Search - Tom Hawkins, Agustin Barrios-Mangore, Isaac Albeniz :: Soliloquy

Sadly, many guitar recordings suffer from dull programming. I hope that you will find this effort to be different. These pieces have been chosen to flaunt the range of sounds and textures which the guitar fluently creates. There is no other unifying theme. Walton's Five Bagatelles, a work often buried in pedantic collections of highly intellectual music, is brought together with the tropical and sensual Brazilian melodies of Pernambuco's Sons de Carilhoes and Reis' Se Ela Perguntar; Koskin's avant guard Usher Valse finds respite in Yocoh's peaceful Sakura. Many of these works came from the periphery of the standard guitar repertoire and others, such as Albeniz's Torre Bermeja and Barrios' Pais d'Abanico, are less familiar efforts of well known composers. Some of the pieces are immediately enjoyable; others may grow more sweet with time. Listen with an open ear and enjoy.