Stefano Bollani

Piano Variations on Jesus Christ Superstar (AL1007)

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Piano Variations on Jesus Christ Superstar

Stefano Bollani

Alobar

806891429926

GEN 159749

AL1007

JAZZ

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• 6 SIDES DIGIPACK EDITION

• INCLUDES 8-page booklet

Bollani wanted his version of “JCS” to be completely different from whatever Broadway or London production: “I’ll choose the piano solo formula, because it’s a love affair between myself and this music.” He only sings one song, “Superstar”; the rest of the album is instrumental. Bollani, grateful for the exceptional permission granted to him to re-interpret the cult opera, has freely but respectfully approached the original songs by following his own playful wit, informed by the musical traditions, genres, styles and encounters that have shaped what is considered his very own idiom. For his version of Jesus Christ Superstar Bollani wanted a warm, mellow, profound, dense and clear piano sound. Hence the piano tuned at 432 Hz, which has allowed him to express the warmth and profundity of Lloyd Webber & Rice’s strong round film characters.

PERSONNEL:

  • Stefano Ballani, piano

TRACKS:

  • 1. Prelude 1:43
  • 2. Heaven On Their Minds 5:01
  • 3. What's The Buzz? 2:42
  • 4. Strange Thing, Mystifying 1:36
  • 5. Everything's Alright 5:57
  • 6. This Jesus Must Die 3:38
  • 7. Hosanna 3:21
  • 8. Simon Zealotes 3:38
  • 9. Pilate's Dream 2:56
  • 10. The Temple 4:17
  • 11. I Don't Know How To Love Him 3:16
  • 12. Damned For All Time 1:49
  • 13. The Last Supper 4:03
  • 14. Gethsemane (I Only Want To Say) 7:30
  • 15. King Herod's Song 3:49
  • 16. Trial Before Pilate 2:56
  • 17. Superstar 4:08
  • 18. John Nineteen: Forty-One 1:20