CD of the month! New jazz CD from Leszek Zaleski quartet. Listen to "Time"
Leszek Zaleski Quartet "Time"
The second album of the quartet, led by jazz guitarist Leszek Zaleski, consists of more progressive, rhythmically and harmonically complex, and formally developed compositions. Thanks to the new instrumentarium, the palette of colors used by the band has expanded, in two songs ("I like it", "Ballada") the Neon String Quartet makes guest appearances. All this makes the music from the "Time" album sound a bit different than the first LZQ album "My songs" from 2017. There are more pads, synthesizers, and the rhythm section has a greater share in creating the musical drive. These are new members of the band: bassist Tomasz Grabowy, known for his cooperation with a galaxy of jazz stars, and multiple award-winner, versatile drummer Paweł Ostrowski. Just like on the first album, Leszek Zaleski is accompanied by an excellent pianist and keyboardist, Dawid Troczewski. A must-have for all jazz lovers. Shipping price included, the CD comes in a neat ecopack.
The magnificent flutist Rita D'Arcangelo continues her series "Inspired by..." with a second album in cooperation with Three Essential Elements collective
Inspired by Rita D'Arcangelo 2 - Bracco | Xanthoulis | James | Vorobyov| Kennedy | Chouraki | Bramel | Judd | Pereira
"A release of a new CD is always a highlight of a musician’s life, which is especially true in case of this particular recording due to its extraordinary character and uniqueness.
When a good friend of mine, Vasco Pereira, invited me to join the Three Essential Elements project, it seemed to be an amazing opportunity to create new music and artistic projects.
It has been a privilege for me to partner with the Three Essential Elements (ThrEE) for some time now; the idea and the goal of bringing new music to the world appeals to me as a performer and I feel it is a great responsibility and joy."
New Arrival - Meditatio. Music of Bartłomiej Marusik | Dafo Quartet & Łukasz Mazanek
Meditatio. Music of Bartłomiej Marusik | Dafô Quartet & Łukasz Mazanek
Quite often we tend to connect religious music with great choral or orchestral works, like cantatas or oratorios. This album is so different - it is more like a silent prayer, so meditative and intimate. Beautiful music from the Polish composer Bartłomiej Marusik takes us on a peaceful yet emotional journey through light and shade. World premiere recording sounds excellent in the brilliant interpretation of the Dafô string quartet and Łukasz Mazanek on the double bass. A must have for all those who seek inner peace and exquisite new music for strings.
The CD comes in a neat digipack, designed by Katarzyna Fiebieger. 12 pages booklet in English and Polish.
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World Premiere Recording - Music of Harvey Hope | Jakub Kościuszko, Szymon Morus, Radom Chamber Orchestra
Music of Harvey Hope | Jakub Kościuszko - guitar, Szymon Morus - conductor, Radom Chamber Orchestra
We release into your hands the record with the world premiere and the culmination of the World Premiere Tour in the hope that it will captivate and enchant you, just as all other listeners, with its emotional saturation, romanticism, and openness. It is a tribute paid to the composer and an attempt to preserve his legacy, keep his passion alive, and fulfil his dreams. It is also a great joy – of creation and listening. This album presents music for guitar and chamber orchestra, orchestral works and solo guitar works.
The CD comes in a beautiful digipack with a 28-page booklet in English and Polish.
A new release with romantic lieder of Carl Loewe from Polish mezzo-soprano Ewa Filipowicz-Kosińska and pianist Anna Paras. Ready for order!
Carl Loewe. Lieder. Ewa Filipowicz-Kosińska - mezzo-soprano, Anna Paras - piano
Researchers of the Romantic era mention Loewe, alongside Franz Schubert and Robert Schumann, primarily for the sake of song writing. They draw attention to the special feature of Carl Loewe's music – the presence in these mini-studios of the element of humour, which greatly expands the palette of emotional colours and interpretation possibilities of romantic poetry, which is a textual layer of ballads and songs of "Schubert of the North". (text by dr Andrzej Wątorski)
Cd of the month! Fresh release and our third album from one of the best guitar duos in the world!
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Kupiński Guitar Duo Goes Modern. Drozd | Bauer | Brindle | Szalonek | Marggraf | Vassiliev
Kupiński Guitar Duo does not stop to amaze classical guitar aficionados and comes with a fantastic release of a contemporary music album! This time the fantastic Polish duo recorded rarely heard music of Witold Szalonek, Gerard Drozd, Reginald Smith Brindle, Konstantin Vassiliev, Jens Marggraf and Jerzy Bauer. This is a must have in any serious classical guitar CD`s collection. Virtuosity and musicality of the highest level guaranteed!
CD comes in a neat digipak, booklet in English and Polish,
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CD of the month! New Release and our second album from the wonderful Percussion and Pianos Ensemble!
This is the world... | Music of David Maslanka
We are proud to present our latest production - a CD with music by David Maslanka performed by Percussion and Pianos Ensemble - Robert Gawronski, Jakub Brawata on pianos, Marcin Serwacinski and Filip Filipski on percussion. A beautiful recording of an extraordinary suite, just in time for winter evenings.
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CD of the month! New release from the viola-guitar duo Ewa Guzowska - Tomasz Kandulski!
Duochrome | Khayam, Schubert, Gnattali, Satie | Ewa Guzowska (viola) & Tomasz Kandulski (guitar)
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Fantasia on Gdańsk of the Olden Times - live recording | Maciej Gański, piano | ARCADELT, CHOPIN, MOZART
Maciej Gański, graduated with honours from The Stanisław Moniuszko Academy of Music in Gdańsk, where he received the degree of the Doctor of Musical Arts. “Maciej Gański carries on with the golden era of the Polish piano music,” “one of the distinguished pianists of the young generation,” “he was revealed as a titan of the piano,” “ultimate performer with extraordinarily transparent and crystalline technique”, are only a few selected reviews of the artist’s performance.
The publisher of this unique record is Museum of Gdańsk.
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ALLA POLACCA | ACH DUO | CHOPIN, TANSMAN, RYTERBAND, JURCZYK
The first Polish CD with music for guitar and harp duo
Alla Polacca - is the title of the first Polish album containing Polish music for the guitar-harp instrumental duo, which is released at the turn of 2020 and 2021 by The Association for Polish Guitar Music Development under the small great music (QBK) record company. The pieces on the album were recorded by the unique ACh Duo, formed by guitarist Aleksander Pankowski vel Jankowski, a graduate of the Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice and harpist Noemi Hańczyk, a graduate student at The Karol Lipiński Academy of Music in Wrocław.
The name of the disc is inspired by the title of one of the parts of the work ‘’Suite in modo polonico” by Alexandre Tansman, which was included on the album, in a special, original arrangement for guitar and harp, made by the composer himself. The recording of Suite is the very first full recording of this piece in the world and it was never fully recorded after its creation.
The album also contains original transcriptions of Fryderyk Chopin's works arranged by Anna Wołowczyk - Prelude in D flat major, Op. 28 No. 15 and by the performers themselves - Waltz in C sharp minor, Op. 64 No. 2. The entire publication is complemented by compositions played solo by the artists - Grzegorz Jurczyk's ‘’Fogbound Mountains” for guitar and ‘’Deux images’’ for harp, composed by Roman Ryterband.
The album is co-financed by The Minister of Culture and National Heritage from The Culture Promotion Fund as part of The ‘’Musical trace’’ program implemented by The Institute of Music and Dance.
Partners: Historical Documentation Center of Polish Guitar, Ruch Muzyczny, P.A.N. luthier instruments
Media partners: Radio Wrocław Kultura, Presto, Polish Music Information Center, Sześć Strun Świata
Celebrating 10 years of smallGREATmusic!!!
10 years of smallGREATmusic | produced in Szczecin
We are proud to announce our new release for the 10th anniversary of our label: 2-CD album, with the most beautiful music from our greatest Artists! CD 1 Classical focuses on classical music, presenting works by Rameau, Albeniz, Paganini, Arnold, Lutosławski, Nin, Ravel, Fissinger, Tansman, Falla, Schumann, Dvořak. CD 2 Non classical features world music and jazz inspired works by Jobim, Yom, Galliano, Dyens, Assad, Reinhardt, Zaleski, Pajdzik and Wars.
Most of the music comes from recordings made by Polish artists: Kupiński Guitar Duo, Leszek Zaleski Quartet, Musicofeelya & Jona Ardyn, Zespół Kameralny Vocalis, Brahms Piano Quartet, Jerzy Chwastyk, Maciej Gański, Daniel Egielman, Marek Nosal, Mateusz Goraj, Haniszewska-Kandulski Duo, Percussion and Pianos Ensemble, Pajestka Kostecki Duo, Marcin Maślak & dankArt quartet and Jan Jakub Bokun & Jakub Kościuszko. On the other hand, there is also a wonderful group of artists coming from: Italy (Rita D'Arcangelo), Germany (Berlin Piano Trio, Baumbach Duo), Greece and Spain (Duo Melis), Slovenia (Tjaša Kastelic), Belgium (Jan Depreter) and Romania (Duo Kitharsis).
We would like to thank you all for 10 years together! Artists, sound engineers, designers, translators, printers, photographers and all people, who support us - THANK YOU!
(PL) Projekt dofinansowany w ramach Mecenatu Kulturalnego Miasta Szczecin.
(ENG) Project under the Cultural Patronage of the City of Szczecin.
QBK 041, 2 CDs, triple ekopack with gold and soft-touch foil. Check out the price depending on your location.
Because of high demand all of remaining December orders will be sent in January 2021.
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Aphelion - great debut CD from the Pajestka Kostecki Guitar Duo
APHELION | PAJESTKA KOSTECKI DUO - ASSAD & ASSAD, PETIT, BACH, KLIMEK
Join us on a metaphysical journey of discovery of the most profound depths of human sensitivity and beauty, which invigorates our imagination, transforms our horizons, and overflows with universal messages that inspire the deepest insights.
First record of Pajestka Kostecki DUO. The ensemble consists of Dawid Pajestka – a guitarist, a chamber musician, an educator, an alumnus of The Ignacy Jan Paderewski Academy of Music in Poznań, and currently a lecturer at The Academy of Arts in Szczecin and Maciej Kostecki – a guitarist, a teacher, a session musician, an alumnus of The Academy of Arts in Szczecin. “Their play functions as a single organism at the highest artistic level”.
(PL) Projekt dofinansowany w ramach Mecenatu Kulturalnego Miasta Szczecin.
(ENG) Project co-financed by the Municipality of Szczecin.
QBK 036, CD, digipack. Check out the price depending on your location.
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CD of the month - Another brilliant solo CD from Rita D'Arcangelo!
Inspired by Rita D'Arcangelo
The CD comes in a beautiful edition, in a triple digipack with booklet. Please check your shipping destination to see the price!
New release! Wojciech Popielarz & Friends with beautiful new music for guitar!
A wonderful album with music of Wojciech Popielarz, Polish guitarist, teacher and composer living in one of the most beautiful regions of Central Europe - Masuria. On this album Wojciech invited his friends and students to record compositions for solo guitar, guitar & chamber ensembles and voice. Highly recommended especially for guitarists and teachers searching for new repertoire. Scores of allthe pieces are available from absonic.pl.
QBK 033, CD, digipack. Check out the price depending on your location.
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Guitar Portrait - Tomasz Radziszewski & Friends are here!
Guitar Portrait - Tomasz Radziszewski & Friends - Praetorius | Vivaldi | Giuliani | Villa-Lobos | Rodrigo
A brilliant debut from Tomasz Radziszewski. The young Polish guitar virtuoso presents his energetic personality in solo pieces from Praetorius, Giuliani and Villa-Lobos. He also invited his friends to join him in a beautiful version of Vivaldi`s famous Concerto in D (Karolina Michalska – harpsichord, Magdalena Wypych – baroque cello, Kinga Kubiak – flute, Anatoly Tityaev – flute) and in a guitar-piano version of the beautiful Concierto de Aranjuez (Michał Michalski - piano). Highly recommended to all classical guitar aficionados!
QBK 034, CD, digipack. Check out the price depending on your location.
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New arrival! "Small Talk" by Tomasz Hajda (trombone) and Natalia Domańska (piano)
Small Talk - Tomasz Hajda (trombone) and Natalia Domańska (piano)
Jean-Michel Defaye (*1932), Jacques Castérède (1926–2014), Szymon Laks (1901–1983), Juraj Filas (*1955), Giacomo Puccini (1858–1924), arr. Nicola Ferro (*1954), Joseph Turrin (*1947)
Tomasz Hajda – puzon/trombone
Natalia Domańska – fortepian/piano
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Jakub Waszczeniuk – trąbka/trumpet (11)
Karol Gajda – puzon/trombone (10)
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A brilliant debut from Tjaša Kastelic and Jerzy Chwastyk violin-guitar duo!
Romance. Canciones y Danzas.
Physical CD in a neat triple Digipack with booklet. Choose your shipping destination - Polska (10 EUR), Europe (12 EUR), America, Asia and Australia (14 EUR).
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Brand NEW! Bokun/Kosciuszko Duo is Back with "A la carte 2"!
Bokun/Kościuszo Duo - A la carte 2 - clarinet & guitar - Connesson | Ravel | Woś | Drozd | Kovacs | Zenamon | Viseur | Reinhardt | Galliano | McDonald | Yom
A brand new CD from the Bokun/Kościuszko clarinet/guitar duo contains pieces written by Connesson, Ravel, Woś, Drozd, Kovacs, Yom, Reinhardt, Zenamon, Viseur and McDonald. Check out why the Duo is considered by many to be the best clarinet/guitar duo on the planet!
Second album from the incredible young Polish virtuoso Marcin Maślak!
Pastelux | Robak, Czura | Marcin Maślak - guitar
A new brilliant CD with modern guitar music coming from two young Polish composers - Roman Czura and Adrian Robak. The recording was a part of the doctoral research performed by the young Polish virtuoso Marcin Maślak. Check out his first, highly appraised album "The Malachite Recital" in the Guitar solo section!
New recording from Jan Depreter! Complete works of Villa-Lobos for guitar solo
Heitor Villa-Lobos | Complete works for guitar solo | Jan Depreter
A brand new album from Marek Nosal! In modo polonico: Tansman | Bobrowicz | Mroński. Get free Master Quality Audio Tracks from the album!
Marek Nosal - guitar. In modo polonico: Tansman | Bobrowicz | Mroński
A brand new CD from our label in a neat, double digipack. Beautiful recording of Polish music for guitar - a must have for all the guitar lovers out there! Selected Master Quality Audio files are available for free download - read more to get them!
Dofinansowano ze środków Ministra Kultury i Dziedzictwa Narodowego pochodzących z Funduszu Promocji Kultury w ramach programu „Muzyczny ślad” realizowanego przez Instytut Muzyki i Tańca.
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A new release from the Belgian virtuoso Jan Depreter! Dedication - Music for Julian Bream
Jan Depreter - guitar | Dedication - music for Julian Bream | Berkeley, Britten, Walton, Davies, Takemitsu
New release coming from the Belgian guitar virtuoso Jan Depreter is focused on works dedicated to Julian Bream, written by the great XXth century composers: Berkeley, Britten, Walton, Davies and Takemitsu. A must-have for all who love guitar music!
Smooth Jazz from Leszek Zaleski Quartet - NEW ARRIVAL!
Leszek Zaleski - guitars, Dawid Troczewski - piano, Piotr Sypień - bass, Marek Jakubowski - drums, QBK 022
Long awaited debut album from Daniel Egielman! Discount 25 % ONLY TILL 10/12
Throughout the first week the CD has a 25 % discount! Only till 10/09/2017.
NEW! Baumbach Duo - Legenden. A Legendary Debut!
Baumbach Duo - Legenden - Ibert | Ourkouzonouv | Falla | Nin | Brouwer | Ravel
A Brilliant Debut CD from Maciej Gański!
Maciej Gański - piano | Liszt - TRANSCRIPTIONS: Wagner | Schumann | Chopin | Schubert | Alabieff | Arcadelt
- Shipping: Polska
These bold, energetic interpretations of Liszt`s song and opera transcriptions are a fine addition to the solo piano dicography.
Kevin Kenner
CD OF THE MONTH - Get it with extra discount - Digital and Physical CDs!
