Shin-Ichi Fukuda - Comp Solo Guitar Works - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Album Tracks 1. Sinfonia 2. Seconda I Nostri Voti 3. Amar Che Giova 4. La Bell'alma Che Nel Petto 5. Qui Tenera E Fida 6. Signor, Dopo Tant'anni 7. Soffro Il Destino Irato 8. Misero Prence! 9. Empia! T'arresta 10. Taci Iniquo; Io Non T'ascolto 11. Misero Cor, Non Sai 12. Lungi Dagli Occhi Miei! 13. Perche Piu Dell'usato 14. Fra Cosi Cari Oggetti

The second volume in this series reveals once again the amazing flair that Japanese composers have for the guitar. It also explores the ways in which the more traditional aspects of the country's music are brought into the sphere of the classical guitar with variety, subtlety and richness. From Toru Takemitsu's popular arrangement of Nakada's A Song of Early Spring through Akira Miyoshi's lyrical Cinq Poemes pour la guitare to Toshio Hosokawa's evocative Serenade the listener encourters unexpected colors and textures as well as evocations of the biwa and shamisen (types of lute) and the koto, a long zither. Album Tracks 1. A Song of Early Spring 2. Canto Funebre 3. Epitase 4. I. Champs 5. II. Sein 6. III. Vers la Fin D'ÉTÉ 7. IV. Mandarine 8. V. en Fuite 9. A Guitar Bears and She Keeps Hoping 10. Theme of Katja 11. I. in the Moonlight 12. II. Dream Path 13. Komoriuta 14. Sakura

Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco was one of Italy's most influential and important composers during the 20th century. He was inspired to write for the guitar after meeting Andrés Segovia, and in the years that followed he wrote over one hundred works for the instrument. The Quintet for Guitar and String Quartet, a rare combination, reveals perfect sonority and construction with a serene Iberian mood. The Sonatina for Flute and Guitar contrasts joyfulness with poignant melodies, while the Eclogues are bucolic and lively. Written for Segovia and his wife Paquita Madriguera, the Fantasia for guitar and piano presents an expertly blended texture for this combination of instruments. Guitarist Leonard Becker is the Second Prize winner of the International Hannabach Guitar Competition 2020, held in Augsburg, Germany. He has performed with orchestras including the Pilsen Philharmonic Orchestra, with which he performed Rodrigo Concierto de Aranjuezin 2019. Alongside Louis Vandory, Valerie Steenken, Elisabeth Buchner and Márton Braun he is the founder of the Tedesco-Quintett (guitar and string quartet), which won First Prize at the International Chamber Music Competition 'Gerhard Vogt' in 2019. Album Tracks 1. Guitar Quintet, Op. 143 (1950) 2. Ecloghe, Op. 206 ('Eclogues') (Version for Flute, Cor Anglais and Guitar) (1965) 3. Fantasia, Op. 145 (1950) 4. Sonatina for Flute and Guitar, Op. 205 (1965)