The European Guitar
Most guitar recitals emphasise the vigorous Spanish and Latin American heritage of the instrument. This album takes a different approach, travelling round the fringes of Europe, with music from Albania, Estonia, France, Serbia, Greece and the British Isles, these largely lyrical works chosen because they were inspired by issues and events that underline the dignity of the human condition. They allude to a surprisingly wide range of subjects: peace-time reconciliation, love and loss, ethnic identity, personal courage, environmental degradation and bittersweet recollections of childhood – music for calm reflection.
Eleftheria Kotzia, guitar
Barbara (1930-97)
- Göttingen (1964, arr. 1990) (4:37)
Àngel Cabral (1911–97)
- La foule (1936, arr. 1995) (3:55)
Dušan Bogdanović (b. 1955)
Levantine Suite (1995) (10:55)
- I. Prelude (1:15)
- II. Dance (2:02)
- III. Cantilena (3:10)
- IV. Passacaglia (2:56)
- V. Postlude (1:32)
Dinos Constantinides (1929–2001)
- Divine Song for guitar and cello (2020)* (6:23)
Eddie McGuire (b. 1948)
- Zalongo Dance Elegy (1992, rev. 2018*) (9:29)
Peter Maxwell Davies (1934–2006)
- Farewell to Stromness (1980, arr. 1981) (4:08)
Rene Eespere (b. 1953)
- Evocatio (1996) (9:06)
Kostas Grigoreas (b. 1957)
Aegean Sketches for guitar and cello (2013)
- II. On Marco’s Steps* (4:35)
Charles Trenet (1913-2001)
- Revoir Paris (1947, arr. 1995) (3:57)
*First Recording
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