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To leave the circle, as the PR text of this CD says, means « to step out of the circle - to cross a barrier, to break a convention, to overcome a pattern. » With the CD Out of Circle, Maciej Zimka successfully, it must be said, searches for ways outside the circle.

In his violin sonata, the Polish composer and accordionist combines intensified rhythm and lyrical passages in which he juxtaposes the contrasting movements of violin and accordion. The rhythmic fantasy is as exciting as the mystical content in the slow movement. This rhetorical piece is followed by `Dimension,` a mysterious work with terrific accordion figures that precedes the Sonata for Guitar and Accordion, which builds on strong moods and shows guitar and accordion in a joint quest for the most special sounds, with Zimka demanding unheard-of tonal coloration from his instrument. The intensity and often urging pulsation of this music are phenomenal.

No less exciting is Out of Circle, written for two accordions, which, with the devilish rhythms of the technically extremely virtuosic music, demands from the soloist a technique that is as nimble as it is agile, in order to directly shape the rapidly successive extremes and rhythmic changes. In any case, the composition is so forceful in its dramaturgy and multifaceted in its tonal shaping that one listens spellbound. Outside the circle, Zimka gives his imagination uninhibited free rein.

Remy Franck

To leave the circle, as the PR text of this CD says, means « to step out of the circle - to cross a barrier, to break a convention, to overcome a pattern. » With the CD Out of Circle, Maciej Zimka successfully, it must be said, searches for ways outside the circle.

In his violin sonata, the Polish composer and accordionist combines intensified rhythm and lyrical passages in which he juxtaposes the contrasting movements of violin and accordion. The rhythmic fantasy is as exciting as the mystical content in the slow movement. This rhetorical piece is followed by `Dimension,` a mysterious work with terrific accordion figures that precedes the Sonata for Guitar and Accordion, which builds on strong moods and shows guitar and accordion in a joint quest for the most special sounds, with Zimka demanding unheard-of tonal coloration from his instrument. The intensity and often urging pulsation of this music are phenomenal.

No less exciting is Out of Circle, written for two accordions, which, with the devilish rhythms of the technically extremely virtuosic music, demands from the soloist a technique that is as nimble as it is agile, in order to directly shape the rapidly successive extremes and rhythmic changes. In any case, the composition is so forceful in its dramaturgy and multifaceted in its tonal shaping that one listens spellbound. Outside the circle, Zimka gives his imagination uninhibited free rein.

Remy Franck