Original works and arrangements for guitar quartet. Title from disc label. Aquarelle Guitar Quartet (Michael Baker, Vasilis Bessas, James Jervis, Rory Russell, guitar). Recorded at 80 Hertz Studios Ltd, Manchester, England, 2016 May 28-29 and 2016 June 4-5. Program notes and biographical notes in English with German and French translations (31 pages : illustrations, portraits) inserted in container.
Contents:
Elegy (2015) for four guitars / (3:51). John Brunning (6:21) -- Sinfonia to 'L'italianna in Algeri' : (1813) / Gioachino Rossini ; arranged by Richard Safhill (7:58) -- Welsh dance no. 2 : from Tair dawns gymreig = (Three Welsh dances) : for harp / Dalwyn Henshall ; arranged by Michael Baker (3:50) -- Danzas argentinas : op. 2 (1937) for solo piano. Danza del viejo boyero ; Danza de la moza donosa ; Danza del gaucho matrero / Alberto Ginastera ; arranged by João Luiz Rezende Lopes (8:06) -- Cumba-quin : (1999) (on four guitars) / Carlos Rafael Rivera (4:55) -- Stairs : (1999) for guitar quartet / David Pritchard (3:48) -- Opals : (1993, revised 2014) for guitar quaret. Black opal ; Water opal ; White opal / Phillip Houghton (10:39) -- Flippen : (The flip) : (2004/2012) ; Soon or never : (2012) : "Flippen" (The flip) first recorded by Väsen on the album Keyed up (2004); recorded, along with "Soon or never", by Punch Brothers on the album Who's feeling young now? (2012). Flippen : (The flip) ; Soon or never ; Flippen : (The flip) : reprise / Carl Mikael Marin and Punch Brothers ; arranged by Michael Baker (7:03) -- Elegy (2015) for four guitars / John Brunning (3:51).
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