NEW MUSIC FOR STRING QUARTET

Vol. 3


Genre : Contemporary Classical

Catalogue: Phasma-Music 026

UPC: 660989085803


recording: Marcin Kowalczyk

editing: Marcin Kowalczyk

mastering: Marcin Kowalczyk

recording place: Academy of Arts in Stettin, Poland

recorded in July, 2020

graphic design: Michail Travlos

production management: Iwona Glinka

front cover: Digital Art by Michail Travlos

premiere: January 1, 2020.

NEW MUSIC FOR STRING QUARTET Vol. 3 won the GLOBAL MUSIC AWARD - OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT - SILVER Medal Double Winner in the two categories: composers and album, JANUARY - 2021.


ÉxQuartet: (Monika Sawczuk – 1st Violin, Łukasz Górewicz – 2nd Violin,

Grzegorz Sadowski – Viola, Tomasz Szczęsny – Cello)


A noteworthy album of outstanding Polish artists of ÉxQuartet: (Monika Sawczuk – 1st Violin, Łukasz Górewicz – 2nd Violin, Grzegorz Sadowski – Viola, Tomasz Szczęsny – Cello) is consisting of music for string quartet by Brian Field, Richard Pressley, Neil Stipp, Greg A Steinke (United States), Manos Panayiotakis and Giorgos Papamitrou (Greece).

The album NEW MUSIC FOR STRING QUARTET Vol. 3 includes 6 compositions which are recorded for the first time (world premiere recordings). The recording was made in the wonderful acoustics of the Music Academy in Stettin (Poland). The main goal of ÉxQuartet is to present musical works with a new form of expression. They combine it with a sophisticated performance style. The result is a unique interpretation of the new literature for a string quartet and the production of an indelible emotional load that the audience is endowed with at each concert.


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Brian Field

String Quartet No. 1

01. I [03:03]

02. II [05:39]

03. III [02:53]

04. IV [03:51]

Manos Panayiotakis

05. In Aeternam [11:09]

Giorgos Papamitrou

06. String Quartet No. 2 ouroboros [09:19]

Richard Pressley

07. String Quartet No. 1 [10:21]

Greg A Steinke

Expressions on the Paintings of Edward Munch

08. The Scream (1893) [07:43]

09. The Dance of Life (1900) [06:45]

10. Melancholy ( 1892) [04:40]

Neil Stipp

String Quartet No.2

11. I. Capriccio [01:28]

12. II. Aria [01:45]

13. III. Passacaglia [02:48]

14. IV. Rondo [02:08]


Total time: [73:36]