The Collectors

Eke Simons, Konstantyn Napolov

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(2 press reviews)

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Music for piano and percussion, music that can be more expressive and explosive than any other duo imaginable. The beautiful sonority of a big Fazioli grand piano, combined with the raw force and timbral structure of a giant set of percussion, and even some electronics here and there.

The Collectors features four pieces by four contemporary composers Jan-Peter de Graaff, Yannis Kyriakides, Moritz Eggert, and Samuel Penderbayne. All pieces don’t just expand the repertoire of this unusual combination, but also discover all kinds of new aspects to it, exploring all sonic and musical possibilities possible.

Tracklist

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1.
The Bells of St. Clement's: I. Oranges and lemons
08:33
2.
The Bells of St. Clement's: II. The chopper
05:19
3.
The Bells of St. Clement's: III. A place without darkness
03:47
4.
Once There Was: I. On a wall, in a beck
01:43
5.
Once There Was: II. Here comes a candle
04:29
6.
Once There Was: III. A garden full of snow
03:22
7.
Once There Was: IV. Until the sun
02:58
8.
Once There Was: V. XYZ and ampersand
01:57
9.
Once There Was: VI. All the birds in the air
04:48
10.
Once There Was: VII. Black wool
01:46
11.
The Collectors
27:12
12.
Shameless
03:40

Total time: 01:09:34

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TTK0027

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Amplifiers

Hegel H30

Cables

Furutech Custom Microphone Cables, Furutech LineFlux XLR, Furutech NanoFlux NCF, Furutech FS-036, Furutech NCF Boosters

Digital Converters

Merging Technologies Hapi

Mastering Engineer

Brendon Heinst

Microphones

Sonodore RCM-402, Neumann KM-104 (Rens Heijnis modified)

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Producer

Brendon Heinst

Recording Engineer

Brendon Heinst

Recording Type & Bit Rate

DXD

Speakers

KEF Blade Two

Release DateSeptember 14, 2018

Press reviews

De Volkskrant

Konstantyn Napolov, a Ukrainian in the Netherlands, is a percussionist and has decided to enrich his repertoire by inviting as many composers as possible to write pieces for him. On his new album with pianist Eke Simons, released on the adventurous label TRPTK, you can hear works by Moritz Eggert (Germany), Yannis Kyriakides (Cyprus), Samuel Penderbayne (Australia) and Jan-Peter de Graaff (Papendrecht).

The common denominator: The composers incorporated children’s rhymes into their pieces. They are all intriguing in a different way. The work of Kyriakides stands out in its obscurity, Eggert proposes a good dose of humor.

Music Emotion 5 out of 5

The Collectors is the work of Moritz Eggert, one of the four composers that delivered their works for this new TRPTK production. People who collect things do that, says Eggert, to find meaning in this unorganised world. A composer is a collector of music. The piano and percussion are instruments that collect notes. It’s this thought behind the composition performed by Napolov on percussion and pianist Eke Simons.

Simons is a concert pianist who plays the major pieces as soloist, but is also specialized in chamber music and song accompaniment. For the Collectors, works were commissioned of Jan-Peter de Graaff, Yannis Kyriakides, Samuel Penderbayne and Moritz Eggert. Behind every composition there’s its own story, which is portrayed by Napolov and Simons. They paint musical landscapes full of subtleties, excitement and atmospheres.

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