![]() ![]() He was initially a self-taught youngster, under the guidance of his father, a train-worker and saxophonist in a local ensemble. This new release opens with two pieces by Belgian composer, conductor, teacher, trumpeter, and musicologist, André Waignein. Having now heard the CD in its entirety, I must say I agree, wholeheartedly, with this appraisal. This, we are told, in the most informative CD booklet, ‘produces a rather unique sonoric effect: a warm, soft and full sound, which is rarely seen on contemporary stages’. Interestingly, Michał Maślak plays on an instrument from 1934, very similar in construction to the ones produced by Adolf Sax in the second half of the nineteenth-century, which Maślak uses in conjunction with a mouthpiece based on Sax’s original patent (1846). 85 by Marcin Kopczyński which ends the present CD. There are also pieces composed especially for them, like the Sonata op. While Koncepcja’s repertoire includes pieces that form the mainstay of the repertoire, they focus mainly on contemporary works as well as those bordering on popular and jazz music. The saxophone was created in the early 1840s by Belgian inventor and musician, Antoine-Joseph ‘Adolphe’ Sax. ![]() Justyna Jażdżyk (piano) and, of course, there’s no prize for working out that the name simply means ‘concept’ in Polish. The saxophone & piano duo Koncepcja’s new CD, it was just too good an opportunity to miss. ![]() I can’t recall reviewing any of their new releases that features the saxophone in a duo, so, on seeing If you were to look through the impressive catalogue of over 500 works on the Acte Préalable label, it would be fair to say that the vast majority of CDs involve the piano, either as a soloist, in concertos, in chamber music, or in duos with all manner of string, woodwind, and brass instruments. 2021, Sala koncertowa Państwowej Szkoły Muzycznej I i II stopnia im. Hot-Sonate (Jazz-Sonate) for alto saxophone and piano ![]()
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