Belinfante Quartet
Parallel 40
Physical- and digital album release: 23 February 2024
Catalogue number: 7MNTN049
Barcode: 8720828354964
Distribution: PIAS NL
Contact persons:
Label/ 7 Mountain Records NL: Frerik de Jong info@7mntn.com
PR outside NL: Barbara Hoppe/ no-te b@no-te.com
PR NL: Johan Kloosterboer/ De Nieuwsmakelaar johan@nieuwsmakelaar.nl
Ensemble: Olivia Scheepers belinfantequartet@gmail.com
Short description album:
Parallel 40 is an ode to discovery and connection, collecting and arranging music from many different countries and regions found along the 40th Parallel North. Starting in Menorca and heading east, for a full turn around the globe, the Belinfante Quartet will discover music from Menorca, Italy, Albania, Greece, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, China, North Korea, Japan, the USA, Portugal and Spain.
From music by Terry Riley and Tan Dun to the earliest known string quartets by Alessandro Scarlatti, Parallel 40 combines a vast array of music. As well as hearing several new and lesser-known works for string quartet, the Belinfante Quartet has composed and arranged many of the pieces, transforming the vivid and varied sound worlds of the folk music from countries along the Parallel into brand new works for string quartet.
Parallel 40 aims to promote diversity and unity in classical music, creating a legacy which will inspire future generations of young artists and composers worldwide.
CD-booklet click here for pdf
Promo video
Audio fragments:
Pau Marquès i Oleo Toc de fabiol
Nikos Skalkottas Five Greek Dances for Strings: I. Epirotikos
Terry Riley Sunrise of the Planetary Dream Collector
Ioannis Koukouzelis Ainete ton Kyrion (Praise the Lord from Heaven)
Atai Ogonbaev Mash botoy
Baýram Hudaýnazarov Ýylgaýlar halk sazyna konsertino (Concerto to Folk Music)
Pau Marquès i Oleo A la vora de la mar
Carlos Paredes Canção Verdes Anos
Tracklist:
Menorca
All songs composed/ arranged by Pau Marquès i Oleo
1. Tonada de treure aigo/ Tonada d’espigolar 2’41
2. Toc de fabiol 1’54
Sardinia
Trad. arr. Alessandro Simonetti/ Belinfante Quartet
3. Sa Brunedda 3’25
Italy (Naples)
Alessandro Scarlatti (1660 – 1725)
4. Sonata a Quattro No. 3: I. Fuga 2’34
Albania
Ioannis Koukouzelis (c. 1300 – 1350)
5. Ainete ton Kyrion (Praise the Lord from Heaven) 3’54
Greece
Nikos Skalkottas (1904 – 1949)
6. Five Greek Dances for Strings: I. Epirotikos 1’57
Turkey
Ahmet Adnan Saygun (1907 – 1991)
7. String Quartet No. 1: III. Allegretto 4’07
Armenia
Komitas (1869 – 1935)
8. Fourteen Pieces on Themes of Armenian Folk Songs: XI. Festive Song 1’35
Azerbaijan
Shafiga Akhundova (1924 – 2013)
9. Prologue to Galin Gayasi (Maiden Rock) arr. Belinfante Quartet 4’37
Turkmenistan
Baýram Hudaýnazarov
10. Ýylgaýlar halk sazyna konsertino (Concerto to Folk Music) arr. Belinfante Quartet 4’48
Uzbekistan
Polina Medyulyanova
11. New Initiation 7’35
Kyrgyzstan
Atai Ogonbaev (1904 – 1949)
12. Mash botoy arr. Belinfante Quartet 1’59
China
Tan Dun (b. 1957)
Eight Colors for String Quartet:
13. I. Peking Opera 2’11
14. VIII. Red Sona 1’37
North Korea
15. Arirang (trad. Korean) – improvised and arranged by Belinfante Quartet 2’04
Japan
Joe Hisaishi (b. 1950)
16. String Quartet No. 1: I. Encounter 6’14
United States (California)
Terry Riley (b. 1935)
17. Sunrise of the Planetary Dream Collector 12’25
Portugal (Coimbra)
Carlos Paredes (1925 – 2004)
18. Canção Verdes Anos arr. Belinfante Quartet 2’04
Spain (Castelló)
Francisco Tárrega (1852 – 1909)
19. Recuerdos de la Alhambra arr. Belinfante Quartet 3’31
Menorca
composed/ arranged by Pau Marquès i Oleo
20. A la vora de la mar 4’06
Turkmenistan
Nury Halmämedov (1940 – 1983)
21. Gyzlaryň aýdymy (The Song of the Girls) 1’29