Music for Flute and Guitar
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Label: Brilliant Classics
Cat No: 95753
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Release Date: 7th December 2018
Contents
Works
Elegia for guitarFish Tale
Bateau for guitar
Cantos desiertos
Muse of Fire
Ora pro nobis (nach Bach II)
Diaphonic Suite no.1 for flute or oboe
Hexadactyl for guitar
Artists
Daniele Ruggieri (flute)Alberto Mesirca (guitar)
Works
Elegia for guitarFish Tale
Bateau for guitar
Cantos desiertos
Muse of Fire
Ora pro nobis (nach Bach II)
Diaphonic Suite no.1 for flute or oboe
Hexadactyl for guitar
Artists
Daniele Ruggieri (flute)Alberto Mesirca (guitar)
About
Among the most extensive works here is the cycle of Cantos Desiertos (1996) composed for flute and guitar by Terry Riley. The cycle was later incorporated within The Book of Abbeyzoud, an album with a character suspended between the Biblical, the mystical and the exotic. Francesco en Paraiso is a tender memorial to the countertenor Frank Royon Le Mée (1952-1993). The cycle continues with an Indian melody, and a melancholy lament before ending with a sultry Tango Ladeado (Tango Off-Centre).
Hardly less substantial is Muse of Fire (1990) by George Rochberg, written in the shadow of the Gulf War: hence the sudden stops and starts, the military evocations, the funeral marches, the moments of dream-like lyricism and the rhapsodic soliloquies. Ora pro nobis (1991) is based on the slow movement of Bach’s Italian Concerto: a plea for release at a deeply troubled time.
Bateau is a song from the 2003 album Ceramic Dog by Marco Ribot, who works mostly with jazz and post-rock musicians: this is the work’s first performance on classical guitar, and Alberto Mesirca brings out the delicate textures that evoke light shimmering on water. Of similar aquatic origins, Fish Tale is a ‘watercolour for flute and guitar’ by Osvaldo Golijov: ‘I wanted everything to be beautiful,’ said the composer, ‘even at the expense of some sense.’
This unique compilation concludes with shorter solo pieces alternating between flute and guitar, taking in the satisfyingly intricate textures of Crawford Seeger and Wuorinen at each end of American modernism, as well as a touching elegy by Mark Delpriora in memory of a student of his, Basil Keiser.
This is the third solo album on Brilliant Classics by the guitarist Alberto Mesirca after his collections of music by Regondi (94841) and Sanz (95396).
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