由日本 Venus Records 推出的 Simone Kopmajer 新专辑《New Romance》,以现代爵士乐形式演绎古典乐曲为卖点,由 Simone Kopmajer 主唱,而音乐班底则包括吹长笛及色士风的 Wolfgang Puschnig,弹琴及编曲的 Karen Asatrian,以及弹 Bass 的 Raphael Preuschl 等。除了第六首改编自〈天鹅湖〉的〈Free〉外,其他曲目只听音乐,几乎都听不出是来自古典乐曲,如第二首〈Come, Dance with Me〉的音乐原来是来自簫邦的〈E小调前奏曲〉,但加上了以 Bass 作为主要节奏,感觉却是脱胎换骨,难得新与旧同样出色!
【Tracks】:
1. Feel You (after Liszt’s Liebestraume No. 3)
2. Come, Dance With Me (after Chopin’s Prelude Op. 28 No. 4)
3. Palace Lights (after Ravel’s Pavane)
4. Two Love Birds (after Lizst’s La Campanella)
5. New Romance (after J. S. Bach)
6. Free (after Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake)
7. Love’s Sorrow (after Kreisler’s Liebesleid)
8. Stranger In Paradise (after Borodin’s Polovetsian Dances)
9. My Sweet Love (after Bach’s Air On The G String)
10. Dance Of A Flower In Spring (after Tchaikovsky’s Waltz Of The Flowers)
11. Our Love Is Strong (after Saint-Seans’ The Swan)
12. The Sound Of The Wind (after Rachmaninov’s Vocalise)
13. Wiegenlied (after Brahms’ Lullaby)