Music Shop of Quadro Nuevo

The early years –

9 CDs recorded during Quadro Nuevo’s first 15 years and 1 CD with previously unreleased and newly discovered recordings:

Luna Rossa, Buongiorno Tristezza, Ciné Passion, Canzone della Strada, Mocca Flor, Antakya, Tango Bitter Sweet, Grand Voyage, Quadro Nuevo in Concert & Secret Recordings

With loads of photos and stories from the life of the band. A package to just browse through, look at and with lots of music to enjoy.

An exquisite Earbook (approx. 28 x 28cm) with 10 CDs and a 40-page book!

Here, for your ears, are Quadro Nuevo’s first nine albums along with a very special highlight:

The 10th CD, Secret Recordings, contains 19 Quadro Nuevo pieces previously unreleased on music CDs.

These originate from the first years of the band’s history (1996-2012) and have been carefully selected by Quadro Nuevo especially for this edition. Recorded live and as well as in the studio, there are some cover versions, some of their own compositions, sometimes in the original formation with guitarist Robert Wolf, sometimes in the line-up with Evelyn Huber on harp, sometimes as a trio, sometimes with friends, sometimes quiet, sometimes fiery. But always authentic.

For the eye there is a 40-page book in a special square format with lovingly selected photos and stories from the life of the band.

CD Nr. 10 Secret Recordings:

1. Vals de Amor increible (Mulo Francel) 4:13

Mulo Francel: Tenor Saxophone & Mandolin
Evelyn Huber: Harp
Andreas Hinterseher: Accordion
D.D. Lowka: Bass

Recorded and mixed by Johannes Müller (sound engineer), Christiane Voitz (sound engineer) and Andreas Mittelstädt (sound engineer) at BR Studio 2 Munich in Spring 2010 for a radio broadcast about the Waltz.

2. Quiereme (Mulo Francel) 4:18

Jaime Liemann: Vocals
Mulo Francel: Alto Clarinet
Robert Wolf: Guitar
Andreas Hinterseher: Accordion
D.D. Lowka: Bass

Recorded and mixed by Wolfgang Lohmeier in 2002. A rare recording with the Colombian singer Jaime Liemann, who sang at some of Quadro Nuevo’s concerts and sadly passed away much too soon.

3. La Palummella (Canzone Napoletana, Arr. Mulo Francel) 2:28

Mulo Francel: Tenor Saxophone

Robert Wolf: Guitar

Andreas Hinterseher: Accordion

4. Dimme ’na vota si (Canzone Napoletana, Arr. Mulo Francel) 2:42

Mulo Francel: Clarinet
Robert Wolf: Guitar
Andreas Hinterseher: Accordion
D.D. Lowka: Bass

5. Torna a Surriento (Ernesto di Curtis, Arr. Mulo Francel) 2:07

Mulo Francel: Mandolin
Robert Wolf: Bouzouki
Andreas Hinterseher: Vibrandoneon
D.D. Lowka: Bass

6. Affaccete Nunziata (Canzone Romana, Arr. Mulo Francel) 2:59

Mulo Francel: C-Melody Sax
Robert Wolf: Guitar
Andreas Hinterseher: Accordion
D.D. Lowka: Bass

3 – 6 recorded and mixed by Philipp Winter in Istanbul during a trip around the Black Sea in Oktober 2008.

7. Au Bal Musette (Andreas Hinterseher) 4:09

Mulo Francel: C-Melody Sax
Evelyn Huber: Harp
Andreas Hinterseher: Accordion
D.D. Lowka: Bass

8. Grande Valse Brillante op. 34 Nr. 2 (Frédéric Chopin, Arr. Mulo Francel) 4:41

Mulo Francel: Tenor Saxophone
Andreas Hinterseher: Piano
D.D. Lowka: Bass

9. Valse op. 64 Nr. 2 (Frédéric Chopin, Arr. Mulo Francel) 2:42

Mulo Francel: Tenor Saxophone
Julia Schölzel: Piano
Evelyn Huber: Harp
Andreas Hinterseher: Accordion
D.D. Lowka: Bass

10. Tango Vals (Andreas Hinterseher) 4:21

Mulo Francel: Tenor Saxophone
Evelyn Huber: Harp
Andreas Hinterseher: Bandoneon
D.D. Lowka: Bass

11. Susannata (Mulo Francel) 4:06

Mulo Francel: Soprano Saxophone
Evelyn Huber: Harp
Andreas Hinterseher: Accordion
D.D. Lowka: Bass
Jan Eschke: Piano
César Granados: Congas

Nr. 7 – 11 recorded and mixed by Johannes Müller (master sound engineer), Christiane Voitz (sound engineer) und Andreas Mittelstädt (sound technician) in BR Studio 2 Munich in the Spring of 2010.

12. El Choclo (Angel Villoldo, Arr. Mulo Francel) 3:21

Jaime Liemann: Vocals
Mulo Francel: Tenor Saxophone
Robert Wolf: Guitar
Andreas Hinterseher: Accordion
D.D. Lowka: Bass

Recorded during the same 2002 studio session as song Nr. 2

13. Afghan Song (Mulo Francel) 2:55

Mulo Francel: Mandola
Andreas Hinterseher: Accordion
Evelyn Huber: Harp
D.D. Lowka: Percussion

This music was created around 2010 for the documentary “From King Amanullah to Facebook”, shot by the dedicated filmmaker Elke Jonigkeit.  For this project, she spent several years with Afghan women in their homeland and made film portraits of them in their roles in family and society.

14. With the Poet in Italia (Mulo Francel) 3:48

15. Goethe sulla Strada (Mulo Francel) 4:52

Mulo Francel: Tenor & C-Melody Sax
Evelyn Huber: Harp
Andreas Hinterseher: Vibrandoneon & Accordion
D.D. Lowka: Bass

No. 14 & 15 recorded and mixed by Philipp Winter and Dieter Pimiskern live at the Lustspielhaus. Munich in Spring 2011. The band’s internal names for these two pieces are “slow Goethe” and “fast Goethe”.  In previous versions, they were part of an elaborate Bayerischer Rundfunk radio production on Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s Italian Journey, for which Quadro Nuevo came up with the concept as well as engaging their favourite narrators Ulrike Kriener and Ulrich Tukur. A later offshoot was the audio book Italian Journey which was published in 2008.

16. Chitarra Romana (Bruno Cherubini & Eldo Di Lazzaro) 6:51

17. ‘O Sarracino (Renato Carosone) 3:56

18. Tico-Tico no Fubá (Zequinha de Abreu, Arr. Mulo Francel) 3:57

Mulo Francel: Tenor, Soprano und C-Melody Sax
Robert Wolf: Guitar
Andreas Hinterseher: Accordion
D.D. Lowka: Bass

Nr. 16 – 18 recorded and mixed by Philipp Winter und Dieter Pimiskern, live at Amerang Castle on 12.7.2004.

19. Flying Carpet (Mulo Francel) 5:38

Mulo Francel: Clarinet
Evelyn Huber: Harp
Andreas Hinterseher: Vibrandoneon
D.D. Lowka: Bass
Nicole Heartseeker: Organ

Recorded and mixed by Philipp Winter in Spring 2012. This song later appeared in the audio book “Julie Fellmann & Quadro Nuevo: Nacht der Einsamen (Night of the lonely ones)”. In spring 2017 a newly recorded version became the title song of the album “Flying Carpet”, which Quadro Nuevo produced in collaboration with the Ensemble Cairo Steps and musical friends from Egypt.

The songs on “Secret Recordings” have not been released on CD before. They were carefully selected by Quadro Nuevo especially for this edition and mastered by Dieter Pimiskern at Dorian Gray Studios Eichenau.

Total playing time: 74:12 minutes.