“Schmuckstücke” CD represents a colourful combination of multi-vocal polyphony, Spanish neoclassicism and Brazilian folklore. The name of the CD – “Schmuckstücke”, which means “Gems” – has the idea of reflecting the personal intentions of their owner, just like the compositions reflect the personal intentions to their creators. First composer on this CD is Heitor Villa-Lobos, a cellist of Brazilian origin. Five Preludes written in 1940 draw chiefly on folk music of Brazil. The second composer, Joaquín Rodrigo, Spanish piano virtuoso, drew his inspiration from Falla’s ballet El amor brujo. The work contains two expressive sections entitled Invocation and Dance. The last one is Johann Sebastian Bach with the Sonata in G minor, BWV 1001. This piece was written for solo violin, so the Fugue is a technical challenge, especially since the G minor key is not suited to the guitar.

The guitarist Eileen Baum was born in Berlin. She studied in the class of Prof. Raineer Feldman for five years at the Berlin University of the Arts. In the guitar duo category she won the first prize at the “Jugend musiziert”. Eileen Baum plays also chamber music with number of ensembles. She appears frequently at home as well as abroad.