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"Bach would have had his joy with Passo Avanti, of that we are convinced", says BR Klassik, and NDR Kultur reports enthusiastically: "The quartet Passo Avanti renegotiates the musical parameters of existing pieces - the result is an exciting mixture of classical and jazz. (.) The transformations are witty and full of ideas. (.) The fun of arranging and improvising is in the foreground, and that carries over to the listening."
Passo Avanti breathes new life into classics with irrepressible joy of playing and virtuosity; classics that were outrageously modern in their time. The so-called old masters, composers like Bach, Brahms and Verdi, they were all musical avant-gardists, eager to experiment and open to new ideas. What music do you think they would make today? Passo Avanti gives us a hint of it.
The quartet thoughtfully translates familiar works into a modern sonic language, reshaping them without distorting their original spirit. On the contrary, through their own arrangements, the pieces become as exciting again as they were when they were written. At the same time they never sound artificial, nothing seems forced, but everything has a fundamental naturalness. When the four of them play, a lively dialogue develops between the individual voices, teasing out wonderful new nuances from the originals - they shine with a new brilliance.
Cast
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Julia Bassler - violin
Alexander von Hagke - clarinet, bass clarinet, flute
Piccolo Vlado Grizelj - guitar
Eugen Bazijan - cello
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