Mertz / Moeller / Fraticelli - Guitar Duets - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

This programme presents the first integral recording of the complete published and manuscript duets by the Catalan master Jose Ferrer, last of the charismatic Romantic guitarist-composers, whose light-touched skill at creating music of elegance, charm and nuanced shading made him a darling of cultured society. Taking us from languorous dances to the glamor of Italian grand opera, this is mesmerizingly beautiful music redolent of a lost era of soirees and gallantry, Iberian salons and forgotten Parisian boudoirs. Norwegian guitarist, theorbo-player and mandolinist Jorgen Skogmo studied with Robert Brightmore and David Miller at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. As solo guitarist he has won several prestigious international prizes including Admira Young Guitarist of the Year and the 2002 Ivor Mairants Guitar Award. Jens Franke trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and King's College, London. An artist of eclectic taste, he has worked with English National Ballet, and was formerly orchestral guitarist of the European Union Youth Orchestra, in which capacity he appeared in concert with Bernard Haitink, playing well-known venues all over the world.

Mertz / Mangold - Works for Guitar [COMPACT DISCS] date 09/27/2005

Luigi Moretti was a nobleman, a scholar, a music teacher and a composer whose main works are dedicated to the guitar, although he produced remarkable compositions for voice and piano as well. He was one of the finest members of the splendid Italian guitar season of the first quarter of the 19th century whose works were inexplicably long forgotten. Thanks to the talent and pioneering spirit of Marcello Fantoni, Dynamic is proud to fill this void and this World Premiere Recording of Moretti's instrumental works, which reveal the expert hand of an up-to-date and cosmopolitan composer and feature the remarkable interpretative skills of a young and talented guitarist.