{"id":11027,"date":"2018-09-24T15:26:57","date_gmt":"2018-09-24T22:26:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/classicalguitarmagazine.com\/?p=11027"},"modified":"2018-09-24T15:26:57","modified_gmt":"2018-09-24T22:26:57","slug":"sheet-music-releases-by-giacomo-susani-edvard-grieg-and-nicola-matteis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/classicalguitarmagazine.com\/sheet-music-releases-by-giacomo-susani-edvard-grieg-and-nicola-matteis\/","title":{"rendered":"Sheet Music Releases by Giacomo Susani, Edvard Grieg, and Nicola Matteis"},"content":{"rendered":"

We get so much sheet music sent to us by various publishers year \u2019round\u2014literally hundreds of pieces in every setting imaginable (solo guitar, multiple guitars, guitar-flute, guitar-harp, etc.)\u2014but we don\u2019t have the space to write about the great majority of them in our four quarterly issues each year. So, just as we write fairly regularly about classical-guitar album releases in this online space, we also occasionally announce recent print music releases. As with the CDs, these are not reviews per se (some\u00a0will<\/em>\u00a0be reviewed in the magazine, but frankly most will not), but we think it\u2019s important to at least get the word out about what\u2019s being offered to guitarists out there. Where possible, we\u2019ve linked the titles to the publisher\u2019s website or some other outlet where it can be purchased (often, digital versions are now available, too), but you may have your own regional outlets where you can buy sheet music, so we’d encourage you to look there.\u00a0 \u2014Blair Jackson<\/em><\/p>\n

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\nGiacomo Susani<\/strong>
\nQuintet (for Guitar and String Quartet)<\/strong><\/em><\/a>
\nArmelin Musica Padova, 13 pp. plus parts<\/p>\n

This is really special! Giacomo Susani is an Italian guitarist who has most recently been studying in England at the Royal Academy of Music, courtesy of a Julian Bream Trust Scholarship. Not only is he an outstanding guitarist (whose albums and competition triumphs have been catalogued in the pages of CG<\/em>), he is also a solid composer, as his wonderful Quintet<\/em> demonstrates. The nearly 13-minute piece is divided into three movements: “La Tempesta,” which carries a guitar marking of “Molto mosso, ritmico”; “II,” which moves from “Andante Largo” to “Poco pi\u00f9 lento” to “Moderato ritmico” to “Largamente”; and finally “Omaggio a Castelnuovo-Tedesco” (“Alegretto ritmico” and “Moderato”). I find it an extremely appealing and accessible work, full of vitality, passion, and melodic interest; and it’s clearly a wonderful showcase for both guitarist and quartet. But judge for yourself. It’s easy for me to to imagine this becoming a real chamber favorite! (It would have been nice if the edition contained at least some<\/em> information about the piece from the composer; but it is strictly music!)<\/p>\n