El Aleph 20th & 21st Century Guitar Music Smaro Gregoriadou

• Fernande Peyrot (1888-1978): Peyrot: Préludes pour guitare
• 1I. Larghetto01:16
• 2II. Moderato01:58
• 3III. Scherzando vivace01:27
• 4IV. Vivo con fuoco - Più lento cantando - Tempo 101:24
• Agustín Barrios Mangoré (1885-1944): Prelude in C Minor
• 5Prelude in C Minor02:09
• Las Abejas
• 6Las Abejas02:15
• Aire de Zamba
• 7Aire de Zamba02:43
• Danza Paraguaya No. 1
• 8Danza Paraguaya No. 102:18
• Manuel María Ponce (1882-1948): Thème, varié et finale
• 9Thème, varié et finale08:33
• Hans Werner Henze (1926-2012): Drei Tentos
• 10No. 1, Du schönes Bächelin01:53
• 11No. 2, Es findet das Aug oft01:50
• 12No. 3, Sohn Laios02:28
• Nikita Koshkin (1956-): II. Toccata
• 13II. Toccata02:20
• Sean Hickey (1970-): Tango Grotesco
• 14Tango Grotesco04:03
• René Eespere (1953-): Tactus Spiritus
• 15Tactus Spiritus07:12
• Stepán Rak (1945-): Temptation of the Renaissance
• 16Temptation of the Renaissance05:02
• Smaro Gregoriadou (?-): El Aleph after Jorge Luis Borges (for guitar ensemble)
• 17I. Prism05:06
• 18II. Cantus03:14
• 19III. Yo, no...01:40
• Total Runtime58:51

Info for El Aleph 20th & 21st Century Guitar Music

The above quote is typical of critical response, not only to Greek guitar virtuoso and composer Smaro Gregoriadou’s amazing playing, but to her unique (and pioneering) applied research into different instrument designs, tunings and performance techniques – both historic and modern. Her previous two albums for Delos – Reinventing Guitar, volumes 1 and 2 – won plaudits from reviewers the world over, and expanded performing and stylistic horizons for guitarists and everywhere.

While her two previous Delos releases concentrate largely on Baroque-era music, this one sticks to music of particular appeal from the past century, as well as forays into the new millennium – using a number of different guitars that she has helped to develop. While this release’s pieces are mostly for solo guitar, the program includes Smaro’s own arresting composition, El Aleph, for guitar ensemble – played here by the German group, Open Source Guitars. Other composers honored are Fernande Peyrot, Agustin Barrios, Manuel Ponce, Hans Werner Henze, Sean Hickey, René Eespere and Štěpán Rak.

“I can only applaud the efforts of Smaro Gregoriadou and her quest to reshape the way we look at, and listen to the guitar. (Brian Wigman, Classical Net)

Smaro Gregoriadou, classical guitar
Open Source Guitars
Helmut Oesterreich, director

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