{"id":5155,"date":"2016-10-18T16:58:01","date_gmt":"2016-10-18T23:58:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/classicalguitarmagazine.com\/?p=5155"},"modified":"2016-10-19T09:02:14","modified_gmt":"2016-10-19T16:02:14","slug":"recent-releases-tuesday-bach-new-music-from-canada-sor-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/classicalguitarmagazine.com\/recent-releases-tuesday-bach-new-music-from-canada-sor-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Recent Releases Tuesday: Bach, New Music from Canada, Sor, and More"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here’s the second installment of our new bi-weekly accounting of recent classical guitar CD releases. As we mentioned last time, these are not reviews per se, but more announcements<\/em> that list the pieces and composers played, with just a few notes about the discs. Some of these may be properly reviewed in a forthcoming issue, some not. You might be able to hear some of these may on Apple Music or Spotify, but we also hope you’ll support artists by actually buying their music, too!<\/p>\n

And if you have a CD you\u2019d like to submit to us, here\u2019s our address:<\/p>\n

Classical Guitar
\n501 Canal Blvd. suite J
\nRichmond, CA 94804-3505<\/p>\n

\u2014Blair Jackson (Editor, <\/em>Classical Guitar)<\/em><\/p>\n

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\n<\/em>Sor: 24 Progressive Lessons; 6 Little Pieces
\n<\/em><\/strong>Norbert Kraft, Jeffrey McFadden
\n<\/strong>(Naxos)<\/p>\n

Guitarists Norbert Kraft <\/a>and Jeffrey McFadden<\/a> split duties on 30 short pieces by Fernando Sor (1778\u20131839)\u201424 Progressive Lessons, Op. 31<\/em>, and 6 Little Pieces, Op. 32<\/em>, both originally published in France around 1828, but still relevant to guitarists today. The playing and recording both sparkle with life, and longtime Classical Guitar<\/em> writer Graham Wade contributed the informative notes.<\/p>\n

You can sample and buy the CD here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Pour Guitare
\n<\/em><\/strong>Steve Cowan
\n<\/strong>(stevecowanmusic.com)<\/p>\n

Steve Cowan<\/a> is one of Canada\u2019s top contemporary classical guitarists and this time out he\u2019s made a bracing CD consisting of eight pieces by Canadian composers, including himself: five for solo guitar, two for guitar duo (Cowan and Fran\u00e7ois Bergeron), and one for guitar and (seriously strange) electronics. Most of it is in a modern idiom, with considerable dissonance, unpredictable rhythms and unusual melodies.<\/p>\n

Pour Guitare<\/em> (Vivier); Danse Burlesque<\/em> (Mehdizadeh); Intermezzo, Op. 80<\/em> (Hetu); Dreaded Sea Voyage<\/em> (Staniland); Shadow Prism<\/em> (Noble); L\u2019Ineffable Secret des Images Rupestres<\/em> (Bergeron); Canzona<\/em> (Ag\u00f3cs); Changeling<\/em> (Cowan)<\/p>\n

The CD is available from CD Baby<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a video of Cowan playing Claude Vivier’s title track from the CD:
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