SQ

Genre : Classical

Catalogue: Phasma-Music 054

UPC: 731093480355


recording, editing, mastering: tracks 1-7, 9-11, 13-20, Marcin Kowalczyk recording place: Academy of Arts in Stettin, Poland recorded in February, 2022


recording, editing, mastering: tracks 8 and 12, Viktor Kisten recording place: Church of the Holy Trinity (St. Rochus) in Minsk, Belarus recorded in July, 2022


production management: Iwona Glinka front cover and graphic design: Michail Travlos

premiere: January 6, 2023.

ÉxQuartet:

Monika Sawczuk violin I, Łukasz Górewicz violin II, Grzegorz Sadowski viola, Tomasz Szczęsny cello 

SAXAS:

Nikita Petrov soprano, Pavel Kazak alto Victor Timofeev tenor, Dmitry Shuvalov baritone


The album SQ features 6 string quartets, 1 piano quintet and 2 saxophone quartets (world premiere recordings) by 9 living composers: Nikos Athanassakis, Lars Michael Fetzek, Brian Field,  Michael Boyd, Robert Fleisher, Rene Nikolaou, Filip Sande,  

Yi-De Chen and Louis Sauter.


Product details 

Nikos Athanassakis 

String Quartet No. 2

01. I. I [08:17]

02. II. I [05:05]

Lars Michael Fetzek 

03. Years Lost to Separation for quintet of strings and one-handed piano I [03:15]

Brian Field 

String Quartet II

04. I. I [02:45]

05. II. I [03:38]

06. III. I [03:09]

07. IV. I [02:17]

Michael Boyd 

08. isolation/feedback for saxophone quartet I [05:12]

Robert Fleisher 

09. 32 Bars for string quartet I [02:02]

Rene Nikolaou 

10. String Quartet No. 1 I [15:04]

Filip Sande 

11. Strykekvartett nr. 7 I ensomhetens rike Op. 117 [08:37]

Yi-De Chen 

12. Do Question Marks Work Differently? for saxophone quartet [07:51]

Louis Sauter

Apophtegmes Suite pour quatuor à cordes

13. 1. Farben [02:07]

14. 2. Mystique [01:27]

15. 3. Psaumes [00:41]

16. 4. Tristan [00:59]

17. 5. Elektra [00:33]

18. 6. Dream [03:01]

19. 7. Petrouchka [01:00]

20. 8. Augures [02:42]

Total time: [79:52]