Michael Gajda; Adam Domurat; CoOperate Orchestra
Release Date: 02 December 2022
Label: DUX Recording Producers
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 5902547018348
Genres: Classical Orchestral
Description
This album is a nod to lovers of the accordion as well as to everyone who enjoys contemporary music in its various formal and expressive manifestations.
Three different accordion concertos with orchestra come from the last two decades of the 20th century, each of which presents different formal solutions and sound qualities. The 1994 Opale concerto for accordion and string orchestra by Richard Galliano is almost a classic of the genre. The piece of this French composer combines neoclassical features with influences of jazz and tango, very characteristic of the accordion repertoire.
The name of Bronislaw Kazimierz Przybylski's composition from 1986, Concerto classico for accordion, string orchestra and percussion, refers to the very idea of a concerto form. It juxtaposes solo and orchestral episodes while drawing on the elegant neoclassical style.
The last piece, Concerto for accordion and chamber orchestra, is distinguished by its unusual one-movement structure, dissonant harmony and expressive texture, which allows the possibilities of both the instrument and the virtuoso artist playing it to shine through.
Michal Gajda is a classical and jazz accordionist, soloist and chamber musician, and Doctor of musical arts. His musical activity extends from solo accordion works as well as organ music, through Astor Piazzolla tango nuevo to contemporary music works. He performs as part of various classical and contemporary ensembles. He has performed as a soloist with such orchestras as Sinfonia Varsovia, The Symphony Orchestra of Zabrze Philharmonic, Silesian Chamber Orchestra under conductors: Ewa Strusinska, Slawek Adam Wróblewski, Robert Kabara, Slawomir Chrzanowski, Krzysztof Szydzisza, Adam Domurat.
Tracklisting
Collegium Cantorum Choir, Janusz Siadlak
Jacek Szponarski, Szymon Mechlinski, Jolanta Pszczolkowsla-Pawlik
Jan Milosz Zarzycki, Witold Lutoslowski Lomza Chamber Philharmonic
Pawel Przytocki, Arthur Rubinstein Philharmonic Orchestra, Wojciech Niedziolka
Tomasz Ritter, Tansman Trio
Messages Quartet, Piotr Lato
Malgorzata Wasiucionek-Potera, Andrzej Karalow
Maciej Tworek, Jerzy Semkow Polish Sinfonia luventus Orchestra
Josef Krips; Various Orchestras
Josef Krips
Atalanta Fugiens Orchestra; Vanni Moretto
The Orchestra Now; Leon Botstein
Yannick Nezet-Seguin; Orchestre Metropolitain de Montreal
Brussels Philharmonic, Kazushi Ono
Bohuslav Martinu Philharmonie, Friedrich Kleinhapl, Robert Kruzik
Sibylle Mahni; Andreas Spering; Brandenburger Symphoniker
