Bester Quartet is a phenomenon on the global music market. The group is made up of four superior instrumentalists, classically and jazzally trained musicians. The quartet’s trademark is performance of the music of a vast stylistic range that assimilates some selected elements borrowed from classical, jazz and vanguard music, including the best of achievements of the contemporary chamber music.
The ensemble is a new edition of the legendary The Cracow Klezmer Band that was formed back in 1997 in Krakow, Poland as an initiative of Jaroslaw Bester. The quartet has got cooperation with John Zorn’s NYC based prestigious Tzadik label, and also Polish famous labels as Fortune and PWM-Anaklasis.
1. De Profundis
2. The Warriors
3. Bereshit
4. Sanatorium under the Sign of the Hourglass
5. Balan
6. Remembrance
7. Metamorphoses
8. The Golden Land
9. Krakoff
10. Bajgelman. Get to tango
11. Piazzolla Angels
12. Hustle and Bustle