VisionaryGuitars Reviews Blog Chitarra e Dintorni I still remember the first time that I have listened to this record. It was 1996, one Tuesday evening, I was in radio. A friend arrives bringing the masterised […]
Spirito di una Sonata by Pierluigi Potalivo
VisionaryGuitars Reviews Blog Chitarra e Dintorni The repertoire of the classical guitar is a great source for a long time animate discussions: it’s criticized for its small dimensions compared to the musical scores avaible for […]
Push The Triangle by Repush machina, D’Autres Cordes, 2007
VisionaryGuitarsReviewsBlog Chitarra e Dintorni French trio Push The Triangle (alias Stephane Payen (saxophone), Franck Vigroux (guitar, guitar fretless and turntables) and Michel Blanc (drums)) is one of that groups that know how to stir in the […]
OSTinLOOP “a tribute to Morricone” by Piccolo Ensemble Elettroacustico, Splasc(h) Records, 2011
VisionaryGuitars ReviewsBlog Chitarra e Dintorni Dear Maestro Morricone I know that you are always very busy. Despite your old age You continuous to give us every year new music and new emotions nearly feeding a boundless […]
Skinshout & Xabier Riondo, Altai, ImprovvisatoreInvolontario, 2010
VisionaryGuitarsReviewsBlog Chitarra e Dintorni Do you remember “concepts albums”? Do they still exist? Records created with an history at thei bases, a long run which to make music moving and flowing, searching for something that is […]
Spinoza by Girardi, Senna, Recchia, Burk, ImprovvisatoreInvolontario, 2011
VisionaryGuitarsReviewsBlog Chitarra e Dintorni Spinoza and the jazz. Well .. it may seem a little curious that some jazz players keep themselves busy with one of the most interesting philosophers of 1600 using him and his […]
In Praise Of Shadow by Chicago Underground Duo, Thrill Jockey, 2006
VisionaryGuitars Reviews Blog Chitarra e Dintorni Premise. In this record you won’t even find a guitar. Percussions, electronics and trumpet yes, but no guitar at all. So why is it on this blog? First because […]
Les Nuages En France by Marco Cappelli Acoustic Trio, Mode Records, 2011
VisionaryGuitarsReviews Blog Chitarra e Dintorni Marco Cappelli strikes again. After the exceptional EGP in 2006, still branded Mode Records, Mark returns with a new project and a new album by the magical and cinematic atmosphere […]
Diwan Suite by Yaron Hasson, ZuTa Music, 2000
VisionaryGuitars Reviews Blog Chitarra e Dintorni Yaron Hasson is an Israeli classical guitarist with a solid cultural and technical training. His discography includes recordings of music by Bach and traditional Spanish classical. On this cd […]
The Ominous Corner by Marco Oppedisano, OKS Recordings of North America, 2008
VisionaryGuitarsReviews Blog Chitarra e Dintorni Musically, how it “plays” a threatening, dangerous corner ? Most likely playing the guitar with the “drones” space background. The drone seems to have been a key element in the […]
#Review of Clementi Works with Guitar di Geoffrey Morris ELISION Ensemble, Mode Records, 2007 on #neuguitars #blog
We talked about the Australian guitarist Geoffrey Morris during the interview with Maurizio Pisati as involved in his Teathre of a Dawn’s project, now we meet him again in this monographic CD released on Mode […]
Americans by Scott Johnson, Tzadik, 2010
“Americans all look the same to me, same to me…” Americans is Scott Johnson’s new album for the prestigious Tzadik, John Zorn project. A new record that adds new chapters to his personal adventure […]
Bucato by Paolo Angeli, ReR 2002
This is the first recording for Paolo Angeli in 2002 for the ReR Records that see Angeli alone playing in solitary with his particular instrument, almost 66 minutes of music, almost a recital to show […]
Linee di Fuga by Paolo Angeli, Erosha, 1997
Please don’t pay attention to the delay for this review, this record has been published in 1997 by the independent bolognese label Erosha, but there is no problem: records like this don’t grow old in […]
The guitar music by Manuel M. Ponce by Sante Tursi, Rainbow Classics,
Ponce’s music embodies better of any other the aesthetic of Segovia: the impassioned recovery of the folklore of his own country is elaborated in a happy and balanced synthesis among his own popular cultural training […]
Chamber Music by Von Weber – Molino Diabelli & Kreutzer by Trio Eidos, Rainbow Classics
VisionaryGuitars Reviews Blog Chitarra e Dintorni About the old debate on the presumed “poverty” of the repertoire for classical guitar is often sued as a load by the detractors the use of our favorite instrument […]
The guitar music of the next age by Eugenio Becherucci, Sinfonica, 2001
This cd has a curious title, that would be able to call back to the past a suspicious listener something about a certain “new age” music, in many cases synonymous of a certain superficiality and […]
#Review of John Somebody by Scott Johnson, Tzadik, 2004 on #neuguitars #blog
Should be blessed the used cds’ shops, Ebay and those who sell their discoteques because thanks to them every fan has the opportunity to integrate and recover cds which he has maybe only heard about […]
Die Donnergötter by Rhys Chatham, Dossier Records, 1988
“For an art music audience, both ‘Guitar Trio’ and ‘Drastic Classicism’ were vigorous new strains of overtone-based minimalism, lyrical in content and structurally austere, which synthesized two different musics to arrive at a striking new […]
A Crimson Grail di Rhys Chatham, Table Of The Elements, 2007
Four hundred electric guitars that sing a hymn to the eternal music. Four hundred electric guitars on the steps of Sacre Coeur in Paris, the night of the first October 2005. 2400 strings that vibrate […]
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