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The two CDs contain all three of Giuliani's guitar concertos opp. 30, 36 and 70, and also the Gran Quintetto for guitar and string quartet op. 65 and the Variations for guitar and string quartet op. 102. For the detailed list of contents see below. CDs from Brilliant Classics. The performers are Claudio Maccari and Paolo Pugliese, playing on guitars of the period with the technique of the period and interpretation on historical lines, with the orchestra Ensemble Ottocento which also plays on original instruments of the period or on replicas. The performances fizz with life and musicality. Colin Cooper
reviewed these CDs in Classical Guitar magazine for May 2007 and
liked them a lot. He wrote, for example: "Giuliani comes out of
the enterprise with a new stature. Performed at this high level,
nothing sounds weak or inadequate. The wind department produces
sounds that are no less than enchanting ... "
“...This is the best kind of early-instrument recording:
historically aware but far from stuffy or doctrinaire. Maccari, for
example, plays his first solo entrance in Concerto 1 with a wonderful
off-hand bit of ornamentation, conveying a sense of improvised ease that
one could imagine coming from Giuliani himself. The orchestra's playing
is transparent and shimmering . . .” (American Record Guide,
2005) To order these CDs: if you are in the UK or the European Union click here (because we have to add VAT). if you are in any other country of the world click here (price will be free of VAT). Contents: CD1 Other CDs stocked by Tecla, including Giuliani's guitar duets etc by Maccari and Pugliese Copyright 2011 by Tecla Editions. Errors and omissions excepted. |
