Presti: Complete Music for 2 Guitars

- Ida Presti (1924-1967) was a French classical guitarist and composer. She first came to prominence as a child prodigy, before maturing into what Alice Artzt has called "the greatest guitarist of the 20th century, and possibly of all time."

- Presti was born as Yvette Ida Montagnon in Suresnes, a suburb of Paris, France, to a French father and Sicilian mother. She studied harmony and music theory with guitarist and luthier Mario Maccaferri. Presti gave her first full-length concert at the age of ten, at the Salle Pleyel. After marrying her second husband, guitarist Alexandre Lagoya, she stopped performing as a solo artist and formed the Duo Presti-Lagoya with him, concentrating on works for two guitars. The two formed one of the most accomplished and famous classical guitar duos in history, performing over 2,000 concerts.

- This new recording presents Presti's complete works for two guitars, highly attractive, melodious and brilliant music, exploring the possibilities and sonorities of the two guitars to the utmost.

- A great homage to one of the most remarkable and talented female guitar players of the 20-th century!