HUANG Tao / LIN Huanqi / XIA Weinan
Chinese Romance Xianji Liu (guitar) [ Naxos / CD - released 11/Aug/2023 ] Chinese Romance presents a selection of recent compositions that are all deeply evocative, referring to specific imagery and romantic experiences for their inspiration. These poetic and lyrical pieces explore the guitar's delicate timbres with nuance... |
KONSTANTIN VASSILIEV
Vassiliev: El Faro Mágico / Wanderer in Time / Rose in the Snow / etc Yuri Liberzon (guitar), with Patrick O'Connell (guitar) [ Naxos / CD - released 26/Aug/2022 ] Konstantin Vassiliev's music synthesises several different styles including jazz, Russian folk music and contemporary Western traditions. This album contains music written over a 22-year period. |
GEORGES LENTZ
Ingwe from ‘Mysterium’ (“Caeli enarrant...” VII) Zane Banks (electric guitar) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Aug/2011 ] Luxembourg-born Australian composer Georges Lentz's 60-minute solo guitar work Ingwe (an Aboriginal word meaning night) is a truly extraordinary achievement. Here, heavy metal meets musical metaphysics, as shrieking amplified sound clashes with the... |
MARIO CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO
Castelnuovo-Tedesco: 24 Caprichos de Goya Zoran Dukic (guitar) [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 1/Apr/2009 ] "This is a well-played, well-recorded and well-documented version of a sequence for guitar which deserves to be better known than it is. It is a work which deserves to be heard, more often, as a whole, rather than merely excerpted as part of one or... |