Tom Kerstens Archives - BGS Records https://www.bgsrecords.com/product-category/artists/tom-kerstens/ Thu, 16 Jun 2022 13:23:21 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 IGNiTE https://www.bgsrecords.com/product/gplus-ignite/ Sun, 17 Dec 2017 11:06:19 +0000 https://www.bgsrecords.com/?post_type=product&p=253 IGNiTE is a unique and important release for the future of guitar music. All tracks offer great new guitar music, all especially commissioned by IGF’s Artistic Director Tom Kerstens. Tom’s G Plus Ensemble is dedicated to performing new music, its line-up of two guitars, strings and percussion, often using electronic effects, produces a ravishing and [...]

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]]> IGNiTE is a unique and important release for the future of guitar music. All tracks offer great new guitar music, all especially commissioned by IGF’s Artistic Director Tom Kerstens. Tom’s G Plus Ensemble is dedicated to performing new music, its line-up of two guitars, strings and percussion, often using electronic effects, produces a ravishing and innovative sound. The new album presents new work by today’s most prestigious contemporary composers working in the UK such as Max Richter, Gabriel Jackson, Howard Skempton, Anna Meredith and John Metcalfe.

Product code: BGS127

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]]> Goya: The Music of Enrique Granados https://www.bgsrecords.com/product/goya-music-enrique-granados/ Mon, 10 Jun 2013 15:08:19 +0000 https://www.bgsrecords.com/?post_type=product&p=57 Tom Kersten's celebrates the music of the iconic Spanish composer Enrique Granados. This collection of works (transcribed by Kerstens) draws on some of the composers most loved works, including the Valses Politicos, Cuentos de la Juventud and Danzas Españolas. Kerstens performs the pieces using a copy of a period 1888 Torres guitar, adding a unique [...]

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“The superb player breathes new life into familiar guitar fare.” Gramophone

Tom Kerstens

Release date: 10th Jun 2013
Order code: BGS116
Barcode: 0801792010747

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]]> Black Venus: New Music for Guitar https://www.bgsrecords.com/product/black-venus-new-music-guitar/ Sun, 21 Aug 2011 13:13:04 +0000 https://www.bgsrecords.com/?post_type=product&p=103 Following his first volume of new guitar music Standing Wave, Black Venus is Tom Kersten's second volume of new comissions for solo guitar, including works by Giles Swayne, Errollyn Wallen, Howard Skempton, Terry Riley, Leo Brouwer, Philip Cashian, Toru Takemitsu and Gordon McPherson. View pdf of cd booklet

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“A bold attempt to push forward the frontiers of the repertory … the playing is persuasive and has real warmth and depth … the recorded sound is excellent.” Gramophone

“Magnetically compelling … an outstanding recording.” International Record Review

Release date: 10th Jun 2005
Order code: BGS113
Barcode: 0801792011324

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]]> Standing Wave: New Music for Guitar https://www.bgsrecords.com/product/standing-wave-new-music-guitar/ Fri, 10 Jun 2011 13:38:33 +0000 https://www.bgsrecords.com/?post_type=product&p=112 The first in our series of albums of new works for guitar, commissioned by the IGF and performed by Tom Kerstens for BGS. This disc includes works by Graham Fitkin, Joby Talbot, Edward McGuire, Howard Skempton, Bruce MacCombie and Kevin Volans. View pdf of cd booklet

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“A fine collection of well crafted pieces … accessibility without ‘dumbing’ down … modern but not Modernist … the performances are free, subtle and full of character, without being mannered … self-effacing virtuosity” International Record Review

Tom Kerstens

Release date: 2011
Order code: BGS110
Barcode: 0801792001028

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]]> danza! The Music of Dance https://www.bgsrecords.com/product/danza-music-dance/ Sat, 10 Jun 2006 13:05:11 +0000 https://www.bgsrecords.com/?post_type=product&p=100 A fascinating juxtaposition of works, Tom Kerstens' danza! combines charming 19th-century works with new commissions for IGF, all centred around the concept of the dance miniature. Pieces by Piazzolla, Villa-Lobos, Falla and Tárrega and joined by new works from Howard Skempton, Philip Cashian, Alastair King, Edward McGuire, Graham Fitkin and Errollyn Wallen. View pdf of [...]

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“The first half of the disc is devoted to established works by Brouwer, Villa-Lobos, and several more of the usual suspects, while the second half is a delightful flurry of new commissions from some of our liveliest contemporary composers, such as Howard Skempton, Errolyn Wallen, and Graham Fitkin.” International Record Review

Release date: Unknown
Order code: BGS114
Barcode: 0801792001066

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]]> Zapateado! Homage to Joaquin Rodrigo https://www.bgsrecords.com/product/zapateado-homage-joaquin-rodrigo/ Tue, 10 Jun 2003 13:51:31 +0000 https://www.bgsrecords.com/?post_type=product&p=117 A disc of works marking the 2001 centenary of the birth of Joaquin Rodrigo (1901-1999), acknowledged as one of the great Spanish composers of the 20th century who extended the romantic impressionist tradition of Albéniz, Granados, and Falla. Tom Kerstens performs some of the best of his guitar works alongside the premiere recordings of commemorative [...]

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“Magnetically compelling … an outstanding recording.” International Record Review

“Tom Kerstens is in a rather different league … Sometimes Kerstens makes his guitar sound like a harp, at other times a human voice and he can even convince you that we are hearing orchestral sonorities … Vivid, colourful playing from Tom Kerstens.” BBC Radio 3, CD Review

“The performances are persuasive and Kerstens’ playing has a warmth and depth … ” Gramophone

 

Tom Kerstens

Release date: 10th Jun 2013
Order code: BGS107
Barcode: 0801792010723

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]]> Serenade: Romantic Music for Romantic Guitars https://www.bgsrecords.com/product/serenade-romantic-music-romantic-guitars/ Tue, 05 Jun 2001 13:57:21 +0000 https://www.bgsrecords.com/?post_type=product&p=123 A short history of the guitar in the 19th century performed on original instruments, Serenade rediscovers a host of authentic compositions and arrangements from an era that is now considered a turning point in the guitars developmental history. As well as original works by Francisco Tárrega and Niccolo Paganini, the disc includes two fascinating authentic [...]

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“A Truly Wonderful Performance…” Guitar Review

“A Unique Recording.” Gramophone

“It offers a rare opportunity to experience Tárrega’s own compositions alongside those of two premier league names – a stern test from which Tárrega emerges virtually unscathed. This is due in no small measure to the performance, which is tidy, sensitive, and schmaltz-free.” Classical Guitar Magazine

Release date: 5th Jun 2001
Order code: BGS102
Barcode: 0801792010228

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