Marc Ribot Plays Solo Guitar Works OF Frantz Casseus BY Marc Ribot

Toru Takemitsu is widely regarded as the greatest Japanese composer of the 20th century. After the appearance of Folios in 1974 he was acknowledged as a formidable master of writing for the guitar, bringing to the instrument a sensibility and imaginative flair which have seldom been equalled. In the Woods was his final composition. Shin-ichi Fukada and Leo Brouwer were both close friends of Takemitsu, and this programme includes Brouwer’s two heartfelt homages in his memory.

Carcassi is a very well-known name among every guitar player in the world thanks to his famous “25 Études Mélodiques op.60”, and his “Six Caprices op.26”. Unfortunately until now those were the only pieces really known by guitarists.

Carcassi is a very well-known name among every guitar player in the world thanks to his famous “25 Études Mélodiques op.60”, and his “Six Caprices op.26”. Unfortunately until now those were the only pieces really known by guitarists.

The figure of Davide Ficco occupies a special place among the numerous guitarists/composers who enlarged the repertoire for their instrument. In fact, his figure is not exclusively limited to the universe of the six strings; rather, he gathers its idioms and intertwines them in a thick network of artistic, cultural, historical and ethnic references, making use also of the possibilities for research and expansion provided by new technologies. His output for the guitar’s six strings is in fact a successful example of cultural eclecticism. His vast knowledge does not only encompass the guitar repertoire, or the classical repertoire in general, but rather embraces various artistic forms, lingering also over the history of extra-European cultures and traditions. This all is poured into his music, in the form of countless extra-musical references, which may be more or less hidden, and which bestow refinement and elegance on his music without being burdened by an ostentatious intellectualism. Such richness does not belong to Ficco’s compositional activity only, but also derives from his work as a performer. Ficco has practised this activity for years, combining the musician’s technical know-how with the ability to draw diverse influences together and to let them emerge. However, this all happens in the service of the musical score, and not of an intellectual hedonism.

Australia’s acclaimed guitar quartet Guitar Trek has delighted audiences around the world for over 30 years. Pioneered by Timothy Kain in 1987, Guitar Trek reinvented the guitar quartet medium through its unique combination of its different-sized guitars. Critics and audiences the world over have warmed to the freshness and energy of their music-making.

Classical Guitar, Works of Bach, Chopin, Händel, Fauré, Satie, Wagner, Beethoven, Pachelbel & Rachmaninoff · Marimo Sugahara.

This new recording presents the complete guitar works of Llobet, who himself was a virtuoso on his instrument, as shown in the complex and innovative writing. Barcelona-born Miguel Llobet once played for the Spanish royal family in the early 20th century. Credited with beginning the notion of a touring classical guitarist, Llobet travelled throughout Europe and beyond, briefly settling in both Paris and Buenos Aires. He later returned to Barcelona, unable to distance himself from his birthplace despite the grip of the civil war in which the city found itself.