Album cover for Impasse by Guillaume Meral

Impasse

Guillaume Meral

About the album

As a leading classical Accordion’s composer, Franck Angelis is known worldwide for his challenging, virtuosic and melodic compositions showing all the possibilities and colors of the instrument.

Recording an album dedicated to the French composer was something I always wanted to do. As many classical accordionists, I grew up and improve with his compositions. Turning around the piece Impasse, full of intensity, melancholy and anger, I wanted to express and convey all those emotions through my playing giving at possible all the intensity needed in such a piece. The choice and the order of the pieces was thought to make the listener discovering or reassess Angelis world through many different colors.

Tracklist

Franck Angelis

Intérieur5:27
Boîte à rythme4:50
Romance4:04

Impasse

I. Allegro ritmico4:51
II. Andante doloroso3:39
III. Adagio sostenuto5:02
IV. Vivace4:46
Soliloque2:27

Sergei Voitenko

Revelation5:29
Total playing time40:35

Artists

Composers

Impasse is just as much a test of the skills of the musician and recording engineer as it is a test for the emotional resiliance of the listener. If you thought accordion is not for you, think again! Guillaume Meral will enchant you with his album.

Garmt van der Zel, Beter Beeld & Geluid

With Impasse, Guillaume Meral delivered a beautiful album, that perfectly fits this time of the year. Exquisite melodies, chosen and performed with the utmost care.

Ben Taffijn, Nieuwe Noten

Credits

Executive producerBen van Leliveld
Producer, recording & mastering engineerBrendon Heinst
Cover photographyJulien Bruhat
ArtworkBrendon Heinst
Liner notesGuillaume Meral
GenreContemporary
InstrumentationSolo
Recording dateSeptember 2017
Recording locationTRPTK Studio, Baarn (NL)
Recording formatPCM 352.8 kHz 24 bit
Mastering formatPCM 352.8 kHz 32 bit
Release dateFebruary 15, 2019
Booklet

Technical specifications

MicrophonesSonodore RCM-402
PreamplifiersSonodore MPA-502
CablingFurutech custom microphone cablesFurutech LineFlux XLR interlinksFurutech NanoFlux NCF power cables
AD/DA conversionMerging Technologies Hapi
MonitoringKEF Blade TwoHegel H30