Cargo Records

Time Petah- Tiqva

Originally commissioned by the Tel- Aviv Chamber Music Ensemble for members of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Boris has adapted and expanded this music for his first Tzadik release. Mixing Jewish traditions with classical, gypsy and downtown improvisation, this is a rich world of lyricism and driving rhythms. New Jewish Music at its best.

This suite of music for bayan (button accordion, as played by Malkovsky himself) and string quartet takes in an extremely broad range of musical reference points and influences. First and foremost Malkovsky's work bears the kind of drama and harmony associated with traditional Yiddish music, but there's plenty of evidence of the kind of downtown avant-garde sensibilities that are so much a part of the Tzadik universe. The stirring 'Epilogue' to the disc, centring on Malkovsky's virtuosic bayan performance entrenched in grand, ominous string sweeps proves that above all else, this is extremely lyrical music coloured by a powerfully unsentimental romanticism.

Track Listing

BORIS MALKOVSKY : 01
BORIS MALKOVSKY : 02
BORIS MALKOVSKY : 03