John Williams
John Williams's theme from Schindler's List carries a long, aching melody that sits as naturally with cello and piano as it does on the original soundtrack. In these recordings it becomes a quiet hinge between film music, Jewish song and reflective chamber jazz.
Placed among traditional Jewish melodies and intimate piano originals, the theme keeps its elegiac poise while leaving space for improvising partners. Cello carries the line with mellow gravity; clarinet and piano answer without breaking the spell. It is score music that still holds when the screen goes dark, written for deep feeling rather than display, and treated here as living chamber material.
Compositions by John Williams appear on
Tony Gould on the Art of Creative Music
This is a tribute to revered Australian pianist, praised educator and musical thinker Dr Tony Gould, Australia’s first professor of jazz. It comprises an audio CD and bonus one-hour video DVD documentary.
The Lucky Ones
This solo piano collection gathers old and new standards, original pieces, film music and three works composed spontaneously at the keyboard, capturing Gould’s playing and ideas at a particular moment in life.
…for Sonja
Dedicated to Tony Gould’s dear friend Sonja Krawatt, this album gathers traditional Jewish melodies of lasting emotional warmth. Cello and clarinet join Gould’s piano on several tracks, framing two original pieces written for her.