Albeniz / Regnier - Guitar from Spain - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Alkan / Various - Alkan Works for Piano [COMPACT DISCS] date 08/26/2016

Sono Luminus proudly presents Celebrating the American Spirit, performed by Essential Voices USA and directed by Judith Clurman, which reconfigures musical expressions of nationhood. EVUSA comes together with guest soloists and instrumentalists, including singers Kelli O'Hara and Ron Raines, and composer arranger Larry Hochman. There is even a new lyric by Sheldon Harnick, the famed lyricist of Fiddler on the Roof. From beginning to end, EVUSA delivers imaginatively conceived performances that articulate new visions of community and civic responsibility in the 21st century. At the core of the CD is 'Sing Out Mr. President', a series of sixteen newly commissioned works set to quotations by U.S. presidents stretching from George Washington to Barack Obama. Judith Clurman initiated this inventive project in response to 9/11, after she conducted the Juilliard Choral Union in a wrenching memorial concert at a firehouse in New York City.

Playing the guitar has always been a passion for Piotr Przedbory. A skilled musician, he brilliantly performs guitar repertoire from every era from classicism to the present day. He is the winner of more than twenty international and Polish competitions, including 19 first places and 3 Grand Prix. This new is Przedbory's second album, and is a recital composed of mainly the most outstanding transcriptions or guitar studies, and pieces from the classical repertoire. Holding a special place on this album is a transcription of a Bach piece originally written for harpsichord, a transcription of Vivaldi's violin concerto, and closing the album is the transcription of Seville from the Spanish Suite Albeniz, which is an obvious reference to the musical sources that serve as Przedbory's inspiration.