Native - Just Four - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Ema, the new project from ex-Gowns singer/guitarist Erika M. Anderson, now their debut album PAST LIFE MARTYRED SAINTS.

TrombQuartet is a trombone quartet, comprising of the following musicians Piotr Banys, Wojciech Jelinski, Marek Kaczor and Tomasz Kaczor. All the artists are graduates of I. J. Paderewski Academy of Music in Poznan, and Hochschule fur Musik Hanns Eisler in Berlin. They cooperate with prestigious institutions in their everyday professional lives, such as Orchester Akademie der Berliner Philharmoniker, T. Szeligowski Philharmonic Orchestra in Poznan, S. Moniuszko Grand Theatre, as well as I. J. Paderewski Academy of Music in Poznan. What is worth highlighting is the fact that TrombQuarter, which is among the precious few such bands in Poland, was founded in 2012. Ever since then the band has been giving concerts and developing their skills, mastering the unique sound of a trombone quartet, constantly working on their repertoire. During concerts, the artists present not only classical compositions from various periods, but they can also intrigue their audience with their original interpretations of jazz standards, film music, and even pop songs. They also like to employ the works of contemporary artists from the USA, England, Italy and Poland into their repertoire, who write dedicated pieces for the talented quartet. The band cooperates with the eminent composer of the young generation, Ewa Fabianska-Jelinska, who composes new pieces and arrangements for them.

Toccata Classics continues it's exploration of the music of the Hungarian composer Ferenc Farkas (1905-2000) with this second of two releases of his chamber works for cello. As with previous albums in this series, the music here features the characteristics that make Farkas' music so appealing catchy tunes, transparent textures, buoyant rhythms and a fondness for Baroque forms and folk-dances. Some of these pieces speak a tougher language that show Farkas to have been in touch with his times, but it is the infectious melodic appeal of most of the music here that carries the day.