The album reunites her with recording engineers, Piotr Wieczorek and Ignacy Gruszecki (Monochrom Studio) and the tracks were again mixed again by Gijs van Klooster in his studio in Amsterdam and by Piotr Wieczorek in Warsaw ( Ombelico and Come Back Home). If the compositions on Esja were born out of a fascination with the piano as an instrument, then her follow-up, the expansive, cinematic, 'Home', finds Rani expanding her palate: adding vocals and subtle electronics to her music as well as being joined on some tracks by bassist Ziemowit Klimek and drummer Wojtek Warmijak. Her song "Eden" was used as a soundtrack of a short movie by Małgorzata Szumowska for Miu Miu's movie cycle "Women's Tales" Rani also composed the music for her first full length movie "I Never Cry" directed by Piotr Domalewski and for the play "Nora" directed by Michał Zdunik. Her debut album 'Esja', a beguiling collection of solo piano pieces on Gondwana Records was released to international acclaim on April 5th 2019 including nominations in 5 categories in the Polish music industries very own Grammys, the Fryderyki, and winning the Discovery of the Year 2019 in the Empik chain's Bestseller Awards and the prestigious Sanki award for the most interesting new face of Polish music chosen by Polish journalists. Hania Rani is a pianist, composer and musician who, was born in Gdansk and splits her life between Warsaw, where she makes her home, and Berlin where she studied and often works. I am curious where 'Home' will lead me and my music". I am constantly looking for new ways of expression. I feel Home is a story with an ending, so the next book can tell a totally different one. "I feel like 'Home' is a second part of the same book, that the start was in 'Esja', a musical prelude to a real plot. Thanks for your understanding and support. Important notice: Shipments for this item are delayed due to the warehouse being located in the UK. Please note that you will receive a download code for the album 'Home' via email when your order will ship. ![]() Illustrations and artwork: Łukasz Pałczyński Theme from the film xAbo: Ksiądz Boniecki Even though we will, perhaps, never meet, it feels to me as if I wrote you a long and intimate letter woven out of notes, bars and staves. I want to believe that these sheets are a form of such intimacy – a material semblance of a meeting or a conversation. Intimacy has become the highest form of luxury. This book reaches the world in weird, uncertain times for us all. When put on paper, our plans become more tangible our troubles - more pacified. We also believe in the power of books, their power in communicating our thoughts and dreams to others. Its creation was helped by a number of people, who, like me, believe in the power of sharing moments of wonder. I hope it brings respite and joy – joy of the time spent with a musical instrument, with sound. The overall design of the publication was conceived once again by Nicola Cholewa and the accompanying texts were translated from Polish by Piotr Wieczorek. The illustrations were specially created for Hania's music and this publication. The score is accompanied by original illustrations by the architect and the artist's friend - Łukasz Pałczyński, who is also responsible for the artwork of the album Home. As a new element, the sheet music book includes the artist's favorite piano pieces composed for the films over the past year: I Never Cry, xAbo: Father Boniecki and for the theatre play Pradziady (The Forefathers), as well as two previously unpublished works: Little Jose and Landscapes. ![]() This time Hania has also included a handful of scores of songs for piano and voice with lyrics attached to them. The scores include the 10 tracks from the album, 3 compositions for film and theater, as well as 2 other, yet unpublished, compositions. It has been manufactured out of high-quality paper and cardboard, sewn together in a way that ensures its stable placement on the piano sheet music stand of any music lover that chooses to read it. ![]() The book contains specially selected compositions for piano and voice with some personal notes from the author, illustrations, as well as a link to download audio copies of the titles coming from her newest album Home. 'Home' is the third book (following The White Flag and Esja) collecting the sheet music of piano pieces composed and released by Hania Rani.
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