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PRES Revisited: Józef Patkowski in Memoriam

(Polish Radio Experimental Studio series)

(Bôłt, BR ES01) (Poland) (2-CD set)

CD 1 (Originals)

  1. Bogusław Schaeffer - Antiphona [1975] (7:24)
  2. Eugeniusz Rudnik - Collage [1965] (5:00)
  3. Krzysztof Penderecki - Psalmus [1961] (5:02)
  4. Bohdan Mazurek - Episodes [1973] (8:24)
  5. Bogusław Schaeffer - Assemblage (version 1) [1966] (8:31)
  6. Bohdan Mazurek - Esperienza [1967] (3:30)
  7. Eugeniusz Rudnik - Dixi [1967] (4:41)

CD 2 (Covers)

  1. Phil Durrant - Antiphona (7:47)
  2. Mikołaj Pałosz/Maciej Śledziecki - Collage (4:40)
  3. John Tilbury - Psalmus (5:08)
  4. Phil Durrant/Mikołaj Pałosz/Eddie Prévost - Episodes (6:18)
  5. Maciej Śledziecki - Assemblage (6:30)
  6. Phil Durrant/Mikołaj Pałosz/Eddie Prévost/Maciej Śledziecki/John Tilbury - Esperienza (3:28)
  7. Mikołaj Pałosz - Dixi (4:36)
  8. Phil Durrant/Mikołaj Pałosz/Eddie Prévost/Maciej Śledziecki/John Tilbury - Hommage to Bogusław Schaeffer's Symphony (15:45)

Graphic scores on CD 1 prepared by Denis Kolokol, based on the original recordings on CD 2

Phil Durrant: violin
Mikołaj Pałosz: cello
Eddie Prévost: percussion
Maciej Śledziecki: electric guitar
John Tilbury: piano

CD 1 recorded by Eugeniusz Rudnik (2, 3, 7) and Bohdan Mazurek (1, 4-6) at the Polish Radio Experimental Studio in Warsaw
CD 2 recorded live by Shane Browne at Cafe Oto, London, December 13, 2009
CD 2 mixed by Shane Browne and Joanna Szczepańska-Antosik
Mastered by Ewa Guziołek-Tubelewicz and Joanna Szczepańska-Antosik
Design by Piotrek Bukowski
Cover photo by Krzysztof Pijarski
Inlay photos by Andrzej Zborski
Produced by Michał Libera and Foundation 4.99
Includes a 40-page booklet with liner notes by Krzysztof Szlifirski, Michał Libera, and Bolesław Błaszczyk in Polish and English (translation by Mikołaj Gliński), and black and white photos

Released in December 2010