Various Artists - Art of Emotions - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

EMOTIONS is a collection of miniatures by outstanding Polish and foreign composers. This unique project of an album with works by Polish composers (including world premiere recordings) for flute and organ is a novelty on the music recording market. It consists of works by, e.g. Zygmunt Noskowski, Ignacy Jan Paderewski, Karol Szymanowski, Krzysztof Penderecki, Pawel Lukaszewski, Lukasz Wos, Wojciech Kilar, Michal Lorenc, Gabriel Fauré, Eugène Bozza, or Felix Mendelssohn. We hope that this musical showcase, consisting of miniatures created in various eras and styles, will be an interesting suggestion for every music lover.

The turn of the 19th century was a time of significant aesthetic changes in the European music. The tightened relationship between expression and expressive dynamics marginalized the instruments that did not offer the performer the possibility of making smooth dynamic changes, as a result of which they also fell from the composers' grace. In the aforementioned phenomenon, we find an explanation for both the spectacular fall of the harpsichord, superseded by the significantly more 'emotional' piano, as well as the dethronement of the organ- the so far unquestioned 'king of instruments.' However, before falling into oblivion, the organ was saved by it's centuries-old presence in Christian temples, where organ music accompanied the rituals, regardless of aesthetic revolutions. The unequivocally defined style of the instrument significantly influenced the choice of the recorded repertoire, which, apart from the works of German romantics, only includes pieces growing out of the aesthetic trunk they created. It is no coincidence that the output of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847) plays a dominant role, as to a large extent it is to him that the organ owns it's 19th-century renaissance.

East West explores musical landscapes from the European and American parts of the globe, resulting in a kind of travel journal that begins in Eastern Europe and then travels westward Duo Aliada is known for their creative approach to adapting classical repertoire for their own instruments. Polish saxophonist Michal Knot and Serbian accordionist Bogdan Laketic formed the duo in 2013 in Vienna, a city whose rich musical tradition reflects it's history as a crossroads between Eastern and Western Europe. The following years brought Michal and Bogdan to performances around the world, and into contact with various cultures and musical traditions. This wide range of experiences, beginning all the way back with their childhoods in Eastern Europe, is a major source of inspiration for their music making and for this album.