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Una Corda Song (M. Borek)
Improvised Meditation, recorded the first day of the fourth lockdown in Austria
Played over the whole piece with the soft pedal
Recorded November 22, 2021
Mastered at MVB Records
My Story (M. Borek)
New version of my tribute to Bill Evans‘ Your Story
Recorded September 19, 2020
Mastered at MVB Records
Hatikva
Free improvisation on Hatikva and main theme of Schindler’s List (John Williams). Recorded live at Komma Wörgl, February 17, 2018. Mastered at MVB Records
Improvisation in Eb, recorded live at Komma Wörgl, February 17, 2018. Mastered at MVB Records
Improvisation on Verdi’s theme La Forza del Destino, recorded live at Komma Wörgl, February 17, 2018. Mastered at MVB Records
La grotte de cristal (M. Borek)
Improvisation in Olivier Messiaen’s Mode 2, recorded January 2016 in multi track on Yamaha C3 piano at MVB Records
Hatikva
Free improvisation on Hatikva and main theme of Schindler’s List (John Williams). Recorded live at Eremitage Schwaz, December 6, 2015. Mastered at MVB Records
Improvisation in D major, recorded live at Eremitage Schwaz, November 28, 2014. Mastered at MVB Records
Improvisation in A minor, recorded live at Eremitage Schwaz, November 28, 2014. Mastered at MVB Records
Cloches sur le lac (M. Borek)
Improvisation in Olivier Messiaen’s Mode 2, recorded live on Zoom H4n at Sunside Paris, October 4, 2014. Mastered at MVB Records
Ballade in A (M. Borek)
Largely improvised piece based on the final harmonies of my composition Valse de Mai (for my wife Valérie)
Recorded live February 5, 2014 at Treibhaus Innsbruck
Mastered at MVB Records
1. mvt.: Cloches sur le lac (M. Borek)
2. mvt.: La vallée des torrents (M. Borek)
Improvisation in Mode 2 refers to the second mode of Olivier Messiaen’s modes of limited transposition. This second mode, which corresponds to the semitone-tone–semitone-tone scale, allows evolving freely between the implicitly included minor and major tonalities, and offers in my view a fascinating harmonic environment, somewhere between classical and jazz musical languages. The two movements are in large parts improvised, and their titles are meant as obvious allusions to Debussy and Ravel…
Recorded live February 5, 2014 at Treibhaus Innsbruck
Mastered at MVB Records
The Journey (M. Borek)
The piece is freely improvised after the introductory rhythmical section (from 02:33 on). The subtitle refers to Jarrett’s Rio Part XV, from which the final part of the piece is inspired.
Recorded live January 14, 2013 at Treibhaus Innsbruck
Mastered at MVB Records
Entirely improvised piece, inspired by Keith Jarrett’s Rio Part XV
Recorded December 19, 2011 at MVB Records Mastered May 2013 at MVB Records (CD „Remember“ MVB 9809)
Photos: EA Photography
Entirely improvised Encore in Ab major, recorded live at ORF Studio Innsbruck, January 28, 2003.
Mastered November 2014 at MVB Records
Entirely improvised Encore in D major, recorded live at Komma Wörgl, February 22, 2002 (engineer: Hanno Ströher)
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