A ‘must-have’ for guitar enthusiasts, 'Reinventing Guitar' brings a rich array of novelties from young Greek guitar virtuoso and composer Smaro Gregoriadou. She plays music from the Baroque to the present on three guitars differing in type, number and material of strings, timbre and tunings, all built by Yorgos Kertsopoulos of Kertsopoulos Aesthetics.

Kertsopoulos’ instruments blend exhaustive historical and aesthetic research with practical acoustic applications for current audiences. Smaro’s beautiful performance of the Bach Lute Suite offers the first opportunity for Kertsopoulos’ unique triple-double-single course guitar to be heard worldwide.

Her own Balkan Dances, based on folk themes and rhythms, are played on two different instruments, true to Balkan folk tradition.

Contents:
D Scarlatti: Harpsichord Sonata L23
Guitar with scalloped frets & movable back / high tuning

J S Bach: Lute Suite BWV 995
Triple-double-single course guitar / re-entrant tuning (recording premiere)

Antonio José: Sonata para guitarra
Classical guitar with metallonylon trebles

Yorgos Kertsopoulos: Some Colour’s Rhythms
Classical guitar with metallonylon trebles

Smaro Gregoriadou: Balkan Dances
- Balkan Dance No.1 on a Bulgarian folk theme
Guitar with scalloped frets & movable back / high tuning
- Balkan Dance No.2 on a Greek epic song
Classical guitar with metallonylon trebles / low tuning

All works arranged by Smaro Gregoriadou.