Uri Caine - The Othello Syndrome
Music composed and adapted by Uri Caine after Giuseppe Verdi
The Uri Caine Ensemble
Caine approaches the classics with a jazzman's love of improvisation and pranks. Die-hard purists may run; but Caine's frisky style wars will delight anyone with an open mind.
Uri Caine - The Othello Syndrome
Music composed and adapted by Uri Caine after Giuseppe Verdi
The Uri Caine Ensemble
Purchase product
Caine approaches the classics with a jazzman's love of improvisation and pranks. Die-hard purists may run; but Caine's frisky style wars will delight anyone with an open mind.
About
Uri Caine continues his series of adaptations with Verdi's Otello. For the first time Caine arranges a dramatic work with a mixture of stage and concert elements.Verdi's operatic story is the central thread through the composition, but Uri Caine equally cites from Shakespeare's original play. Arias are juxtaposed with R 'n' B elements, BeBop and electronic sounds, but Verdi's famous melodies never lose their authenticity.
Contents and tracklist
Verdi:
Othello's Victory
Work length5:39
- Uri Caine Ensemble, Uri Caine (piano), Ralph Alessi (trumpet), Stefano Bassanese (other instrument), Zach Danziger (drums), Joyce Hammann (violin / fiddle), Nguyên Lê (guitar), Tim Lefebvre (bass), Bunny Sigler (vocals), Bruno Fabrizio Sorba (other instrument), Achille Succi (clarinet), Dhafer Youssef (vocals)
- Recorded: February 2005 and June 2007
- Recording Venue: Musikhochschule Detmold, Germany and Sinopoli Hall, Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome, Italy
Verdi:
Fire Song
Work length4:56
- Uri Caine Ensemble, Uri Caine (piano), Ralph Alessi (trumpet), Stefano Bassanese (other instrument), Zach Danziger (drums), Joyce Hammann (violin / fiddle), Nguyên Lê (guitar), Tim Lefebvre (bass), Bruno Fabrizio Sorba (other instrument), Achille Succi (clarinet)
- Recorded: February 2005 and June 2007
- Recording Venue: Musikhochschule Detmold, Germany and Sinopoli Hall, Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome, Italy
Verdi:
Drinking Song
Work length4:25
- Uri Caine Ensemble, Ralph Alessi (trumpet), Uri Caine (piano), Stefano Bassanese (other instrument), Zach Danziger (drums), Joyce Hammann (violin / fiddle), Nguyên Lê (guitar), Tim Lefebvre (bass), Bruno Fabrizio Sorba (other instrument), Achille Succi (clarinet)
- Recorded: February 2005 and June 2007
- Recording Venue: Musikhochschule Detmold, Germany and Sinopoli Hall, Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome, Italy
Verdi:
Love Duet with Othello and Desdemona
Work length8:32
- Uri Caine Ensemble, Uri Caine (piano), Ralph Alessi (trumpet), Stefano Bassanese (other instrument), Zach Danziger (drums), Joyce Hammann (violin / fiddle), Nguyên Lê (guitar), Tim Lefebvre (bass), Josefine Lindstrand (vocals), Julie Patton (vocals), Bunny Sigler (vocals), Bruno Fabrizio Sorba (other instrument), Achille Succi (clarinet)
- Recorded: February 2005 and June 2007
- Recording Venue: Musikhochschule Detmold, Germany and Sinopoli Hall, Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome, Italy
Verdi:
Introduction to Act II
Work length2:49
- Uri Caine Ensemble, Uri Caine (piano), Ralph Alessi (trumpet), Stefano Bassanese (other instrument), Zach Danziger (drums), Joyce Hammann (violin / fiddle), Nguyên Lê (guitar), Bruno Fabrizio Sorba (other instrument), Achille Succi (clarinet), Tim Lefebvre (bass)
- Recorded: February 2005 and June 2007
- Recording Venue: Musikhochschule Detmold, Germany and Sinopoli Hall, Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome, Italy
Verdi:
Iago's Credo
Work length4:42
- Uri Caine Ensemble, Sadiq Bey (vocals), Uri Caine (piano), Ralph Alessi (trumpet), Stefano Bassanese (other instrument), Zach Danziger (drums), Joyce Hammann (violin / fiddle), Nguyên Lê (guitar), Tim Lefebvre (bass), Marco Paolini (vocals), Bruno Fabrizio Sorba (other instrument), Achille Succi (clarinet)
- Recorded: February 2005 and June 2007
- Recording Venue: Musikhochschule Detmold, Germany and Sinopoli Hall, Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome, Italy
Verdi:
She's the Only One I Love
Work length6:02
- Uri Caine Ensemble, Uri Caine (piano), Ralph Alessi (trumpet), Stefano Bassanese (other instrument), Zach Danziger (drums), Joyce Hammann (violin / fiddle), Nguyên Lê (guitar), Tim Lefebvre (bass), Bunny Sigler (vocals), Bruno Fabrizio Sorba (other instrument), Achille Succi (clarinet)
- Recorded: February 2005 and June 2007
- Recording Venue: Musikhochschule Detmold, Germany and Sinopoli Hall, Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome, Italy
Verdi:
Iago's Web
Work length3:55
- Uri Caine Ensemble, Uri Caine (piano), Ralph Alessi (trumpet), Stefano Bassanese (other instrument), Zach Danziger (drums), Joyce Hammann (violin / fiddle), Nguyên Lê (guitar), Tim Lefebvre (bass), Bruno Fabrizio Sorba (other instrument), Achille Succi (clarinet), Marco Paolini (vocals)
- Recorded: February 2005 and June 2007
- Recording Venue: Musikhochschule Detmold, Germany and Sinopoli Hall, Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome, Italy
Verdi:
Desdemona's Lament
Work length4:44
- Uri Caine Ensemble, Uri Caine (piano), Ralph Alessi (trumpet), Stefano Bassanese (other instrument), Jim Black (drums), Joyce Hammann (violin / fiddle), Nguyên Lê (guitar), Josefine Lindstrand (vocals), Bruno Fabrizio Sorba (other instrument), Chris Speed (clarinet), John Hébert (bass)
- Recorded: February 2005 and June 2007
- Recording Venue: Musikhochschule Detmold, Germany and Sinopoli Hall, Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome, Italy
Verdi:
Am I a Fool?
Work length5:18
- Uri Caine Ensemble, Uri Caine (piano), Ralph Alessi (trumpet), Stefano Bassanese (other instrument), Zach Danziger (drums), Joyce Hammann (violin / fiddle), Nguyên Lê (guitar), Tim Lefebvre (bass), Bruno Fabrizio Sorba (other instrument), Achille Succi (clarinet), Bunny Sigler (vocals)
- Recorded: February 2005 and June 2007
- Recording Venue: Musikhochschule Detmold, Germany and Sinopoli Hall, Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome, Italy
Verdi:
The Lion of Venice
Work length3:53
- Uri Caine Ensemble, Uri Caine (piano), Ralph Alessi (trumpet), Stefano Bassanese (other instrument), Zach Danziger (drums), Joyce Hammann (violin / fiddle), Nguyên Lê (guitar), Tim Lefebvre (bass), Bruno Fabrizio Sorba (other instrument), Achille Succi (clarinet)
- Recorded: February 2005 and June 2007
- Recording Venue: Musikhochschule Detmold, Germany and Sinopoli Hall, Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome, Italy
Verdi:
Othello's Confession
Work length3:25
- Uri Caine Ensemble, Sadiq Bey (vocals), Ralph Alessi (trumpet), Stefano Bassanese (other instrument), Uri Caine (piano), Zach Danziger (drums), Joyce Hammann (violin / fiddle), Nguyên Lê (guitar), Tim Lefebvre (bass), Bruno Fabrizio Sorba (other instrument), Achille Succi (clarinet)
- Recorded: February 2005 and June 2007
- Recording Venue: Musikhochschule Detmold, Germany and Sinopoli Hall, Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome, Italy
Verdi:
The Willow Song / Ave Maria
Work length7:41
- Uri Caine Ensemble, Uri Caine (piano), Ralph Alessi (trumpet), Stefano Bassanese (other instrument), Jim Black (drums), Joyce Hammann (violin / fiddle), Nguyên Lê (guitar), Josefine Lindstrand (vocals), Bruno Fabrizio Sorba (other instrument), Chris Speed (clarinet), John Hébert (bass)
- Recorded: February 2005 and June 2007
- Recording Venue: Musikhochschule Detmold, Germany and Sinopoli Hall, Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome, Italy
Verdi:
Murder
Work length4:17
- Uri Caine Ensemble, Sadiq Bey (vocals), Julie Patton (vocals), Uri Caine (piano), Ralph Alessi (trumpet), Stefano Bassanese (other instrument), Zach Danziger (drums), Joyce Hammann (violin / fiddle), Nguyên Lê (guitar), Tim Lefebvre (bass), Bruno Fabrizio Sorba (other instrument), Achille Succi (clarinet), Dhafer Youssef (vocals)
- Recorded: February 2005 and June 2007
- Recording Venue: Musikhochschule Detmold, Germany and Sinopoli Hall, Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome, Italy
Verdi:
The Death of Othello
Work length5:05
- Uri Caine Ensemble, Ralph Alessi (trumpet), Stefano Bassanese (other instrument), Uri Caine (piano), Zach Danziger (drums), Joyce Hammann (violin / fiddle), Nguyên Lê (guitar), Tim Lefebvre (bass), Bunny Sigler (vocals), Bruno Fabrizio Sorba (other instrument), Achille Succi (clarinet)
- Recorded: February 2005 and June 2007
- Recording Venue: Musikhochschule Detmold, Germany and Sinopoli Hall, Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome, Italy
Awards and reviews
Caine approaches the classics with a jazzman's love of improvisation and pranks. Die-hard purists may run; but Caine's frisky style wars will delight anyone with an open mind.
