Cicchillitti Cowan - Intimate Impressions - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

A superb Canadian guitarist - Classical Guitar Magazine, 2017 Few national musical styles are as related to an instrument as Spain is to the guitar. It is an instrument that expresses wonderfully the colors and spirit of this beautiful country. We find this musical expression on Canciones, the excellent new album guitarist Adam Cicchillitti, whose program consists of works of the great Spanish composers of the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries, such as Isaac Albeniz, Manuel de Falla, Joaquin Rodrigo and Joaquin Turina. Canciones is a sublime musical representation of the regions and contrasts of Spain, it's sources of inspiration and it's many influences. And to evoke Spain and it's InchsoulInch, the guitar is the instrument of choice. Adam Cicchillitti is an exciting young talent emerging on the classical guitar scene in Canada. Originally from Montreal, Adam's recent competition successes have placed him on concert stages across Canada and the United States. Album Tracks 1. Suite Espanola, Op. 47 2. Sonata, Op. 61 3. Canciones Populares Españolas 4. Sonatina en la Majeur / in a Major 5. Canciones Españolas Antiguas 6. Tonadilla, Pour Deux Guitares / for Two Guitars

Sonorous festival full of colors, smells and rhythms that describe that intense America, which is full of paradoxes, that one day awoke to it's own magic and that of the twentieth century. Heitor Villa-Lobos, responsible for Brazil's national awakening, was a music humanist. Ginastera always sought reconciliation between the melodic and rhythmic elements of Argentine folklore and the most advanced techniques that came from Europe. Ginastera left us a beautiful legacy for piano that covered all his artistic life, from the three Danzas argentinas Op. 2, from 1937 to the Sonata No. 3 Op. 55, written a year before his death. The burrowing Joropo (M. Moleiro) with festive air is the national dance of Venezuela and is often heard at it's popular and religious festivals. Mañanita caraqueña (E. Castellanos) is evocative and perfect music the nostalgia of Caracas when waking up and the bells of the cathedral. Javier Rameix debut in the prestigious InchMuziekgebouwInch in Amsterdam received critical acclaim. He played as a soloist in Europe and South America with different orchestras and performed solo recitals in the most important venues in Holland, Spain, France, Belgium and Germany. Album Tracks 1. Piano Sonata No. 1 Op. 22~I. Allegro marcato 2. Piano Sonata No. 1 Op. 22~II. Presto misterioso 3. Piano Sonata No. 1 Op. 22~III. Adagio molto appassionato 4. Piano Sonata No. 1 Op. 22~IV. Ruvido ed ostinato 5. Bachianas brasileiras No. 4~I. Preludio (Introdução) 6. Bachianas brasileiras No. 4~II. Coral (Canto do Sertão) 7. Bachianas brasileiras No. 4~III. Aria (Cantiga) 8. Bachianas brasileiras No. 4~IV. Dança (Miudinho) 9. Danzas argentinas Op. 2~I. Danza del viejo boyero 10. Danzas argentinas Op. 2~II. Danza de la moza donosa 11. Danzas argentinas Op. 2~III. Danza del gaucho matrero 12. Ciclo brasileiro~I. Plantio do caboclo 13. Ciclo brasileiro~

Album Tracks 1. Focus~Radial Glare 2. Focus~Inward Gaze 3. Choro the Joyful Lament for Villa-Lobos 4. Retazos~Recordando a Pepe Balaguer 5. Retazos~Marcha lenta 6. Retazos~Alegre 7. Retazos~Fluido 8. Retazos~Escalas 9. Ombres et lumières~Dans l'ombre (Lento meditativo) 10. Ombres et lumières~Vers la lumière (Allegro deciso et ritmico) 11. River and Cave