365 Days #53 - Valjean - Mashin' the Classicks (mp3s)

MP3:
01 Mr. Mozart's Mash (Mozart - Sonata in C) (2:39)
02 Bird Mash (Mendelssohn - Spring Song) (1:58)
03 Mashanova (Rubenstein - Melody in F) (2:19)
04 Little Mash Muffet (Haydn - Surprise Symphony) (2:00)
05 Hungarian Mash #5 (Brahms - Hungarian Dance #5) (1:58)
06 The Minute Mash (Chopin - Minute Waltz) (2:43)
07 Mashville, USA (Liszt - Hungarian Rhapsody) (2:06)
08 Mash Militaire (Schubert - Marche Militaire) (2:40)
09 Two for the Mash (Mendelssohn - Wedding March) (2:17)
10 Mashacre in G (Beethoven - Minuet in G) (1:59)
11 Mashmellow Pudding (Mozart - Turkish March) (1:59)
12 Mashing Along (Tschaikowsky - 1812 Overture) (1:59)

You know a particular style of music has run it's course when someone uses it as the template to re-imagine old classical music workhorses (see "A Fifth of Beethoven"). Consider this album by Valjean (Johns), a classically-trained pianist probably best-known for performing the theme to the TV show "Ben Casey". Crazy, daddy-o, crazy.

- Contributed by: Stark Effect

Image: Front Cover (courtesy of: Philip Jackson)

Media: 12" LP
Album: Mashin' the Classicks
Label: Carlton
Catalog: 146
Date: 1963

Comments

[roisiles]

mashbert mashington.. !!!!

[Scott Mercer]

DIG! It's Liberace playing with The Ventures!

[TheWaverly]

Groovy! These cuts are excellent. I would love to make a video to this with mashers mashing in full 18th century costumes.

[Parq]

Worth it just for the cheerfully goofy figure in the cover illustration.

[jaylefus]

My dad had this album (probably still does). When I was a kid, Hungarian Mash #5 was the theme to my personal international spy fantasy.

[Vincent]

Wild! I'm a pianist too and I wish I could play a gig with that raunchy sax player on Rondo alla turca.

[Jon]

Like, Total Unsquaresville dude! love it.
Jon

[michael buonanno]

great stuff i'd like to hear Hold me you and TELL ME Lies and Turnaround before i release them. michaelAnthony