CHISINAU 2
NEW MUSIC FOR ORCHESTRA
Genre : Classical
Catalogue: Phasma-Music 042
UPC: 60989085971
recording and editing: Andrei Lifenco
mastering: Piotr Wieczorek
recording place: Life.N.Co Records, Chisinau, Moldova
recorded in June, 2021
graphic design: Michail Travlos
production management: Iwona Glinka
front cover: Digital Art by Michail Travlos
premiere: April 1, 2022.
MIHAIL AGAFITA CONDUCTOR
THE SYMPHONIC ORCHESTRA OF THE NATIONAL PHILHARMONIC „SERGHEI LUNCHEVICI”
OF THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA
The Symphonic Orchestra of the National Philharmonic „SERGHEI LUNCHEVICI” of the Republic of Moldova presents the new album CHISINAU 2. The outstanding album includes 8 world premiere recordings by 8 contemporary composers: Gregg Birrel, Lars Michael Fetzek, Brian Field, Scott Brickman, Satoru Ikeda, Daniele Ciminiello, Giorgos Papamitrou and Louis Sauter.
Noah, by Gregg Birrell, is a piece that carries significant meaning for the composer, who wrote it for the newborn son of two very close friends. Scored for a large orchestra, it draws on folk traditions and classic romanticism to create an exciting and joyous blend of rhythm and melody. Symphonic Movement on a Variously Fragmented Theme, by Lars Michael Fetzek states a theme in fragmented form, then delivers several strict canons of increasing complexity upon differently fragmented forms of the theme inverted in pitch and/or time. In Kaleidoscope, Brian Field features a constantly changing and evolving musical landscape that is heavily pattern based, shifting across instrumental families, meters and dynamics. In Psaume, Satoru Ikeda analizes a picture taken by a gigantic astronomical telescope, a phenomenon can be recognized: The faraway light is the past light. The further it is past, the more it darkens. Symphony #3 (Baltic Poem), by Scott Brickman, was inspired by my travels to Latvia and Lithuania, and in anticipation of their celebration of the centennial Independences of 1918. Fantasia #1, by Daniele Ciminiello, is an important milestone in a personal research of a synthesis between all composer's musical experiences. Giorgos Papamitru was inspired by a small village in the desert of Iran called abarkooh. And in last work of the album, Louis Sauter describes his visit in Saint-Pétersbourg.
Product details
Gregg Birrell
01. Noah [04:50]
Lars Michael Fetzek
02. Symphonic Movement on a Variously Fragmented Theme [06:26]
Brian Field
03. Kaleidoscope [13:17]
Satoru Ikeda
04. Psaume [16:14]
Scott Brickman
05. Symphony #3 (Baltic Poem) [10:14]
Daniele Ciminiello
06. Fantasia #1 [07:31]
Giorgos Papamitrou
07. abarkooh [08:44]
Louis Sauter
Saint-Pétersbourg
08. Sur la Néva [ 02:21]
09. Un dîner au Tsar [01:59]
10. Le musée de l’Ermitage [01:48]
11. Perspective Nevsky [01:04]
Total time: [74:54]
