[TR24][OF] Christian Schmitz-Steinberg Presents Svend Asmussen - Amazing Strings (Remastered) - 1975/2015 (Mainstream Jazz)

Svend Asmussen is a Danish phenomenon. A household name in his own country, and Stéphane Grappelli’s favorite violinist, Asmussen has played violin with such greats as Fats Waller, Benny Goodman, Duke Ellington, John Lewis, and Toots Thielemans. Here Asmussen plays in front of a string orchestra accompanied by a jazz rhythm section. Actually, Svend is the string orchestra, overdubbing all the violin and cello voices. The pieces move in and out of classical, traditional, and jazz interpretations with Asmussen playing the seldom-heard tenor violin on several of the pieces. Men’s Living Joy and Präludium II are from J. S. Bach with the first moving into a 6/4 blues and the second exchanging rock and swing rhythms. Most will recognize A. Borodin’s danse de juenes filles as the pop hit “Stranger in Paradise”, played here with a lush romanticism. Ack Värmeland was transformed by Smetna into “The Moldau”, and Miles Davis played it as “Dear Old Stockholm”. Mozart’s Ah, Vous Dirais – Je Maman was popularized as “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star”. It starts off in pure classical fashion before transforming into a bouncy swing. The music is infectious fun, and Asmussen is amazing.

foobar2000 1.3.9 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
log date: 2018-04-08 17:21:59
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Analyzed: Svend Asmussen / Amazing Strings
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DR         Peak         RMS     Duration Track
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DR10      -2.72 dB   -15.37 dB      5:35 01-Men's Living Joy
DR9       -0.97 dB   -12.94 dB      3:12 02-Präludium 2
DR9       -1.65 dB   -13.68 dB      4:08 03-Danse De Jeunes Filles
DR9       -0.73 dB   -13.07 dB      5:04 04-Für Elise
DR10      -2.30 dB   -15.27 dB      5:03 05-Ack Värmeland
DR9       -0.90 dB   -13.63 dB      3:53 06-Prelude For Svend
DR10      -3.14 dB   -15.99 dB      3:53 07-Golgatha
DR9       -0.76 dB   -13.63 dB      2:59 08-Ah, Vous Dirai-je, Maman
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Number of tracks:  8
Official DR value: DR9
Samplerate:        88200 Hz
Channels:          2
Bits per sample:   24
Bitrate:           2666 kbps
Codec:             FLAC
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