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The debut release from the Appassionata Guitar Trio (Rebecca Baulch, Amanda Cook and Hayley Savage), with an exhilarating collection of premiere recordings of trio works commissioned by the IGF. Includes works by Bruce MacCombie, Ned Bennett, Paulo Bellinati, Benjamin Vedery and Gary Ryan. -
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. -
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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 commissions by Errollyn Wallen, Howard Skempton and Edward McGuire. -
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Allan Neave, a figurehead in British guitar music and Head of Guitar Studies at the RSAMD in Glasgow performs a collection of 20th-century works by Scottish composers for the guitar, featuring works by Edward McGuire, Alasdair Nicolson, Thomas Wilson, Gordon McPherson and Peter Maxwell Davies. -
The debut recording from the celebrated VIDA Guitar Quartet, comprising Mark Ashford, Mark Eden, Helen Sanderson and Christopher Stell. Their Andalucian-flavoured debut combines arrangements of Falla's El amor brujo (Love, the Magician), El sombrero de tres picos (The Three-Cornered Hat), Turina's La oraci?n del torero (Prayer of the bullfighter) and Bizet's Carmen Suite. -
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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. -
The late Stephen Dodgson (1924-2013) was a unique compositional voice in Britain's musical landscape who created a prolific output of work across a variety of genres. This collection marks a longstanding collaborative engagement between duo and composer, including Dodgson's first work for guitar duo (of which Eden-Stell gave the premiere UK performance), and highlighted by the 1998 'Concertino for Two Guitars and Strings' ? commissioned by Eden Stell. The disc also includes performances from Helen Sanderson, and 'Orchestra Nova' conducted by George Vass. -
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 arrangements of Schubert Lieder by players of the era – Tárrega and Johann Kaspar Mertz.
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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 character to the sound that relates these arrangements more characteristically to the time in which they were created.
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Eden Stell evoke vivid imagery and landscapes through a programme of contemporary works for guitar duo, combining original works and new transcriptions from composers including Stephen Dodgson, Michael Ball, Herbert Howells, Peter Maxwell Davies, Gary Ryan and Lennon & McCartney.
VIDA's ability to "conjure up an orchestral palette of colour and effects" (Classic FM) combined with their "exquisite tonal and dynamic control" has firmly established them as a passionate and masterful ensemble who sparkle with "vitality and spontaneity" (Acoustic). Rhapsody is a collection of new works and arrangements by the world-class VIDA Guitar Quartet. The pieces are united by a theme of dance music as interpreted by different classical composers, covering the swing-band dance music of Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue, Malcolm Arnold's English Dances, Gaelic folk- melodies in David Crittenden's A Scottish Fantasy, and the Klezmer rhythms of traditional Yiddish communities in Adam Gorb's Yiddish Dances.
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.
In 2013/14 the Tetra Guitar Quartet celebrates its 25th anniversary. To mark this landmark in the ensemble’s history they are releasing a new CD, commissioning several new pieces, and offering a range of anniversary programmes.
About Time is a new disc of premiere recordings, including two new Guitar Quartet works commissioned by Tetra from Roland Dyens (Comme un rond d'eau) and Tim Garland (Canterbury Bells). Also included is Stephen Goss's arrangement of 'Mahler Lieder' and 'Four pieces from the First Book of Consort Lessons' by Thomas Morley – the very first work performed by the group at their debut concert in 1988.
The quartet has given over 500 concerts throughout the world and recorded seven studio CDs since its London debut 1988. Recital programmes in 2013/14 will include some old favourites, such as the Threepenny Opera Suite and the Carmen Fantasy, as well as some new arrangements of Mahler and Gershwin and specially commissioned pieces by Tim Garland and Roland Dyens.
Triston: Guitar Music from Argentina and Venezuela
Roberto Aussel
World-renowned Argentinian guitarist Roberto Aussel returns to compositions close to home in this collection of music from Argentina and Venezuela – including works by Hector Ayala, Atahualpa Yupanqui, Antoni Lauro and Astor Piazzolla. The Five Pieces for Guitar by Piazzolla were composed for Aussel, and the two remained close collaborators following their composition – the performance on this disc features the revised versions of these pieces, which have never before been recorded.
Eden-Stell continue to champion new works for guitar duo with this programme of recent works by Roland Dyens, Nikita Koshkin, Leo Brouwer and Dusan Bogdanovic.
The Eden Stell Guitar Duo return to disc on BGS with an exhilarating album of Brazilian Guitar Duo Music by Villa-Lobos, Assad, Gnattali & Bellinati.