MuzyczneABC - płytoteka
Zbyszka KOWALCZYKA

Rok wydania

2011

Wytwórnia

Blue Note/EMI Music PL

Nr. katalogowy

0 84498 2 5

Czas trwania płyty

50:50

Gatunek

jazz

Utwory

1. Music Like Water (5:10)
2. Like A He-Bear And She-Bear/Falling Asleep/Eyelashes
(4:39)
3. This Only (3:44)
4. Eye Mask (2:34)
5. Autumn Quince (5:48)
6. Meaning (3:16)
7. A Gift (3:43)
8. A Parable Of The Poppy (4:18)
9. I Talk To My Body (4:06)
10. A Song On The End Of The World (4:54)
11. On Prayer (4:30)
12. This World (4:05)

Muzycy

Aga Zaryan (Agnieszka Czulak-Skrzypek)(17.01.1976 Warszawa) - vocals
Michał Tokaj - piano
Larry Koonse - guitars
Darek Oleszkiewicz - double bass
Darryl Munyungo Jackson - percussion

POLISH RADIO STRING ORCHESTRA

Sylwia Mierzejewska - leader
Sylwia Mierzejewska - violin
Anna Lemiszka-Powideł - violin
Elżbieta Grande - violin
Anette Musielak - violin
Michał Jarmuła - violin
Waldemar Dźwigaj - violin
Stanisław Dziąg - violin
Marta Grott - violin

Jan Doleżyczek - violin II
Ewa Chojnowska - violin II
Mariusz Kielan - violin II
Urszula Ziemniewicz - violin II
Joanna Pawlak - violin II
Magdalena Dąbek-Kaniuga - violin II
Izabela Zasztowt - violin II
Magdalena Wasilewska - violin II

Agnieszka Jarzęcka - viola
Alfred Dahlen - viola
Andrzej Kupczyk - viola
Jacek Stanisławiak - viola
Janusz Gubernat - viola
Katarzyna Mastalerz - viola

Adam Bytof - cello (solo on 6)
Paweł Jarzęcki - cello
Anna Skibińska.Haponiuk - cello
Tomasz Słowikowski - cello
Nadia Bojadźijew - cello
Magdalena Stec - cello

Adam Bogacki - double bass
Andrzej Gubernat - double bass

Orchestra administration: Bogna Kowalska

All songs composed by Michał Tokaj (except)
Composed by Aga Zaryan and Michał Tokaj (7,8,9)
Composed by David Dorůžka (12)

Lyrics by Jane Hiershfield (1,5)
Lyrics by Anna Świrszczyńska (2), translated by Czesław Miłosz and Leonard Nathan, Grażyna Baran, Margaret Marshment
Lyrics by Czesław Miłosz (3)
Lyrics by Denise Levertov (4,7)
Lyrics by Czesław Miłosz (6,11,12), translated by Czesław Miłosz and Robert Hass
Lyrics by Czesław Miłosz (8), translated by Czesław Miłosz
Lyrics by Anna Świrszczyńska (9,10), translated by Czesław Miłosz and Leonard Nathan

Produced by Michał Tokaj & Aga Zaryan
Arranged and ocrhestrated by Michał Tokaj
Polish Radio Orchestra Conducted by Krzysztof Herdzin

Recorded in Calabasas, California and Warsaw, Mazovia, March - April 2011

Sound engineer: Rich Breen, Castle Oaks, Calabasas
Additional vocal tracking by Joshua Blanchard
Polish Radio Orchestra recorded by Rafał Paczkowski, Studio S2 & S4, Warsaw
Technical assistance by Robert Żychliński
Pro tools operations by Sebastian Witkowski, Soundmaking.pl
Mixed and mastered by Jacek Gawłowski, JG Master Lab, Warsaw

Art direction: Antonina Benedek, Mesmer
Photography: Mateusz Stankiewicz (AF Photo) Daylight Studio, Warsaw
Cover photography; courtesy of The Polish National Library Archives, Warsaw
Assistant: Maciej Ryter
Make up: Patrycja Dobrzeniecka
Assistant: Aneta Jeznach
Stylist: Marta Siniło

Jane Hirshfield (page 7) - Photography by Nick Rosza
Czesław Miłosz (page 13) - Photography by Tomasz Wierzejski/FOTONOVA
Czesław Miłosz (page 17) - Photography by Dennis Wile
Czesław Miłosz (page 21) - Photography by Wiesław Czapliński/FOTONOVA

Management CENTRALA: Thomas Czulak tomek@agazaryan.net