Manuel m Ponce

One of the most important composers writing for the guitar in the early 20th century was Manuel Ponce. During the early 1920s he produced some of his best works, a result of his new-found friendship with guitar virtuoso Andres Segovia. In a letter to Ponce, Segovia mentioned that he was only the third non-guitarist ever to compose new works for the guitar. (The others were Federico Moreno Torroba and_Manuel de Falla.) A number of ambitious pieces came out of the Ponce-Segovia collaboration, and several of those are featured on this new release with guitarist Eladio Scharron.

Eladio Scharrón is Associate Professor of Classical Guitar at the University of Central Florida in Orlando since 1998. He is a graduate from the University of Puerto Rico where he studied guitar with Ernesto Cordero. After obtaining the BA in music, he went to Paris to continue graduate studies in guitar under the direction of Alberto Ponce. In 1981 he obtained the prestigious Diplôme de Concertiste at the École Normale de Musique de Paris. Eladio Scharrón has won numerous awards and competitions, among them the Concurso de Guitarra de la Casa de España in Puerto Rico, the International Guitar Competition of Sable Sur Sarthe in France, and the Reynolds Musical Award. He has also participated as a soloist in prestigious international guitar festivals in France, Belgium, Italy, Peru, Ecuador, El Salvador, Puerto Rico, Mexico and the United States.

Violinist Augustin Hadelich embarks on an American Road Trip, travelling the musical highways and byways of his adoptive homeland in the company of pianist Orion Weiss. The duo perform works by a melting pot of American composers, writing in the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries and drawing on a diversity of idioms, influences and inspirations … from European Romanticism to revivalist hymns; from blues and jazz to bluegrass; from the banjo and ukelele to Jimi Hendrix’s guitar, and from a little Mexican star to exquisite Japanese carvings. Aaron Copland, Leonard Bernstein, Charles Ives and John Adams take their place beside Amy Beach, Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, Eddie South, Howdy Forrester, Manuel M. Ponce and – flying the flag for today’s composers along with Adams – Daniel Bernard Roumain and Stephen Hartke.

Violinist Augustin Hadelich embarks on an American Road Trip, travelling the musical highways and byways of his adoptive homeland in the company of pianist Orion Weiss. The duo perform works by a melting pot of American composers, writing in the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries and drawing on a diversity of idioms, influences and inspirations … from European Romanticism to revivalist hymns; from blues and jazz to bluegrass; from the banjo and ukelele to Jimi Hendrix’s guitar, and from a little Mexican star to exquisite Japanese carvings. Aaron Copland, Leonard Bernstein, Charles Ives and John Adams take their place beside Amy Beach, Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, Eddie South, Howdy Forrester, Manuel M. Ponce and – flying the flag for today’s composers along with Adams – Daniel Bernard Roumain and Stephen Hartke.

Frank Bungarten - Cancion y Danza
EAC+LOG+CUE | FLAC: 209 MB | Full Artwork: 82 MB | 5% Recovery Info
Label/Cat#: MDG "Gold" # 305 1246-2 | Country/Year: Germany 2004
Genre: Classical | Style: Classical Guitar, Spanish Guitar

Frank Bungarten holds a special position amongst concert guitarists of today. On the one hand, through his artistic stance, he belongs to the ‘Old School’, loyal to original works and uncompromising in his search for truth in music. On the other hand, wide and sustained success has brought him recognition far beyond the confines of the ‘guitar world’. (…)2005 Frank Bungarten was honoured with the “Echo Klassik” as “Instrumentalist of the Year” for his CD “Cancion y Danza”.

Frank Bungarten - Cancion y Danza
EAC+LOG+CUE | FLAC: 209 MB | Full Artwork: 82 MB | 5% Recovery Info
Label/Cat#: MDG "Gold" # 305 1246-2 | Country/Year: Germany 2004
Genre: Classical | Style: Classical Guitar, Spanish Guitar

Frank Bungarten holds a special position amongst concert guitarists of today. On the one hand, through his artistic stance, he belongs to the ‘Old School’, loyal to original works and uncompromising in his search for truth in music. On the other hand, wide and sustained success has brought him recognition far beyond the confines of the ‘guitar world’. (…)2005 Frank Bungarten was honoured with the “Echo Klassik” as “Instrumentalist of the Year” for his CD “Cancion y Danza”.