Quadro Nuevo

Quadro Nuevo: Cine Passion

by Jerry D'Souza
January 25, 2009

When Robert Wolf, Mulo Francel, D. D. Lowka and Heinz-Ludger Jeromin (his place has since been taken by Andreas Hinterseher) were commissioned to write a film score little did they know that fate would play a hand in that meeting. Having completed the assignment, the four found that there was chemistry between them. They decided to put that to advantage and out of that sprung Quadro Nuevo in 1996.

Quadro Nuevo plays a heady blend of world music ...

Quadro Nuevo: Mocca Flor

by R. Emmet Sweeney
January 8, 2006

Exhaustingly Orientalist, the Austrian quartet Quadro Nuevo tries to reconstruct the fantasy Middle East of Delacroix and the fantasy Europe of An American in Paris but lacks the inspiration of both, and ends up looking like a boring artifact from a racist era. Multicultural to a fault, it packs in tangos, Neapolitan ballads, early swing tunes, Greek and German folk songs, and European café jazz. If these players had chops and bent the influences to their own artistic ends, they ...

Quadro Nuevo: Mocca Flor

by Jim Santella
August 13, 2005

Songs of North Africa and the Middle East combine with traditional European anthems to give Quadro Nuevo's fifth album a fine rewarding ambience. Traditional sounds from many different cultures give the group's melting pot album of ancient delights a particular spark, as its sheer variety takes you on a world tour of geographical regions near and far.

Founded in 1996 for an Austrian film score project, the quartet has continued to provide international audiences with the musical stuff ...

Quadro Nuevo: Canzone Della Strada

by Mark Sabbatini
August 4, 2004

Real Italian pizza bears little resemblance to the topping-drenched artery blockers at Domino's. Diners get their own pie with a sparse collection of much fresher toppings, and the main condiment is usually olive oil instead of little red pepper flakes.

One isn't necessarily better or healthier than the other. Just be willing to admit a preference for the real thing or a modified version adjusted for the American palate.

So it goes with Canzone Della Strada, ...

Quadro Nuevo: Canzone Della Strada

by Jim Santella
August 4, 2004

Improvising over Italian folk melodies, Quadro Nuevo has transformed popular songs into swinging affairs of the heart. Multi-instrumentalist Mulo Francel, guitarist Robert Wolf, acoustic bassist D.D. Lowka, and accordionist Andreas Hinterseher portray the vocal style that this music brought us during the last century. They're tearjerkers and happy celebrations. They're near and dear to the heart of people from many nations.

Francel's bass clarinet and the Pegasus String Quartet interpret “La Luna si Veste D'Argento" as a new ...