Haug / Vassiliev / Rawsthorne / Prechanvinit,Irin - 20th Century Guitar Music - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Rossini / Lemieux,Marie-Nicole - Arias [COMPACT DISCS] date 03/03/2017

Dale Kavanagh is one of the most prominent classical guitarists of her generation. As a soloist and a member of the acclaimed Amadeus Guitar Duo she has performed all over the world and is the dedicatee of numerous compositions. Domeniconi's 'Variations' are based on a famous Anatolian folk song, while the highly original language of Britten's evocative 'Nocturnal' has it's starting point in a song by John Dowland. Cooperman's Walking on Water was inspired by Peter Sellers' last film 'Being There,' and Ponce's 'Folia de Espana' is often considered one of the most magnificent guitar pieces ever written. Between 1986 and 1988 Canadian-born Dale Kavanagh was a top prizewinner in Spain's Segovia Competition, Italy's Gargnano Competition, Switzerland's Neuchatel Competition, and first and special prizewinner in Finland's Scandinavian International Guitar Competition. She performs internationally as a soloist and in the Amadeus Guitar Duo with German guitarist Thomas Kirchhoff and has given recitals in more than 70 countries.

Sofia Gubaidulina has found a soulfulness and freedom in the guitar that speaks to her musical language of expressive mood and often mysterious but precise sonorities. In both Repentance and Sotto Voce she combines guitars with lower stringed instruments, creating a virtuosic, multi-dimensional and deeply poetic role for each voice. Fascinating new sounds from the guitar are produced, from the most eloquent chorales to remarkable effects using a drinking glass. The earlier Serenade is 'music for pleasure', while this première recording of the Toccata reveals a work with a driving momentum that hardly stops. The works for guitar presented on this Naxos - Ms. Gubaidulina's complete works for the instrument written between 1960-2010/13 - feature four distinguished guitarists David Tanenbaum, Thomas Viloteau, Paul Psarras and Marc Teicholz, as well as a number of additional supporting string players on viola, cello and bass.