Bynja Produktion

The double CD "A BUNCH OF PRELUDES AND FUGUES AND OTHER CHAMBERMUSIC" contains works by the Osnabrück composer Eckhardt Günther. Without exception live recordings of various concerts under the headings "Chamber Music from Blues" or "Preludes and Fugues on All Tones". This CD offers attractive, exciting, new contemporary classics with jazz/rock elements and interesting ensemble formations: saxophone and string quartet, piano and percussion, wind quintet, trio for saxophone, electric violin and electric bass, wind trio, duo for cello and saxophone. Also complete band with saxophone, violin, guitar, electric bass and drums. The pieces were designed by the composer in such a way that classic, jazz and rock musicians could perform them together without having to change their style.
Among other things, they contributed to:
Hansdieter Meier (violin), Allan Ware (clarinet), Volker Winck (saxophone),
Peter Florian (piano), Andreas Wilczeck (electric bass), Jose Garcia (percussion).
David Nasse from the Osnabrücker Stadtblatt described the present musical result as follows: "This is true scene music".

disk 1
01 Prelude With Riffs and Chorus On G for E-violin, Altosax, E-bass, Guitar and Drums
02 Fugue With Riffs and Chorus On G for E-violin, Altosax, E-bass, Guitar and Drums
03 Bubbling Bumblebees
04Yearning and Searching
05 Today Breakdowns Again
06 Happy hips
07 Prelude With Riffs and Chorus On Bb for Violin, Clarinet, Alto Saxophone, E-Bass
08 Fugue With Riffs and Chorus On Bb for Violin, Clarinet, Alto Saxophone, E-Bass
09 Song No 1 for piano and percussion
10 Dance of the Bodyguards
11 Key Largo
12 Stagger Three
13 Prelude On E for string quartet
14 Fugue On E for string quartet
15 Quartet No 1 for Flute, Violin, Altosax and E-bass: (Movement I Unbearable Slow? Gently Rockin`? Unbearable Slow)
16 Quartet No 1 for Flute, Violin, Altosax and E-bass: (Movement Ii Scherzo? Shuffle? Scherzo? Shuffle)
17 Song No 3 for Piano
18 Fugue With Riffs and Chorus On D for E-violin, Altosax, Guitar, E-bass and Drums

disk 2
01 Prelude With Riffs and Chorus On Eb for Altosax and String Quartet
02Fugue With Riffs and Chorus On Eb for Altosax and String Quartet
03 Song No 2 for Piano Ad Percussion
04 Frank Zappa
05John Lennon
06 Kurt Cobain
07 Bob Marley
08 Jimi Hendrix
09 Prelude On Ab for e-violin, alto sax, guitar, e-bass, drums
10 Fugue On Ab for E-violin, Altosax, Guitar, E-bass, Drums
11 A Day In 1983 for Voice and String Quartet
12 Prelude With Riffs and Chorus On C for Violin, Clarinet, Altosax and E-bass
13 Fugue With Riffs and Chorus On C for Violin, Clarinet, Altosax and E-bass
14 Small talk
15 Blue Hour
16 Prelude With Riffs and Chorus On F' for E-violin, Altosax, E-bass, Guitar, Percussion and Drums
17 Fugue With Riffs and Chorus On F' for E-violin, Altosax, E-bass, Guitar, Percussion and Drums
18 Ringtone Dance Fugue for Midimarimba Plus Drums

The composer, guitarist, singer and lyricist Eckhardt Günther is one of the first protagonists of German-language pop jazz. 1979  he recorded the LP "Da Sein" with a clearly jazzy touch. For vinyl lovers, a limited edition of this LP is offered by the Bynja Production label (distribution: Timezone-Records).
Eckhardt Günther presents an exciting, virtuosic and surprising juggling of jazz, blues, rock, ballads and bossa nova. These are pieces with stylistic and compositional finesse, in which the excellent musicians are given plenty of room for improvisation.
The German lyrics are pretty biting, pictorial, self-deprecating, playful; sometimes painfully direct. Or the songs only tell about relationships under different weather conditions or about enjoying. These finely spun lyrical lyrics are included with the LP.
Some titles have been digitized or partially reworked and can be heard on the worldwide available double CD "Eckhardt Günther - 24 songs and one song".
The record cover of the vinyl LP "Da Sein" was designed by the artist and Folkwang lecturer Klaus-Uwe Schlueter.

page A
01 Spring morning rendezvous
02 Dozy afternoon
03 Flowering time in autumn
04 Full of comfort right up to the top
05 Prelude for Wuseline
06 rhythm of existence

Side B
01 Tender exploiter
02 Nice to bite into
03 Today her loneliness takes her for a walk through the city again
04 A bit of sweet time
05 It used to be reassuringly monotonous
06 I feel so good

The flautist Hans Mühre and the guitarist/composer Eckhardt Günther have been making music together since they first met in the 1970s. Together they explored all genres, from classical to avant-garde rock to jazz. Now the two musicians are releasing an album of chamber music for flute and guitar for the first time.
The album Encounters (Begegnungen) impresses with its musical diversity. The songs by the excellent lutenist John Dowland range from light, graceful tunes to works of deep longing and melancholy, in which guitar parts and flute complement each other.
On the classical stage, the dialogue between flute and guitar in the works of Ferdinando Carulli and Mauro Guilanii offers melodic treasures of graceful proportions.
There is a whimsical interpretation of two flute sonata movements by JS Bach. In the small but fine sonatina by the Czech Jan Truhlar, the two musicians implement the playful spirit of their creations with inspired wit. Four Beatles songs were arranged for flute and guitar as a special treat.

01 Wilt tough, unkind, thus reave me
02 That if I never speed
03 Farewell, unkind
04 Flow not so fast, ye fountains
05 Awake, sweet love
06 When Phocbus first did Daphne love
07 Sleep, wayward thoughts
08 Sweet, stay a while
09 Come again
10 Andante sostenuto
11 Allegretto
12 Gigue (guitar solo)
13 Adagio
14 Minuet I/ Minuet II/ Minuet III

Eckhardt Günther is a German composer, guitarist and author. He was born in Perleberg/OT Schönfeld/Brandenburg and has lived in Osnabrück since 1975. His work includes pieces of almost every genre: orchestral works, stage works, chamber music but also pop-rock-jazz songs with their own lyrics...
This double album ON ALL NOTES,17 PRELUDES AND FUGUES FOR PIANO is so titled because the Preludes and Fugues are composed on all notes along the chromatic scale (from A to G#). All movements have neither "major" nor "minor" and each end on neutral chords without being atonal. Strict order and freedom are combined in a meaningful way, leaving room for improvisation.
In the present digital version, it is not the organic musical expression that is in the foreground, but the motor pulse. This work is also intended as an offer to pianists to expand their repertoire and to give these pieces their own personal touch and more "natural" character.

01 Prelude On A
02 Fugue On A
03 Prelude On Bb
04 Fugue On Bb
05 Prelude On A#
06 Fugue On A#
07 Prelude On B
08 Fugue On B
09 Prelude On C
10 Fugue On C
11 Prelude On Db
12 Fugue On Db
13 Prelude On C#
14 Fugue On C#
15 Prelude On D
16 Fugue On D