Review of Royal Winter Music by Otto Tolonen, Alba Records, 2015 http://www.alba.fi/en/shop/products/5210 http://www.ottotolonen.net/ What is Henze’s “Royal Winter Music” for a guitarist? A touchstone? A goal? A chimera? A mental and mnemonic effort? Certainly it’s a masterpiece. A gem in contemporary guitar literature. The combined fruit of the efforts of two great men: Julian Bream…
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Recensione di Royal Winter Music di Otto Tolonen, Alba Records, 2015 http://www.alba.fi/en/shop/products/5210 http://www.ottotolonen.net/ Che cos’è la “Royal Winter Music” di Henze per un chitarrista? Una pietra di paragone? Un traguardo? Una chimera? Uno sforzo mentale e mnemonico? Di sicuro è un capolavoro. Una gemma nella lettura chitarristica contemporanea. Il frutto combinato degli sforzi di due…
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Review by Otto Tolonen’s Retratos, Alba Records, 2018 http://www.alba.fi/en/shop/products/5322 http://www.ottotolonen.net/ Fantastic. Exciting album. A sophisticated, elegant combination of music, talent, expression and creativity. What’s striking about this record? Exceptional listening quality. It seems incredible. In this era of spootify, flat recordings, brilliantly inexpressive and without any subtlety for refined listening Alba Records makes a small…
