Review of Patrik Kleemola, Through Green Glass, Pilfink records, 2015 An entire CD dedicated to the music for guitar by Finnish composers. This is not something you can get everyday. It ‘s true that we […]
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Patrik Kleemola, Perchitarrasola – Finnish and Italian music for guitar, Pilfink records, 2012
Review of Patrik Kleemola, Perchitarrasola – Finnish and Italian music for guitar, Pilfink records, 2012 Interesting mix this CD played by the talented Patrik Kleemola that combines an ideal musical twinning between Italian and Finnish […]
Octal Book Two by Elliott Sharp, Clean Feed Records, 2010
Elliott Sharp does it seriously when, in the notes on this cd defines this music as ‘purely digital’ which means simply produced by his fingers. Any plectrum, any help from the electronics, just a touch of […]
Octal Book One by Elliott Sharp, Clean Feed Records, 2008
Here we go with Elliott Sharp, veteran “laurea honoris causa” of the 80’s downtown scene. Sharp has intelligently and creatively distributed his own talent among compositions of contemporary music for strings’ quartets, blues hard-core quintets, electronics, orchestral […]
La Suave Melodia by Massimo Lonardi, Matteo Mela and Lorenzo Micheli, Stradivarius 2008
Sometimes, around a day, we feel the need,( as was singing Franco Battiato some years ago) to try to live our lifes running with a different speed. A less excited rithm, a more relaxed time, […]
Dionisio Aguado by Lorenzo Micheli and Matteo Mela, Stradivarius, 2000
Daughter of the god of war and the goddess of love, Harmony has inspired three of the most penetrating fragments of Heraclitus. The third fragment in particular, dear architects and musicians of all time, mentions: […]
StrongStrangeStrings by Elena Càsoli, Stradivarius 2001
“I play an instrument which today is enjoying one of the happiest periods in its long history. Its structure and sound have evolved and kept pace with changes in attitudes to music, culmination in a […]
#Review of Steve Reich Guitar Works by Yasushi Takemura, miru records, 2014 on #neuguitars #blog
This record is the first “opera omnia” for electric guitar by the american composer Steve Reich ever made. The author of this stylistic synthesis is the Japanise guitarist Yasushi Takemura, who played three scores: “Music […]
Review of my book Visionary Guitars
Hans-Jürgen Gerung aus Kranzegg ist einer von zwölf Gitarristen aus Europa und den USA, die in dem Buch „Visionary Guitars“ von Andrea Aguzzi zu Wort kommen. Der Kontakt kam über ein Internetforum zustande, das der […]
John Fahey’s and Henry Kaiser’s Requias
The requiem or Requia, according to the liturgical rite of the Catholic Church is a Mass performed and celebrated in memory of the deceased. It can also be used as a funeral service, in particular […]
Radamés Gnattali Complete Music for Solo Guitar, Vitor Gaberlotto, 1999
Review of Radamés Gnattali Complete Music for Solo Guitar, Vitor Gaberlotto, 1999 The more I listen to Sudamerican composers’ music, the more I think that this continent is the perfect place where popular and high […]
Sarau para Radames Vitor Garbelotto, ddm Multimidia, 2015
Review of Sarau para Radames Vitor Garbelotto, ddm Multimidia, 2015 This is the ideal repertoire for a concert for solo Brasilian guitar. Guitarist Vitor Garbelotto managed to choose 11 songs just perfect for a great […]
Mary Halvorson Solo, 28.09.15, Catania, Italy full concert
Mary Halvorson is an avant-garde guitarist from Boston currently living in Brooklyn. She is a 2002 graduate of Wesleyan University. She has performed with many artists, including Anthony Braxton, Jessica Pavone, Taylor Ho Bynum and […]
Peter Ablinger 33-127 by Seth Josel, Mode Records, 2009
The last discographic work for Seth Josel on Mode Records, printed in 2009 is really a curious record from different points of view: first, the truly unusual number of tracks present, ninety-five! Secondly, this is […]
The Marvelous Aphorisms of Gavin Bryars: The early Years, Ulrich Krueger and Seth Josel with various artist, Mode Records 2007
The word aphorism (literally “distinction” or “definition”, from the Greek: φορισμός, aphorismós ap-horizein “from-to bound”) denotes an original thought, spoken or written in a laconic and easily memorable form.. Wikipedia Listening to this CD it […]
The Stroke that kills by Seth Josel, New World Records, 2008
Electric guitar gets run over by a car on the highway This is a crime against the state This is the meaning of life. To tune this electric guitar I do not know if Seth […]
Mechanical Uprising by Marco Oppedisano, OKS Recordings of North America, 2010
Mechanical Uprising . Almost a futuristic title for the third soloist cd by Marco Oppedisano on OKSRNA. As for the other two albums we have reviewed on this blog, Marco introduces some compositions that comes […]
Electroacoustic Compositions for Electric Guitar by Marco Oppedisano, OKS Recordings of North America, 2007
Marco Oppedisano (born November 20, 1971 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American guitarist and composer whose compositions focus on creative and innovative use of electric guitar,creating a form of electro-acoustic music, based on the […]
#Review of Have a Little Faith by Bill Frisell, Nonesuch Records, 1992 on #neuguitars #blog
Review of Have a Little Faith by Bill Frisell, Nonesuch Records, 1992 Ok, I admit it: I have a boundless admiration for Bill Frisell. I follow his career since the time I listen to the particular sound […]
Gefion by Jakob Bro, ECM, 2015
Review of Gefion by Jakob Bro, ECM, 2015 What a truly remarkable and interesting record this Gefion, first job as leaders by the Danish guitarist Jakob Bro for the ECM label; It comes after an […]
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