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On their second album, Mediterranean Deconstruction Ensemble stick to the formula used on their debut: mainly, arrangements of traditional Sephardic songs with some free improv thrown in. Something has changed, though. There’s a radically different lineup, a higher percentage of non-traditional compositions (including originals)... but there’s something more important. MDE’s music has acquired both a new maturity and a new boldness. Leader/pianist Gregory Sandomirsky and his bandmates (note especially the brass and woodwinds that sound positively majestic at times) make the Sephardic tunes their own with an ingenuity and prowess that is literally breathtaking. There’s also more “deconstruction”—sections of free improvisation followed by the audacious and inventive “reconstruction”. Sandomirsky is also a gifted composer, and has supplied two excellent pieces.

Grigory Durnovo

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released November 19, 2021

Alina Rostotskaya: vocals [2, 4, 7, 9]
Salman Abuev: trumpet, flugelhorn
Timur Nekrasov: tenor sax, flute
Andrey Bessonov: bass clarinet, clarinet, handclaps
Gregory Sandomirsky: piano, handclaps
Petr Ivshin: drums, percussion

Anastasia Doronina, Asya Freydkina, Alena Nikolaeva, Marya Surovtseva: choir [2, 10]
Basem Al-Ashkar: oud [3, 8, 9]
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Composed by: [1, 5] Gregory Sandomirsky, [4] Achinoam Nini, Gil Dor (ACUM), [2, 3, 6-10] Traditional Sephardic
Lyrics by: [4] Lea Goldberg (ACUM), [2, 7, 9] Traditional Sephardic
Arranged by: Gregory Sandomirsky & Mediterranean Deconstruction Ensemble

Recorded at: Cinelab SoundMixStudio, March/April, 2021
Electrotheatre Stanislavsky Studio, May/June, 2021
Recorded, mixed and mastered by: Ruslan Zaipold
Produced by: Gregory Sandomirsky, Andrey Bessonov
Executive producer: Sergey Krasin
Cover artwork by: Tatyana Kuznetsova
Booklet photos by: Alexander Panov

Sponsors:
Roman Gold
Dmitry Rozhkov

Special thanks to:
Alexander Pantyushkov

Thanks to:
Natalya Zubareva
Asya Freydkina
Dmitry Noskov
Dmitry Yakovenko
Piotr Talalay
Masha Logofet
Anatoly Osipov
Kirill Parenchuk
Ulyana Valkova
Ira Mikhailova
D. f. c. black

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