Nora Shulman - Duets for Flute & Guitar - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Album Tracks 1. Company I - Ulster Orch/Takuo Yuasa 2. Company II - Ulster Orch/Takuo Yuasa 3. Company III - Ulster Orch/Takuo Yuasa 4. Company IV - Ulster Orch/Takuo Yuasa 5. VN Con I - Adele Anthony 6. VN Con II - Adele Anthony 7. VN Con III - Adele Anthony 8. Akhnaten PRLD - Ulster Orch/Takuo Yuasa 9. Akhnaten Act II, Scene III Dance - Ulster Orch/Takuo Yuasa

The new GENUIN by Christian Mattick (flute) and Thomas Etschmann (guitar) offers an exciting program that spans continents the first-class duo made of two renowned Munich soloists engages America and Asia in dialogue. Tradition and modernity, meditation and spirited outbursts, delight in novelty and melancholy at the loss of tradition. The two musicians interpret works by Toru Takemitsu, Ravi Shankar, Heitor Villa-Lobos, Astor Piazzolla, and Robert Beaser with tremendous stylistic confidence and a wealth of color that makes one marvel at the possibilities of this unusual duo. Album Tracks 1. Four Mountain Songs (1985) 2. L'aube Enchantée Sur Le Raga InchTodiInch (1976) 3. Bachiana Brasiliera No. 5 Aria (1930-1945) 4. Toward the Sea (1981) 5. Histoire Du Tango (1985)

This album of 20th-century masterpieces for flute and guitar features works composed especially for this combination of instruments plus arrangements of works by Bartók and Ravi Shankar. Castelnuovo-Tedesco's Sonatine for Flute and Guitar is considered to be one of the finest compositions for this combination of instruments, contrasting joyfulness with poignant melodies. The warm sound of the alto flute is given expressive range in Takemitsu's Toward the Sea, while Piazzolla's Histoire du Tango takes us on a journey from the form's beginnings in the brothels of Buenos Aires, to it's acceptance as one of the most loved musical art forms of the 20th century. Album Tracks 1. Sonatine for Flute & Guitar, Op. 205 2. Toward the Sea 3. Romanian Folk Dance, SZ. 56 4. L'aube Enchantée Sur Le Raga Todi 5. Histoire Du Tango