Tzigane: music for violin, cello & piano

"Recorded in a pleasantly resonant acoustic, produced to the Melba label's high packaging standards and given an orange glow like antipodean sunlight, this is a SACD disc to treasure. The surround effects provide plenty of extra detail and a rewardingly realistic sense of space, but the recording works equally well in stereo, losing only in spatial definition while maintaining full detail and dynamic thrust. I've been more than impressed by the performances on this disc. Being impressed is one thing, knowing you'll want to hear and discover more on repeated listening is another, and this is one disc I can see myself taking on holiday somewhere."
(MusicWeb July 2009)

Stunning young violin talent Kristian Winther makes his recording debut in the company of two of Australia's finest young chamber musicians. Kristian Winther and Michelle Wood are first violin and cellist of one of Australia's most exciting emerging ensembles, the acclaimed TinAlley String Quartet, winners of the 2007 Banff International Quartet Competition

An experienced soloist, chamber and orchestral player, Winther has a growing reputation as a performer who brings a contemporary freshness and vitality to established repertoire

Anthony Romaniuk is a pianist with a growing reputation in both the classical and jazz fields and is gaining considerable attention for his interpretations of core repertoire and as one of the most imaginative of a new generation of improvisers

Tzigane is the first of two Melba discs from Anthony Romaniuk - next spring will see the release of his telling new recording of Schubert's Winterreise with tenor Steve Davislim

Michelle Wood is the cellist with the 2007 Banff Competition-winning TinAlley String Quartet and one of an exciting new generation of Australian musicians

The programme throws an illuminating spotlight on the French-born Ravel's fascination with the musical traditions of other countries. It includes the ever-popular Tzigane, the Gershwin-influenced Second Violin Sonata, the gorgeous Pièce en forme de Habañera, the rarely heard and evocative Deux mélodies hébraïques as well as the unusual counterpoint of the Sonata for Violin and Cello