Charlie Mariano is mainly known for his jazz records and his experiments with world music, but he has also recorded one album of classical music: ADAGIO
The album is a collaboration with german pianist and keyboarder Mike Herting (who produced pop-groups like "Fritz Brause" and "Trio Rio") and german-chinese guitarist Paul Shigihara. The album got enthusiastic reviews by several german reviewers of classical music, but was strongly opposed by many traditionalist jazz critics. The album is not based on improvisation, but on re-arrangments and re-instrumentation of the traditional compositions.
