Not a Single Road

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Release Date: 13th Sep 2019
Catalogue No: 95956
Label: Brilliant Classics
Length: 55 minutes

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Nasopoulou: 10 Dipoles

Work length27:19

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Seldom Sene

10 Dipoles: No. 1, Good - Bad

Track length1:40

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10 Dipoles: No. 2, Even - Odd

Track length3:25

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10 Dipoles: No. 3, One - Many

Track length3:52

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10 Dipoles: No. 4, Female - Male

Track length1:55

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10 Dipoles: No. 5, Still - Moving

Track length3:48

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10 Dipoles: No. 6, Dark - Light

Track length2:20

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10 Dipoles: No. 7, Right - Left

Track length1:28

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10 Dipoles: No. 8, Straight - Bent

Track length2:58

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10 Dipoles: No. 9, Square - Oblong

Track length2:48

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10 Dipoles: No. 10, Limited - Unlimited

Track length3:05

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Sieg: Mathongo Amnandi - African Suite No .24

Work length10:35

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Seldom Sene

African Suite No. 24, "Mathongo Amnandi": I. Free as a Bird

Track length2:14

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African Suite No. 24, "Mathongo Amnandi": II. Dream Stories

Track length2:57

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African Suite No. 24, "Mathongo Amnandi": III. Blue Earth

Track length2:11

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African Suite No. 24, "Mathongo Amnandi": IV. Awakening

Track length3:13

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Leenhouts: Quo quondam victa furore

Work length4:30

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Seldom Sene

Thanasis Deligiannis: A Bit Unfair

Work length13:33

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Seldom Sene

A Bit Unfair: I. January

Track length3:42

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A Bit Unfair: II. Little Squirrels

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A Bit Unfair: III. A Bit Unfair

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New pieces for recorder consort, written for and dedicated to the talents of a young Dutch ensemble with a growing catalogue of critically acclaimed recordings.

For their ‘commitment, technical versatility, unanimity of ensemble and near-immaculate tuning’ (Gramophone) the five musicians of Seldom Sene have won golden opinions in repertoire ranging from songs and dances from Renaissance Spain and England to their own transcription of Bach’s Goldberg Variations: ‘With passionate command,skilful precision, nuanced dynamics and their outstanding potential for colouring, the ensemble succeeds in creating a surprising spectrum of enchanting, unheard-of sounds from Bach's Variations without compromising the “idea” of the work.’ (MDR.de)

Now they undertake a new adventure, having commissioned pieces from four composers of diverse backgrounds and idioms. Aspasia Nasopoulou has written a collection of 10 miniatures – ‘Dipoles’ –

which are inspired by opposites such as Male/Female, Bent/Straight, One/Many and so forth, giving rise to a cycle of high contrasts. Her fellow Greek composer Thanasis Deligiannis plays on the talents of Seldom Sene as singers as well as instrumentalists in setting a triptych of texts in English by the poet Iacovos Camhis, with the whimsical title of a bit unfair.

Sören Sieg’s work brings together the joyful and relaxed temperament of much African music with the dramatic tension of European music. As a multi-talented composer and performer on wind, string and keyboard instruments he has composed 24 recorder suites: this is the latest, titled Mathongo Amnandi, meaning ‘sweet Dreams’ in Xhosa. Finally Seldom Sene play Quo quondam victa furore ('Where once madness excelled') by the Dutch composer Paul Leenhouts: a character piece telling a pastoral story from Roman literature which extols the virtues of a simple country life.

Leenhouts, too, has a background in early music, as a distinguished performer and director in his own right: like the others, he has composed a vividly communicative piece.

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