Phasma-Music - DAS BIRNLI WILL NIT FALLEN

DAS BIRNLI WILL NIT FALLEN

Catalogue: Phasma-Music 059

UPC: 731093480409

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recording and editing (track 1): Andrei Lifenco recording place: Life.N.Co Records, Chisinau, Moldova

recorded in June, 2022

recording (tracks 2-28): Kostas Katsantonis

editing: Michail Travlos

recording place: Laboratory of Music Acoustics and Technology National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece

recorded in July, 2022

text: Louis Sauter

graphic design: Michail Travlos

production management: Iwona Glinka Front

cover: Painting by Louis Sauter

Illustrations: Hélène Sauter

(Sonatine basque, pages 5 and 7)

and juste mari (L’histoire du petit joueur de flute, pages 11 and 13)

premiere: October 4, 2023.

This release from Phasma-Music presents a selection of works for the young by contemporary composer Louis Sauter (b. 1955), recorded by world-class musicians. The composition dates span the period ranging from 1980 to 2022.

The two highlights of the album are musical tales. The first, Das Birnli will nit fallen for narrator and symphonic orchestra, is based on a tale by the Brothers Grimm. It is wonderfully read in English by a young prodigy, Paul Adam, accompanied by the great Symphonic Orchestra of the Moldovan National Philharmonic directed by Mihail Agafita. The second is L’histoire du petit joueur de flûte for narrator, tin whistle and piano, on a text by Hélène Sauter who also recorded the work, beautifully accompanied by flautist Iwona Glinka and pianist Vicky Stylianou. The booklet of the album includes the texts of both tales in English.

Also featured in the album are various works for solo guitar (Michalis Sourvinos), including Sauter’s first published work, Pièce pour guitare Op. 1, as well as his arrangements of songs from the County of Nice. These are followed by works for solo piano (Vicky Stylianou), including the creative Variations on “We Wish You a Merry Christmas” and the Sonatine basque (which was composed for yet another musical tale). The album concludes with Sauter’s rhythmic duet Quinquina, wonderfully performed by Iwona Glinka and Vicky Stylianou.

Louis Sauter – Das Birnli will nit fallen and Other Works for the Young

Iwona Glinka, flute – Vicky Stylianou, piano – Michalis Sourvinos, guitar

Paul Adam (track 1) and Hélène Sauter (track 29), narrators

Mihail Agafita, conductor

The Symphonic Orchestra of the National Philharmonic „SERGHEI LUNCHEVICI” of the Republic of Moldova

Product details

01. Das Birnli will nit fallen, Op. 37 [16:43]

02. Pièce pour guitare, Op. 1 [01:26]

03. Air, Op. 4 [00:59]

04. Prélude pour guitare, Op. 40 [02:26]

Chansons du Comté de Nice, Op. 61

05. Adiéu Paure Carneval [01:21]

06. Calant de Villafranca [00:33]

07. La Fillo Amé la Maire [00:36]

08. Fla ! Fla ! [01:49]

09. Pastre, Pastressa[00:38]

10. Lou Pichin Ome [00:36]

11. Nissa la Bella [01:43]

Deux pièces pour piano, Op. 3

12. Stanu! [00:30]

13. Valse [01:05]

Variations on “We Wish You a Merry Christmas”, Op. 14

14. Theme [00:35]

15. Classical [00:29]

16. Romantic [00:53]

17. Messiaenic [01:21]

18. Minimal Toccata [00:57]

19. Punctual [00:24]

Paraphrases sur « Menus propos enfantins » d’Erik Satie, Op. 100

20. La marche nuptiale du Roi des Grenouilles [01:08]

21. La petite Princesse des Tulipes écoute sa boîte à musique [01:04 ]

22. Valse de la Tarte au Citron [00:37]

Sonatine basque, Op. 108

23. Ramuntxo [00:20]

24. Les gorges d’Holzarte [01:26 ]

25. Ave Maria [00:22 ]

26. Zortziko [00:53 ]

27. Duo pour flûte à bec et guitare, Op. 2 [02:00 ]

28. L’histoire du petit joueur de flûte, Op. 29 [17:02 ]

29. Quinquina, Op. 104 [04:12]

Total duration: [65:17]