NIGHT VISIONS
Genre : Contemporary Classical
Catalogue: Phasma-Music 009
UPC: 660989085636
mastering: Piotr Wieczorek
texts: © Theodore Karathodoros, 2019
graphic design: Michail Travlos
production management: Iwona Glinka
front cover: Digital Art by Michail Travlos
premiere: November 15, 2019.
recording: tracks 1-5 Michal Szostakowski
editing: tracks 1-5 Michal Szostakowski
recording place: Polish Radio Studio S2 in Warsaw, Poland
recorded in September, 2017
recording: tracks 6-14 Piotr Wieczorek
editing: tracks 6-14 Piotr Wieczorek
recording place: Polish Radio Studio S2 in Warsaw, Poland
recorded in September, 2018
recording: tracks 15-21 Anna Kasprzycka
editing: tracks 15-21 Marcin Kowalczyk
recording place: Music Academy in Gdansk, Poland
recorded in 6th September, 2018
Iwona Glinka flute, alto flute
Leszek Lorent vibraphone
Adam Eljasinski clarinet, bass clarinet
Marcin Piotr Lopacki piano
NeoQuartet string quartet
In Michail Travlos's second album dedicated solely to his own music, following on from the award-winning album PROGRESSIONS, he proves to be one of Greece's most interesting and convincing living modern composers. This album explores seven imaginative works. He has managed to create an exciting and often challenging personal voice that is always interesting and very appealing.
In NIGHT VISIONS the listener experiences works of diverse styles and aesthetic perspectives. Even though most of the work titles are derived from a non-musical origin, Travlos’s robust technique and fine-tuned elaboration of the music material ensure the preservation of the fragile balance between rationality and the sentimental nature, that governs the compositional procedure. Throughout the works, the common element in the composer’s view is the meticulous exploration of intervallic qualities in terms of texture and time. Through this microstructural point of departure, we see the composer’s intention to create soundscapes and inspired works, that are differentiated in terms of perception and form. (© Theodore Karathodoros)
NIGHT VISIONS
won the GLOBAL MUSIC AWARD - AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE - GOLD Medal Triple Winner in three categories: composer/composition, new release and album, NOVEMBER - 2019, was chosen Best of Best Top Albums Fall 2019 by Global Music Awards, SEPTEMBER-2019, won the CLOUZINE International Music Awards (Best Contemporary Music album), January - 2020, was chosen Best of Best Top Albums 2019 by Global Music Awards, JANUARY - 2020
and was nominated for the 18th Annual Independent Music awards (Contemporary classical), APRIL - 2020.
Product details
Five Midnight Scenes for flute, clarinet (+b.cl.) and vibraphone
01. Midnight Clock [02:56]
02. Midnight Express [04:08]
03. Midnight Factory [03:51]
04. Midnight Landscape [03:40]
05. Midnight Church [04.39]
Five Short Modern Jazz Studies for solo piano
06. Jazzy Accents [01:15]
07. Staccato - Syncope [01:28]
08. Reminiscence [03:50]
09. The Spinning Wheel [00:57]
10. Bartender’s Night Shift [01:24]
11. Night Walk in the Woods for solo alto flute [06:14]
12. Rondo de la Nuit for solo piano [07:02]
13. Miniature for solo piano [03:37]
14. Dedication for flute and bass clarinet [09:39]
Seven Short Pieces for string quartet
15. Bewildered [01:12]
16. Beams of Light in Gold [01:34]
17. Dance of the Evil Witch [01:37]
18. Staring.... [02:40]
19. Clock of Eternity [01:16]
20. From Beyond.... [01:40]
21. The Luna Park [01:16]
Total time: [66:08]