Ante Grgin Sonate [2025, LP]
Track listing
Sonata for clarinet and piano no. 2:
1. I Allegro Vivo
2. II Adagio
3. III Waltz
Sonata for alt saxophone and piano:
4. I Allegro
5. II Blues
6. III Swing
Sonata for clarinet and piano no. 1:
7. I Allegro
8. II Adagio
9. III Vivo
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About this album
A unique meeting of performance mastery and compositional tradition.
Clarinetist and saxophonist Đorđe Kujundžić, together with pianist Olga Petrović, delivers powerful interpretations of two clarinet sonatas and one saxophone sonata by the renowned composer Ante Grgin.
This elegant and deeply expressive studio album was recorded in Pančevo, produced by Petar Stevanović (of the band Ljubičice), and released under the Krokodil Studio label.
Ante Grgin: Sonate celebrates the richness of Grgin’s musical language — a synthesis of lyrical expressiveness, jazz inflections, Balkan rhythmic vitality, and classical form — bringing his work vividly into a contemporary performance context. The album leaves a lasting mark within the field of modern classical music.
This recording offers a rare opportunity to hear three chamber pieces by this composers all together. Grgin’s music seamlessly blends classical structure, subtle humor, and expressive melody, combining virtuosic passages with warm, lyrical themes and giving performers space for individual interpretation.
As soloists, Olga Petrović and Đorđe Kujundžić bring together their rich national and international experience. Petrović, a pianist known for her chamber collaborations and contemporary projects, continues her discographic partnership with Krokodil Studio, while Kujundžić — a laureate of numerous international awards and collaborator of leading orchestras — contributes performances of both technical brilliance and emotional depth.
Recorded in Pančevo and produced by Petar Stevanović, this album forms an intriguing bridge between the worlds of classical and contemporary popular music.
Released by Krokodil Studio, it continues the label’s mission to promote exceptional domestic and regional music production.
Credits
Produced and engineered by Petar Stevanović
Mix by Petar Stevanović, Milan Bjelica
Recorded in Kulturni centar Pančevo.
Artwork Jelena Vezmar
Cover design by Nenad Ilić