contrived. There is definitely some of the latter on this 2002 recording, but surprisingly, far more of the former as the fruitful teaming of three German classical-jazz musicians and a pair of Cuban percussionist/vocalists puts a hearty Latin-flavored spin on some very familiar classics. Two of the Klazz Brothers, pianist Tobias Forster and bassist Killian Forster, took a fortuitous trip to Cuba and concluded the popular classical pieces they usually played could easily be adapted to the Cuban- and Afro-Cuban Jazz styles.
The beat-heavy results bear them out, as they developed fresh, energetic and lyrical arrangements of standard works by Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms, Haydn, Chopin, Schubert and others, that still respect the original compositions. The jazzed-up titles aptly (if a bit too preciously) reflect the changes - Mozart's Symphony No. 40 transforms into "Mambozart", Beethoven's Symphony No. 5 becomes "Salsa No. V", and Bizet's Carmen Suite turns into "Carmen Cubana". With titles like those, some of the pieces, perhaps because of their familiarity, come across as a bit too trite, for example, "Afrolise", which sounds bit too cocktail loungey to be too revitalizing a take on Beethoven's "Fuer Elise", and "Guten Abend", which sounds a bit like a somnambulant Vince Guaraldi take on Brahms's original lullaby.
However, the high points are abundant, starting with the three movements of Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 8 "Pathetique," exciting pieces that feel culturally transformed by the sultry romanticism of the Cuban beats crowned by Tobias Forster's virtuoso playing. Also wonderful are the mournful "Czardas" and the conga-accentuated "Flight of the Bumblebee", both dominated by brother Killian's dexterous bass playing. The three others in the quintet are all equally superb musicians - Tim Hahn, the third Klazz Bother on drums, and Alexis Herrera Estevez (timbales) and Elio Rodriguez (congas), both of Cuba Percussion. The vital mix of sounds in what could have been a hopeless misfire makes for a genuinely exhilarating listening experience.
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