In order to match the exigencies of the planned repertoire, the orchestra increased the number of its members, inviting Poland's finest musicians to participate in the venture. The first concerts conducted by Menuhin were enthusiastically received by audiences and appreciated by critics. The delighted lord Menuhin expressed his desire to continue working with the newly-formed ensemble. The idea of establishing a permanent orchestra, made up of stringed instruments and a doubled winds section has become fact.
Each year, the festival adopts a different theme and is hosted by a different city around the world, including Nantes, Bilbao, Tokyo and Rio de Janeiro. In Kim's repertoire, probably [ W repertuarze Kim, [ Soon after [ The band has released so [ Fans of Junior [ Nearly 6 years passed, s in c e the i d ea of recording so l o album appeared.
Vuz Records signed the German to their [ The concert was [ During last year we have performed an in-depth analysis [ Written statement that [ Also, the handing over of the system to testing and evaluation took place two months earlier than [ This is not the first time that the album from the "Polish Jazz" series uses a different than black color. Let me remind you that for the first time the color took on the album Astigmatic , by Komeda's quintet, prepared especially on the occasion of Record Store Day, a celebration of independent record stores.
It was then that new rules for the PJ re-edition were established: the discs were to be colored, pressed in the Warsaw pressing plant WM FONO , and instead of a foil, antistatic sleeves, they were to be inserted into cardboard envelopes with a summary of materials prepared for CD releases was to be printed. Apparently it was a trial, something like a test, and its results must have turned out to be satisfactory, because on May 15th 12 full color discs were released - three of them came from the PJ series.
It was a series with which the publishing house celebrated its jubilee - 55 years on the market. The graphic design of the re-edition of the Young Power differs in details from the original. The new version received a spine that was not present in the older version. The logotype of Polskie Nagrania, used since the s, was also edited the so-called "note" and the Polish Jazz logo was moved to the left, in its place. All titles and texts on the back cover have been rewritten, albeit in a similar font to the original; a bar-code and information about the publisher were also added.
However, the label in the middle has been completely changed. In the original it was a classic "banana-colored" label, and in the new version it is black and has a changed layout. The new album was pressed on g vinyl. Already in , however, you could hear some of the tracks from it in the digital version. The album includes material selected from the band's first two albums.
Interesting fact - the disc was pressed in Hungary, because there was no CD pressing plant in Poland at that time. This is not the first re-release of Polskie Nagrania albums which this sound engineer took part in.
Let me remind you that in he prepared a remaster for the Niemen vol. The new version of the CD was released in an exceptionally well-prepared form, with an interesting booklet, photos, etc.
Such things did not happen in Polish releases, especially in that period. And here - we have a huge volume, a very good depth of the sound stage and a very well-extended band. Also the definition of the sounds is great, as if the album was pressed by one of the western labels at its best. But it is also a slightly different sound. It seems warmer and denser.
The original is shamelessly dynamic, even exhibitionistic in this dynamics and opening of the sound. The colored remaster sounds warmer, slightly lower and more conservative. However, it shows the timbre of instruments, both percussion and others, in a nicer way.
The sound of the new version is given closer to the base of the speakers, closer to us , which usually suggests more compression - and, I assume, rightly so. But compression as such isn't a bad thing, it's abuse is bad.
Here, at the expense of slightly calming down the dynamics, I got a better picture of the whole, less chaotic, better organized and orderly. Young Power in its first release it is an incredibly dynamic and open recording. This is a great realization! You can get this version in perfect condition for relatively little money. But the remaster, at the price of a slight extinction of the opening and dynamics, offers nicer timbres and order , which on the original release changed into chaos in some fragments.
The new version has a higher stylus travel noise than the original, and it creaks a bit more, which is also worth taking into account when making a decision. And this one won't be easy - I can't even name my favorite myself, both versions are equally interesting. It is warmer than the vinyl original and less obtrusive. It has surprisingly well rendered frequency range extremes, although the midrange is a bit closed in, it lacks the clarity and resolution that we will hear with the latest remaster.
This is how you hear the limitations of analog-to-digital converters from the turn of the s and s. The digital version from the "gray" series is really good, it sounds good. But also its sound is a bit "square" , precisely because it is not resolving enough.
The dynamic contrasts have been perfectly preserved, which gives the whole the required momentum. It is quite a warm sound, with a clearly lower center of gravity than on the original vinyl. And yet the wild energy of the original has been preserved and something else has been added that all other versions lack - depth of the stage. Only in this version, i.
The orchestra is led on this album, appropriately to the task, by Marzena Diakun, an extraordinarily gifted woman-conductor. Wanda Landowska , included on our CD, combines acoustic tradition with electric modernity.
Details at www. In the same series, we now present their second joint project, Siren. Melodrama aeterna, on a compact disc. Their music not only impresses audiences with its beautiful form and emotional charge, but also provides modern-day artists with an inexhaustible source of inspiration.
That music preserves for us the idiom of Polishness, to which, willy-nilly, by way of homage or rebellion, successful generations of artists and music lovers continue to return as to a point of reference.
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