Upcoming releases
Album: New Reed Quintet
Penderecki Academy Press
Kraków 2025
New Reed Quintet is a pioneering chamber ensemble formed in 2021 by the artistic fusion of two renowned Polish ensembles: duoAccosphere, the accordion duo, and the reed trio – LLLeggiero Woodwind Trio. This is the first and only project of its kind in the world, combining reed wind instruments: oboe, clarinet and bassoon, with two types of modern concert accordion (keyboard and button), the instrument that produces sound also by air, but with the use of free reeds. This experiment undertaken a few years ago revealed a very wide spectrum of performance possibilities, textural solutions and, above all, timbre innovations. The energising interplay of the two instrumental groups is based on both the search for corresponding sounds, and showing the contrasting sound shaping possibilities. The quintet’s innovative sound is based on the mutual complementation of the seemingly distant instruments, which together create a diverse musical mosaic. New Reed Quintet also embodies a perfect symbiosis of tradition and modernity. Thanks to the imagination of the composers, this inspiring medium sparkles with a variety of colours, constantly surprising the audience. The album presents five diverse compositions that were created on commission from duoAccosphere and LLLeggiero Woodwind Trio, and through close collaboration between the composers and the musicians of the ensembles.
- JAN SANEJKO Mirabilia
- TYLER VERSLUIS Quintet
- WOJCIECH WIDŁAK SommerMusik
- PETER MACHAJDÍK And the air and the ground were clean again
- VOLODYMYR RUNCHAK Vyshyvanka