Klaus Paier & Asja Valcic – Vision for Two (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/88,2 kHz | Time – 46:14 minutes | 833 MB | Genre: Jazz
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Accordionist Klaus Paier and cellist Asja Valcic have been making music as a duo for ten years. Their playing has kept audiences delighted and critics enthralled: “Breathtaking,” said the magazine Der Spiegel; they are “a captivating match” (The Guardian). During this time the two have recorded four albums which have received numerous awards. The duo’s journey together began in 2009 with their debut album “À Deux”, and since then Paier and Valcic have proceeded to make their unique accordion-plus-cello sound into a thing of wonder. The titles of the previous albums by these two musicians, who live in Austria, give pointers to the elements that go into the making of their acts of musical creation: in 2013 their path together continued with “Silk Road”, followed by “Timeless Suite” (2015), which in turn led to the more opulent “Cinema Scenes”, for quartet. The sound is always their starting point: they have a finesse and eloquence from classical music, combined with the free-thinking, quicksilver instinctiveness of jazz, and influences from many parts of the world. And what results is capacious, widescreen music.

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Klaus Paier & Asja Valcic – Timeless Suite (2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 52:02 minutes | 512 MB | Genre: Jazz
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„Timeless Suite“ connects music of the past and the present in an distinctive, unique lineup – cello and accordion. Always keen on new influences – from Classical, jazz to world music, Klaus Paier and Asja Valcic form a congenial alliance. An exciting dance of which the listener wishes that it will never stop. Accordion and cello. A rare combination, but no less remarkable is the sound of the Klaus Paier and Asja Valcic duo. Is it jazz, classical or world music? Old, new or crossover? Whatever it is, the music is timeless, intense, always surprising, and transcends genre borders.

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Klaus Paier, Asja Valcic – Silk Road (2013)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 51:17 minutes | 534 MB | Genre: Jazz
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Paier and Valcic’s music is daring and full of curiosity, they present us with a road movie beyond convention that is full of layers and colours. “Silk Road” still maintains a unique and homogenous sound created by two adventurous explorers, who both fully master their instruments whilst complementing each other perfectly. Like so often, it took a long time to form something that nowadays seems destined to be together. It began twelve years ago, when Austrian accordionist Klaus Paier assembled a string quartet for one of his projects, and these four went on to become the radio.string.quartet.vienna. After their sensational debut album “Celebrating the Mahavishnu Orchestra“ they worked together with Klaus Paier on their next album “Radiotree” and it did not go unnoticed how well Asja Valcic’s cello suited Paier’s accordion. It was the beginning of a co-operation – “A Deux”, which, according to the SPIEGEL, combined “spectacular bitter-sweet sounds of an accordion with a cello that can groove like an upright bass” into “the very best of euro jazz”. Both audience and critics were sold, and the accolades followed, such as the “CD of the month” in Audio and Fono Forum.

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