Prokofiev / Tetra Guitar Quartet - By Arrangement - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Guitart Quartet - Gismontiana [COMPACT DISCS] date 09/10/2012

Composer and novelist; Anthony Burgess; was a remarkably diverse artist. The three guitar quartets on this album range from the well-crafted First Quartet intended as a homage to Ravel; while the Second and Third Quartets explore virtuoso technique alongside adventurous and at times haunting harmonies and polytonality. A selection of Burgess's arrangements for guitar quartet are also featured; including Holst's Mercury; the Winged Messenger from The Planets. Three of Burgess's orchestral works can be heard on 8.573472 and The Bad-Tempered Electronic Keyboard 24 Preludes and Fugues on Grand Piano GP773.

English Guitar Quartet - Baroque Guitar Quartets [COMPACT DISCS] date 04/20/1994