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Amelia Tokarska Paweł Biliński Celtic Harp Tales album preview

„Celtic Harp Tales” album preview & PRE-order available

2024-12-17

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I am proud to inform you that my new cooperation album recorded with Amelia Tokarska is now available as a PRE-order on the website including audio album preview.

„Celtic Harp Tales” is the essence of the magical sound of the harp, played by versatile harpist Amelia Tokarska. Fifteen brand-new arrangements written by Paweł Biliński based on traditional Celtic themes with a contemporary take on the tradition. With master percussionist Sławomir Berny, multi-instrumentalist Marcin Rumiński on whistles and bagpipes, magnificent violinist Krzysztof Maciejowski on 5-string electric violin with delicate addition of electronics played by Paweł Biliński. The sound space was created by legendary sound engineer Tadeusz Mieczkowski. The album is also available in Dolby Atmos^TM immersive format on top streaming platforms. Recorded entirely in the incredible Cavatina Hall concert hall and Polish Radio studio. Includes some well-known Celtic tunes like „She moved through the fair”, „Skye Boat Song” or „Bonny Portmore”, less popular pieces like „The Massacre of Glencoe”, „Sealg A’s Sugradh Nan Gleann”, „Hi Horo ‘s Na Horo Eile” and some lovely harp self-duos as well.

The album highlights the sensitivity of the outstanding harpist Amelia Tokarska and her superb emotional interpretation of Celtic melodies. She used the full range of the harp’s capabilities to paint the content of the pieces with imaginative music. The whole album gives the opportunity to move to another world, to float above the ground in the midst of the rushing world. The album has been designed as a kind of cinematic-style soundtrack to the stories, legends and novels, which you can read about in the 24-page album booklet – richly illustrated and unique photos included. In „Celtic Harp Tales” melody, harmony, emotions, and space are at the forefront. For over 50 minutes, immerse yourself in the world of the soothing harp.

The official release of the album is coming up on February 07, 2025. First official single is going to be released on top streaming platforms on January 10, 2025. Released by DUX label.

The opportunity to purchase as PRE-order is available on the website – click to find out more. Only till the end of 2024 there is special EARLY discount available. Stay tuned!

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Amelia Tokarska Paweł Biliński Celtic Harp Tales new album

Let’s reveal some new album dates!

2024-12-06

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The time has come to reveal the first card: the „Celtic Harp Tales” album will be released on February 7, 2025. PRE-order of the CD version of the album starts on December 16, 2024. Album is published under DUX label and it’s my cooperation with outstanding harpist Amelia Tokarska & friends. Stay tuned and get more details soon!

„Celtic Harp Tales” album is the essence of the magical sound of the harp. It brings out the sensitivity of the outstanding harpist Amelia Tokarska and her superb interpretation of Celtic melodies. Fifteen brand-new traditional Celtic themes adaptations written by Paweł Biliński. Recorded entirely in the incredible Cavatina Hall concert hall and Polish Radio studio. The sound space was created by legendary sound engineer Tadeusz Mieczkowski. The album is also available in Dolby Atmos^TM immersive format on top streaming platforms. With master percussionist Sławomir Berny, multi-instrumentalist Marcin Rumiński on whistles and bagpipes, outstanding violinist Krzysztof Maciejowski on 5-string electric violin with delicate addition of electronics played by Paweł Biliński. A cinematic journey through the old Celtic stories.

Take a look at album page and learn more from Amelia Tokarska website: https://ameliatokarska.com/albums/celtic-harp-tales/

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Another album underway

2024-05-06

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Definitely shorter this time, but lots of specifics to share with you. As I wrote a few months ago, together with my friend, the excellent violinist and arranger Krzysztof Maciejowski, we recorded a concept album. The recording sessions took place in August last year. The sound engineer was Tadeusz Mieczkowski, who realised the recording in full Dolby Atmos™ standard ready for Binaural listening as well, using a dozen DPA microphones and more. What we were aiming for was to bring out a warm homemade sound, so the recordings took place in a flat in a 100-year-old building. The main instruments on the album are a 70-year-old piano and a 5-string violin.

The album is meant to be a collection of stories about longing for a carefree childhood as seen from an adult’s perspective. It is a journey between warm and cold colours, between joy and sadness, between the sunrises and sunsets of passing days.

We’ll be sharing the next stages of production soon, but for now, keep your fingers crossed for the mixes to close.

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Mixing sessions for the new album

2024-03-12

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As I already announced, this year will see the premiere of harpist Amelia Tokarska’s debut album, of which I am the producer, arranger and art director. After completing all the recording sessions – several at the The Cavatina Hall in Bielsko-Biała and a few in Studio S2 of the Polish Radio, it was time for the mixing sessions. Together with the amazing Tadeusz Mieczkowski, we are working intensively on the sound quality in his Mastersound studio – stereo and Dolby Atmos™ mixes. Setup made for recording harps, including few pairs of top-quality microphones (DPA, Neumann, Shoeps, Royer, Coles) gave incredible possibilites to make harps, percussion and whistles sound natural, wide and without cutting any important details. The fantastic experience of one of Europe’s top sound engineers gives me confidence that the album will be of the highest audio quality.

Mixing with Tadeusz Mieczkowski at Mastersound studio — Mastersound Tadeusz Mieczkowski Studio

P.S: We already know under which label the album will be published, but you’ll have to be patient for a while yet! It’s going to be a truly amazing adventure.

Stay tuned, we’re getting closer in this project but it’s not the only one I’m working on.

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Tadeusz Mieczkowski – is a graduate of the Faculty of Sound Direction at the Fryderyk Chopin Academy of Music in Warsaw – diploma in 1989 with the specialisation in phonographic recordings. During his studies he took up a job at the Directorate of Music Recordings of the Polish Radio in Warsaw. He realizes radio and television broadcasts of concerts of great world stars, e.g. Natalie Cole, Tori Amos, and others. Natalie Cole, Tori Amos, Genesis or Gordon Haskel. He records film music, pop, folk and folk music. Most of his recordings have been made in the recording studios of the Polish Radio. In 2007, he set up his own company, Master Sound, making excellent recordings and mastering while continuing to work with Polish Radio.

He works with the biggest stars of the Polish music market, both in the field of classical and pop music, including Edyta Górniak, Anna Maria Jopek, Henryk Miśkiewicz, Krzesimir Dębski, Ewa Małas-Godlewska, Zbigniew Preisner, Leszek Możdżer, Sławomir Jaskułke, Tomasz Stańko, Adam Makowicz, Michał Lorenc, Piotr Damasiewicz, Robert Balzar and many others.

He also collaborates with leading film music composers and film directors. He has to his credit many recordings of music for outstanding Polish films and hundreds of albums. His recordings are released in many countries and have very good reviews. He has been nominated for the Fryderyk award in the Sound Director category several times, and in 2003 he received this award for co-producing Anna Maria Jopek’s album with Pat Metheny.