Treny
Jacaszek has managed with „Treny” to assemble an album so heart-stoppingly beautiful and personal.. With string arrangements provided courtesy of Stefan Wesolowski, the foundations of the album are set with Cello and Violin painting fragile outlines coloured by subtle electronic manipulations, harp, piano and reduced, haunting operatic voices. Unlike so many of his contemporaries, Michael Jacaszek doesn’t make use of any samples, with everything on the album assembled by the musicians on hand (notably Maja Sieminska, Anja Smiszek-Wesolowska and Wesolowski and Jacaszek themselves) – and the subtle grandeur of the album is almost impossible to take in over one sitting, even if the impact is absolutely immediate.
