Adam Baldych & Mozdzer Leszek - Passacaglia (CD)

Passacaglia is a multi-colored musical dialogue between two unique characters who are leading figures in European jazz and contemporary music.Passacaglia is a multi-colored musical dialogue between two uniquecharacters who are leading figures in European jazz and contemporarymusic, Adam Bałdych and Leszek Możdżer. The repertoire ranges fromfree improvisations over works co-written by the musicians themselves totheir very personal interpretations of themes by Erik Satie, Josquin desPrez and others.The album features a highly unusual combination of instruments: a Renaissance violin, two grand pianos - one tuned to 442 Hz and the other 432Hz - and a prepared upright piano. This setup allows an infinitely variedpalette of musical expression, which defies styles, genres and even tonaland harmonic convention.The world that Bałdych and Możdżer create is one of well-balancedbeauty, expressed in the noble form of chamber music, but it is also oneof turbulent and intensely emotional improv