Recordings

The Premiere Recording of Enriko Štec’s Composition

In collaboration with Sound Design Department of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague we have recorded and in the world premiere released the 1st movement of Enriko Štec’s Symphony No. 1. Enjoy the recording!

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Autor: Agáta Chromíková

Symphony No. 1 has been composed by Enriko Štec (*2003), a composer of Ukrainian-Russian origins and a student of Prague Conservatoire, and it draws upon his bond to his ancestors’ lands and their folklore traditions. On this symphony, he remarked: “When I was at my grandma’s in the Ukraine in the summer of 2021, we discovered large quantities of old sheet music in the attic of our family house. Most of them were folk or religious melodies. We soon found out they belonged to my ancestor, church choirmaster Feodor Hanuščak. This moment inspired me to write my very first symphony and I dedicated it to Hanuščak.”

In comparison with traditional compositional approaches, the first movement, which Humble Orchestra presents in a world premiere recording, is unusually slow. It begins with a scale-descending ostinato bass to which, as a counterpoint, a plain, song-full melody is heard that slowly graduates into fragmentary imitational levels. A distinct guidance of voices as well as their sensitive instrumentation provides the audience with specifically tinted, yet unusually euphonic accords.

The recording was created as a students’ project in collaboration with Sound Design Department of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague under Jiří Gemrot’s supervision.

Performers:

I. Violin
Anna Ustyantseva (concertmaster)
Kristýna Zítková
Květa Šteflová
Ela Blahová

II. Violin
Enriko Štec
Agáta Vlasáková
Michael Rádl-Spiess

Viola
Emma Šedivá
Kateřina Holmanová

Violoncello
Kryštof Hlavnička
Lenka Vylítová
Václav Adamec

Doublebass
Adam Šmehlík

Flute
Vanda Dršatová
Anna Přikrylová

Oboe
Evelína Fialová
Ema Martincová

Clarinet
Veronika Žočková
Dominika Nováková

Bassoon
Jan Čurda
Emilie Smoláková

French horn
Jana Veštšíková
Oleksandr Shkoda

Trumpet
Isa Dallmer-Zerbe
Václav Picka

Timpani
Vojtěch Beránek

Piano
Semjon Yakimov

Conductor
Daniel Kadlec

Recording director
Petr Strejc

Recording engineer
Ludvík Hušek

Recorded on December 12 2022 in Sound Design Department of APAP studios.

W. A. Mozart – Così Fan Tutte, K. 588: Overture

Performers:

Firts Violin
Marco Vontszemu (Concertmaster)
Anna Ustyantseva
Martina Včeláková
Květa Šteflová
Kristýna Nikrmajerová

Second Violin
Kristýna Zítková
Enriko Shtets
Agáta Vlasáková

Viola
Alžběta Bláhová
Emma Šedivá

Violoncello
Kryštof Hlavnička
Julie Schmidtová

Doublebass
Adam Šmehlík

Flute
Anna Přikrylová
Hedvika Dejdarová

Oboe
Ema Kupková
Evelína Fialová

Clarinet
Veronika Žočková
Karolína Houdová

Bassoon
Antonín Soukop
Emilie Smoláková

French Horn
Petr Ježek
Pavel Kalášek

Trumpet
Ondřej Hnízda
Václav Picka

Timpani
Vojtěch Beránek

Conductor
Daniel Kadlec

Recording engineer
Zdeněk Bělohradský

Recorded on November 17, 2021 in the Phillip Hall of Libeň Sokol Gymnasium.