Timothy Bowers: Music for Guitar, Volume One

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This item will be released on 3 July 2026.

Catalogue No: TOCC0802
EAN/UPC: 5060113448026
Release Date: 2026-07-03
Composer: Timothy Bowers
Artists: Hugh Millington, Saki Kato, Vanessa Bowers

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The guitar is traditionally the preserve of the Spanish. But Timothy Bowers, born near London in 1954, has found a rather more English side to the instrument: understated emotion expressed in an accessible language, unforced elegance, crisp and clean textures and a degree of reserve; extending its frame of reference, much of this music has the unhurried delicacy of a Japanese water-colour and the hint of folksong that comes with the instrument itself. This album, the first dedicated to Bowers’ guitar music, has the stamp of authenticity: it is performed by musicians with whom he has worked closely, and the recording was supervised by the composer himself.

Saki Kato, guitar
Hugh Millington, guitar
Vanessa Bowers, soprano

Listen To This Recording:

Five Pagan Dances for two guitars (2019) (8:11)

  1. No. 1, Allegro (1:57)
  2. No. 2, Andantino (2:35)
  3. No. 3, Calmo (1:16)
  4. No. 4, Con spirito (1:01)
  5. No. 5, Giocoso e tranquillo (1:22)

Five Preludes for solo guitar (1979)* (10:58)

  1. No. 1, Molto lento (1:53)
  2. No. 2, Allegro (2:03)
  3. No. 3, Andante espressivo (2:32)
  4. No. 4, Presto (1:20)
  5. No. 5, Lento – Moderato (3:10)

  1. Soliloquy for solo guitar (1981) (2:17)
  2. Elegy for Guitar (Homage to Dowland) (2016) (4:43)

Five Interludes for solo guitar (2001) (11:53)

  1. No. 1, Vivo (1:49)
  2. No. 2, Lento (3:04)
  3. No. 3, Scherzando (1:36)
  4. No. 4, Grave (2:50)
  5. No. 5, Comodo – Allegro molto (2:34)

Three Elegiac Melodies for two guitars (1981-82) (5:59)

  1. No. 1, Largo (1:44)
  2. No. 2, Allegretto (1:27)
  3. No. 3, Lento espressivo (2:48)

Sonatina for solo guitar (2018) (5:39)

  1. I. Allegro (1:40)
  2. II. Scherzo (0:56)
  3. III. Mesto (1:51)
  4. IV. Ritmico (1:12)

Five Postludes for solo guitar (2021) (8:40)

  1. No. 1, Mesto (2:17)
  2. No. 2, Moderato (2:32)
  3. No. 3, Energico (0:53)
  4. No. 4, Molto moderato (2:00)
  5. No. 5, Con forza (0:58)

Sea Changes (1994) (13:29)

  1. I. The Owl and the Pussycat (4:24)
  2. II. Visiting the Sea (2:45)
  3. III. The Evening Darkens Over (2:28)
  4. IV. Full Fathom Five (3:52)

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