Par KRZANOWSKI ANDRZEJ. The cycle of nine Reliefs was written between 1984 and 1989, during the last period in Andrzej Krzanowski?s life, and it provides further evidence of his interest in the fine arts, which he exploited in his compositional work. The sculpture technique enabling an artist to create bas reliefs of varying degrees of convexity, for which the raw material is so important, is faithfully reflected in Relief II, where the accordion offers such possibilities for shaping the sound, dynamics, timbre and articulation that the narrative pursued in this work, involving the expansion and contraction of sound streams and the consistent processing of the raw material (whole tone ? semitone scale), creates a ?musical relief ?. This is not a dramatic or virtuosic work. Time flows slowly, on low, subtly fluctuating dynamic levels, the bands of sounds that form streams of varying density are written solely by means of horizontal lines, stretched out across regular bar lines that measure out the time, and the static unfolding of the music is enriched solely with vibrations. The sounds alternately overlap and fade. Sometimes they occur in imitation, and self-contained chords appear incidentally. The contemplation of time, multi-level structuring, subtlety and? dedication to the brilliant Japanese composer Toshio Hosokawa account for the popular name of this work ? ?Japanese?. Fragment of preface Grazyna Krzanowska translated by John Comber / Date parution : 2022-11-08/ Recueil / Accordéon

This book is a mixture of traditional and contemporary tunes from the Scottish accordionists' repertoire.

It explores the common tune types played in Scotland, i.e. the Jig, reel, strathspey, slow air, waltz, march and polka. Some tunes are arranged in a traditional, dance music style where others have been set with a more contemporary feel as used by the author and many of the ?new age? of Scottish accordionists. Strong emphasis has been placed on the use of the left hand to enhance the style and arrangement.

Ian Lowthian was brought up steeped in the Scottish accordion tradition; he is a graduate of the Royal Academy of Music who, since leaving, has concentrated mainly in traditional music as a performer, teacher and composer. / Musiques du monde / Partition CD / Agrafé /

55 pièces traditionnelles et contemporaines pour l?accordéon. Cet album contient un mélange de mélodies traditionnelles et contemporaines tirées du répertoire écossais de l'accordéon. Il explore les genres courants joués en Ecosse : jig, reel, strathspey, slow air, valse, marche et polka. Certaines des mélodies ont été transcrites dans le style traditionnel de la musique de danse, d'autres ont été arrangées avec une touche plus contemporaine. L'accent est mis sur l'utilisation de la main gauche afin de renforcer le style et l'arrangement. Ian Lowthian a été élevé dans la tradition écossaise de l'accordéon. Il est diplômé de l'Académie royale de musique et s'est consacré depuis, en priorité, à la musique traditionnelle en tant qu'interprète, professeur et compositeur./ Recueil / Accordéon