SAMEKH

Genre : Classical 

Catalogue: Phasma-Music 074

UPC:  731093480553

recording: Nick Dimosthenous 

editing and mastering: Marcin Kowalczyk 

recorded in September 2023, in Athens, Greece 

recording place: Irida Recording Studio 

production management: Iwona Glinka 

front cover and graphic design: Michail Travlos

premiere:  March 24, 2024.

The album SAMEKH by an award-winning flutist Iwona Glinka is an answer to the question whether one musician can perform polyphonic pieces. The wind instruments are like this case, in a particularly disadvantaged situation because unlike, for example, a violin or a piano you can't perform chords effectively on them, not to mention the implementation of several melodic lines.

Contemporary recording technology combined with an appropriate computer program makes it possible registering subsequent voices and then combining them into a whole piece - this is commonly used in music entertainment. For classical chamber music requirements for this method of registration however, they are much higher because they harmonise with each other

voices, their common phrasing, dynamics or articulation requires the player to be very precise

developing and playing individual parts. Goes after all, it's about the impression of one team playing. This method execution has its pros and cons. An obvious disadvantage is the lack of the possibility of live presentation, in turn an advantage, to put it somewhat jokingly, a good understanding between musicians forming the quartet.

The albums features 7 quartets (world premiere recordings) by 7 living composers: Sebastian Anthony Birch, Paolo Geminiani, Lars Michael Fetzek, Martin Lennartz, Allen Molineux, Manos Panayiotakis and Greg A Steinke.

Product details:

Sebastian Anthony Birch

Firenze for flute quartet

01. La sorgente dell’Arno [00:55] 

02. I fantasmi del Rinascimento [02:21] 

03. L’Arno entra a Firenze [01:59] 

Paolo Geminiani

04. F(o)ur flute [04:35] 

Lars Michael Fetzek

A Day 

05. Sleeping, Dreaming, and Waking [05:12] 

06. Mid-Day Multi-Tasking Madness [02:57] 

07. Dreary Afternoon Drizzle [01:11] 

08. Evening Event [01:51] 

09. Relaxation and Reverie [02:39] 

Martin Lennartz

Flute Quartet

10. I (Choral um cis) [02:04] 

11. II [01:24] 

12. III [01:56] 

13. IV [03:32] 

Allen Molineux

A Suite of Movements 

14. I. Twitch and Flit [03:11] 

15. II. Slither and Lumber [03:40] 

16. III. Hop and Scamper [01:49] 

Manos Panayiotakis

17. Venti [06:29] 

Greg A Steinke

18. Aria [05:04] 

Total time: [52:57]