Review of Bach by Emanuele Segre, Limen, 2016 “All artists are contemporaries, insofar as they are artists. They are not contemporaries on matters irrelevant to art. “ Arthur C. Danto, After the end of art, Princeton University Press, 1997 page 94 http://limenmusic.info/wordpress/?page_id=8019 What a great music is? I think it’s an extraordinary concentration and orchestration…
Category: 2016
#Review of PIERLUIGI BILLONE: Sgorgo Y . N . oO, Kairos, 2016 on #neuguitars #blog
Review of PIERLUIGI BILLONE: Sgorgo Y . N . oO, Kairos, 2016 When in November 2008 the Israeli guitarist Yaron Deutsch asked to the Italian composer Pierluigi Billone a piece for solo electric guitar, his answer was: “His answer – given at the doorstep – I still remember well:” If I write a piece for…
#Recensione di PIERLUIGI BILLONE: Sgorgo Y . N . oO, Kairos, 2016 su#neuguitars #blog
Recensione di PIERLUIGI BILLONE: Sgorgo Y . N . oO, Kairos, 2016 Quando nel novembre del 2008 il chitarrista israeliano Yaron Deutsch chiese al compositore italiano Pierluigi Billone un brano per sola chitarra elettrica, la su risposta fu: “His answer – given at the doorstep – I still remember well: “If I write a piece…
#Review of Heptachord by Nicola Mogavero and Alessandro Blanco, Almendra Music, 2016 on #neuguitars #blog
Review of Heptachord by Nicola Mogavero and Alessandro Blanco, Almendra Music, 2016 Shall I make you a question? What do you think could be the most snubbed instrument by classical composers? If your answer is: the classical guitar, it means two things: first you are classical guitarists, the second you never thought about sax. Yes,…
#Review of Sonata by Nicola Montella, dotGuitar, 2016 on #neuguitars#blog
http://www.nicolamontella.com/ Review of Sonata by Nicola Montella, dotGuitar, 2016 First CD for the young talented Italian classical guitarist Nicola Montella. Born in 1987, Nicola Montella has been studying classical guitar since he was eight, under Master G. M. Fontanella’s guidance. During the academic year 2008/2009, he achieved a first-class Second Level Experimental Academic Degree at…
#Recensione di Sonata di Nicola Montella, dotGuitar, 2016 su #neuguitars #blog
http://www.nicolamontella.com/it/ Recensione di Sonata di Nicola Montella, dotGuitar, 2016 Primo cd per il giovane talento della chitarra classica Nicola Montella. Nato nel 1987, Nicola Montella ha iniziato lo studio della chitarra classica all’età di otto anni, sotto la guida del M° G. M. Fontanella, diplomandosi nel 2005 con il massimo dei voti. Nel 2009 ha…
#Reviews of Deeprint by Santi Costanzo, Improvvisatore Involontario, 2016 on #neuguitars #blog
Reviews of Deeprint by Santi Costanzo, Improvvisatore Involontario, 2016 http://www.santicostanzo.com/ The first thing that strikes me about this cd, about this deep imprint left by Santi Costanzo following the other prints of his mentor Paolo Sorge, is the formation of his quartet: Santi Costanzo on guitar and author of all the compositions; Fabio Tiralongo on…
#Recensione di Deeprint di Santi Costanzo, Improvvisatore Involontario, 2016 su #neuguitars #blog
Recensione di Deeprint di Santi Costanzo, Improvvisatore Involontario, 2016 http://www.santicostanzo.com/ La prima cosa che mi colpisce di questo cd, di questa impronta profonda lasciata da Santi Costanzo seguendo le altre impronte del suo mentore Paolo Sorge, è la formazione del quartetto: Santi Costanzo alla chitarra e autore di tutte le composizioni; Fabio Tiralongo al flauto, sassofono soprano e tenore; Carlo…
#Review of Flam! Blam! Pan-Asian Microjam! by David Fiuczynski, RareNoiseRecords, 2016 on #neuguitars #blog
Review of Flam! Blam! Pan-Asian Microjam! by David Fiuczynski, RareNoiseRecords, 2016 David Fiucynski is a genius. I think that this would be enough to close here the review of his latest album, dated 2016, which, mea culpa, I’m going to review with chronic delays. Shall I add something else? OK, we can say that Professor “Fuse”…
#Recensione di Flam! Blam! Pan-Asian Microjam! di David Fiuczynski, RareNoiseRecords, 2016 su #neuguitars #blog
Recensione di Flam! Blam! Pan-Asian Microjam! di David Fiuczynski, RareNoiseRecords, 2016 David Fiuczynski è un genio. Basterebbe questo per chiudere qui la recensione del suo ultimo disco, datato 2016, che colpevolmente mi accingo a recensire con cronico ritardo. Basterebbe solo dire che Professor “Fuze” è il leader degli Screaming Headless Torsos, insegna al Berkley College…
#Review of Local Objects by Zsofia Boros, ECM, 2016 on #neuguitars #blog
Review of Local Objects by Zsofia Boros, ECM, 2016 http://www.zsofia-boros.com/ Hungarian-born but from a long time living in Vienna, Zsofia Boros is an extraordinary classically trained guitar player, devoted to the interpretation of the best contemporary music for guitar: her style spans a wide musical spectrum, wider even than her amazing debut “En otra parte”,…
#Recensione di Local Objects di Zsofia Boros, ECM, 2016 su #neuguitars #blog
Recensione di Local Objects di Zsofia Boros, ECM, 2016 http://www.zsofia-boros.com/ Di origini ungheresi ma ormai stabilmente trapiantata a Vienna, Zsofia Boros è una straordinaria chitarrista di formazione classica da tempo ormai devota all’interpretazione della miglior musica di autori contemporanei: Il suo stile abbraccia un ampio spettro musicale, più ampio anche rispetto al suo eccezionale esordio…
#Recensione di Guitar Ladies di Heike Matthiesen, 2016 su #neuguitars #blog
Recensione di Guitar Ladies di Heike Matthiesen, 2016 “Quando a esibirsi è una musicista donna, sorge ad esempio il problema dell’esistenza o meno di uno stile musicale propriamente ‘femminile’.” Quanta ragione c’è in questa affermazione di Edward W. Said? Tanta, veramente tanta, credo. E’ vero è difficile uscire dai cliché tradizionali e ancora oggi non…
#Review of Guitars Ladies by Heike Matthiesen, 2016 on #neuguitars #blog
Review of Guitars Ladies by Heike Matthiesen, 2016 “The problem is that music today is as massively organized a masculine domain as it was in the past. Without significant exception, women play a crucial but subaltern role.” I really think that this statement by Edward W. Said tells us a great truth. It is so…
#Recensione di Sylvano Bussotti Complete Music for Solo Guitar di Sergio Sorrentino, Creative Sources Recordings, 2016 su #neuguitars #blog
Recensione di Sylvano Bussotti Complete Music for Solo Guitar di Sergio Sorrentino, Creative Sources Recordings, 2016 “Three composers have influenced me – listening to their music as much as their personal acquaintance: Luigi Dallpiccola, when I was fourteen Pierre Boulez, when I was twenty-four John Cage, when I was twenty-six” * Posso dirlo? Era ora!…
#Review of Streams by Jakob Bro (ECM Records 2016) on #neuguitars #blog
Review of Streams by Jakob Bro (ECM Records 2016) I waited for this disc with high expectations. The Danish guitarist Jakob Bro is now emerging as one of the new worldwide leader in jazz and jazz guitar. To increase the sense of expectation also helped the many videos that were so popular on youtube in…
#Recensione di Streams di Jakob Bro (ECM Records 2016 su #neuguitars #blog
Recensione di Streams di Jakob Bro (ECM Records 2016) Ho atteso questo disco con grosse aspettative. Il chitarrista danese Jakob Bro da diverso tempo si sta imponendo come uno dei nuovi leader a livello mondiale per quanto riguarda il jazz e la chitarra jazz. Ad aumentare il senso dell’attesa hanno contribuito anche i numerosi video…
#Review of El Aleph 20th and 21th Century Guitar Music Smaro Gregoriadu, Delos Productions, 2016 on #neuguitars #blog
Review of El Aleph 20th and 21th Century Guitar Music Smaro Gregoriadu, Delos Productions, 2016 http://www.smarogregoriadou.com/ https://www.reverbnation.com/smarogregoriadoureinventingguitar http://kertsopoulosaesthetics.blogspot.it/2012/08/smaro-gregoriadou-reinventing-guitar-ii.html Borges wrote, ” I saw the Aleph from all points, I saw in the Aleph the ground and in ground again the Aleph and the Alephin in the earth, I saw my face and my bowels, I…
#Recensione di El Aleph 20th and 21th Century Guitar Music di Smaro Gregoriadu, Delos Productions, 2016 su #neuguitars #blog
Recensione di El Aleph 20th and 21th Century Guitar Music di Smaro Gregoriadu, Delos Productions, 2016 http://www.smarogregoriadou.com/ https://www.reverbnation.com/smarogregoriadoureinventingguitar http://kertsopoulosaesthetics.blogspot.it/2012/08/smaro-gregoriadou-reinventing-guitar-ii.html Borges: “vidi l’Aleph, da tutti i punti, vidi nell’Aleph la terra e nella terra di nuovo l’Aleph e nell’Aleph la terra, vidi il mio volto e le mie viscere, vidi il tuo volto, e provai vertigini…
#Review of A Little Less by Pablo Montagne and Adolfo La Volpe, Amirani Records, 2016 on #neuguitars #blog
Review of A Little Less by Pablo Montagne and Adolfo La Volpe, Amirani Records, 2016 http://www.amiranirecords.com/editions/alittleless “A little less conversation, a little more action please” sang Elvis Presley in 1968, and Pablo Montagne and Adolfo La Volpe seem to get his word: facts not talking. Last time these two guys, two original guitars players with…
