{"id":5435,"date":"2016-11-15T11:29:39","date_gmt":"2016-11-15T19:29:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/classicalguitarmagazine.com\/?p=5435"},"modified":"2016-11-15T11:29:39","modified_gmt":"2016-11-15T19:29:39","slug":"recent-releases-tuesday-cds-by-antigoni-goni-adam-levin-antonio-malinconico-black-cedar-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/classicalguitarmagazine.com\/recent-releases-tuesday-cds-by-antigoni-goni-adam-levin-antonio-malinconico-black-cedar-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Recent Releases Tuesday: CDs by Antigoni Goni, Adam Levin, Antonio Malinconico, Black Cedar, and More"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s our bi-weekly listing of some of the CDs that have come into the <em>Classical Guitar<\/em> office recently.<\/p>\n<p>If you have a CD you\u2019d like to submit to us, here\u2019s our address:<\/p>\n<p>Classical Guitar<br \/>\n501 Canal Blvd. suite J<br \/>\nRichmond, CA 94804-3505<\/p>\n<p>Some of these will be reviewed in the magazine, some not. But we want to at least mention them all. You can listen to a lot of these on various of streaming services, but we always encourage you to support the artists by actually <em>buying<\/em> anything you like!<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2014Blair Jackson<\/em><\/p>\n<p>To see our previous listings:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/classicalguitarmagazine.com\/baroque-russians-moller-and-more-a-glance-at-some-recent-cd-releases\/\" target=\"_blank\">October 4:<\/a> Jacob Cordover,\u00a0Oleg Timofeyev and John Schneiderman,\u00a0Arka\u00eftz Chambonnet, Matthew Fish, Gidi Ifergan<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/classicalguitarmagazine.com\/recent-releases-tuesday-bach-new-music-from-canada-sor-and-more\/\" target=\"_blank\">October 18:<\/a> Norbert Kraft and Jeffrey McFadden, Steve Cowan, Katrin Endrikat, Jason Vieaux and Julien Labro, Yenne Lee, Emanuele Segre<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/classicalguitarmagazine.com\/new-releases-tuesday-cds-from-virginia-luque-jon-gjylaci-fabiano-borges-and-others\/\" target=\"_blank\">November 1:<\/a> Virginia Luque (and Bojidara Kouzmanova) Jon Gjylaci, Fabiano Borges, Alfonso Baschiera, Miscelanea Guitar Quartet, J.P. McShane<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5439\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/classicalguitarmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/goni-298x300.jpg?resize=298%2C300\" alt=\"goni\" width=\"298\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/classicalguitarmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/goni.jpg?resize=298%2C300&amp;ssl=1 298w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/classicalguitarmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/goni.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/classicalguitarmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/goni.jpg?resize=125%2C125&amp;ssl=1 125w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/classicalguitarmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/goni.jpg?w=336&amp;ssl=1 336w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 298px) 100vw, 298px\" \/><br \/>\n<strong><em>Hymn to the Music<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong><strong>Antigoni Goni<br \/>\n<\/strong>(Timespan)<\/p>\n<p>Though subtitled \u201cGreek Music for the Guitar,\u201d this is definitely not your stereotypical <em>Zorba the Greek<\/em>-style outing (though Mikis Theodorakis is one of two Greek composers represented on the disc); rather <a href=\"http:\/\/www.antigonigoni.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Antigoni Goni<\/a>&#8216;s latest is a quite modern exploration of everything from Greek mythology to the Greek alphabet, some of it clearly influenced and inspired by ancient Greek songs and more modern Greek folk music, but much of it not. A varied, stimulating, and impressive disc.<\/p>\n<p><em>Hymn to the Muse<\/em> (Bogdanovi\u0107); <em>Four Greek Miniatures<\/em> (Ourkouzounov); <em>Giocondas\u2019 Smile<\/em> (Hadjidakis); <em>Two Epitafios<\/em> (Theodorakis); <em>Three Greek Letters<\/em> (Assad); <em>Eridos<\/em> (Silverman)<\/p>\n<p><em>Hymn to the Muse<\/em> can be downloaded from <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2eUk3eC\">Amazon<\/a> or iTunes or purchased as a CD from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.timespanrecordings.co.uk\/antigoni-goni---classical-guitar.html\">Timespan<\/a>. Here\u2019s a short promotional film about the project, with music and an interview with Ms Goni.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dfRyKcupf1g\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5440\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/classicalguitarmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/levin-300x277.jpg?resize=300%2C277\" alt=\"levin\" width=\"300\" height=\"277\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>21st Century Spanish Guitar 2<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong><strong>Adam Levin<br \/>\n<\/strong>(Naxos)<\/p>\n<p>As with the \u201cGreek music\u201d above, this is perhaps not what you\u2019re expecting when you read the words \u201cSpanish Guitar.\u201d In this case, the second volume of American <a href=\"http:\/\/www.adamlevinguitar.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Adam Levin<\/a>\u2019s ongoing series of contemporary pieces by Spanish composers, all written from 2010\u20132014, and all but one dedicated to Levin, is by turns redolent with Iberian flavors in places, but also goes well beyond that sobriquet in so many ways, always with compelling results.<\/p>\n<p><em>Caprichos No. 11 (Abstractions of Granados)<\/em> (Balada); <em>Interiores<\/em> (Torres); <em>Dos Cantares<\/em> (Abril); <em>Turris Eburnea (\u201cIvory Tower\u201d)<\/em> (de Pablo); <em>I\u2019ve Got You Under My String<\/em> (Soutullo); <em>Upon 21<\/em> (Dur\u00e1n-Loriga); <em>Tres piezas para guitarra<\/em> (Casablancas); <em>Ori<\/em><em>\u00f3n<\/em> (Ruiz)<\/p>\n<p>You can hear the music and buy it through <a href=\"http:\/\/naxosdirect.com\/items\/370171#8.573409\" target=\"_blank\">Naxos<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5443\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/classicalguitarmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/rados-300x300.jpg?resize=300%2C300\" alt=\"rados\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/classicalguitarmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/rados.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/classicalguitarmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/rados.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/classicalguitarmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/rados.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/classicalguitarmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/rados.jpg?resize=125%2C125&amp;ssl=1 125w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Life and Music<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong><strong>Rado<\/strong><strong>\u015d Malid\u017ean<br \/>\n<\/strong>(Montenegro Guitar Foundation)<\/p>\n<p>Montenegrin guitarist <a href=\"http:\/\/radosmalidzan.com\/biography\/\" target=\"_blank\">Malid\u017ean<\/a><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>does a fine job on an eclectic program highlighted by the suddenly ubiquitous Domeniconi <em>Koyunbaba Suite<\/em>, \u00a0two Barrios pieces, Catselnuovo-Tedesco&#8217;s <em>Capriccio diabolico<\/em>, and an intriguing pair by contemporary Italian Nuccio D&#8217;Angelo.<\/p>\n<p><em>Koyunbaba Suite Op. 19<\/em> (Domeniconi); <em>Contemplaci\u00f3n<\/em> (Barrios); <em>Valse Op. 8 No 3<\/em> (Barrios); <em>Rondeau de Concert Op. 12<\/em> (Coste); <em>Due Canzoni Lidie<\/em> (D\u2019Angelo); <em>Capriccio diabolico Op. 85<\/em> (Castelnuovo-Tedesco); <em>Introduction et Caprice Op. 23<\/em> (Regondi)<\/p>\n<p>The album can be sampled and purchased <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2eUvAur\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5446\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/classicalguitarmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/black-cedar-300x270.jpg?resize=300%2C270\" alt=\"black-cedar\" width=\"300\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/classicalguitarmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/black-cedar.jpg?resize=300%2C270&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/classicalguitarmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/black-cedar.jpg?resize=768%2C691&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/classicalguitarmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/black-cedar.jpg?resize=1024%2C921&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/classicalguitarmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/black-cedar.jpg?w=1648&amp;ssl=1 1648w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>A Path Less Trod<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong><strong>Black Cedar<br \/>\n<\/strong>(TOL\/That Other Label)<\/p>\n<p>Billed as \u201cnew music for flute, cello, and guitar\u201d the imaginative <a href=\"http:\/\/blackcedar.biz\/\" target=\"_blank\">Black Cedar<\/a> chamber trio\u2014Kris Palmer (fl), Nancy Kim (vlc), Steven Lin (gtr)\u2014delve into some fascinating contemporary pieces on this disc (half commissioned by the group), giving each player many chances to shine individually, and also coming together seamlessly as a potent trio. It\u2019s a marvelous blend of styles and textures.<\/p>\n<p><em>Miscellaneous Music<\/em> (Hsieh); Hungarian Trio (Kolosko); Debussyana (Stahmer); Of Emblems (Schatzer)<\/p>\n<p>On the group\u2019s website you can stream the <a href=\"http:\/\/blackcedar.biz\/discography\/new-album-a-path-less-trod\/\">entire album<\/a>\u00a0(though track 9 was not working when I checked the stream).<\/p>\n<p>Check out Black Cedar playing &#8220;Ancient Melody,&#8221; from Nathan Kolosko&#8217;s <em>Hungarian Trio<\/em>:<br \/>\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/N5RD9VKrHYg\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5451\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/classicalguitarmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/marinoff-1-300x270.jpg?resize=300%2C270\" alt=\"marinoff\" width=\"300\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/classicalguitarmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/marinoff-1.jpg?resize=300%2C270&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/classicalguitarmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/marinoff-1.jpg?resize=768%2C691&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/classicalguitarmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/marinoff-1.jpg?w=843&amp;ssl=1 843w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Classical Journey<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\nLou Marinoff<br \/>\n(self-released)<\/p>\n<p>Dated cover graphics notwithstanding, this CD offers a nice selection of movements and short pieces from the likes of Bach, Sor, Carcassi, Lauro and others. The recordings span more than 30 years and the quality of the recordings varies somewhat, but the performances are solid.<\/p>\n<p><em>Prelude, First Cello Suite<\/em> (Bach); <em>Bour\u00e9e, Partita in B minor (Bach)<\/em>; <em>Sinfonia No. 3<\/em>, <em>No. 5<\/em>, <em>Inventio No. 14<\/em>, <em>Sinfonia No. 4<\/em> (Bach); <em>Pavane<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Canarios<\/em> (Sanz); <em>Study No. 3 A major<\/em>, <em>Study No. 7 A minor<\/em> (Carcassi); <em>Fantasy Op. 7<\/em>, <em>Rondo, Grand Sonata, Op. 22<\/em> (Sor); <em>Vals Criollo No. 1<\/em>, <em>Vals Venezolano No. 2<\/em>, <em>Vals Criollo No. 3<\/em> (Lauro); <em>Torija<\/em> (Torroba); <em>Sicilian Dream<\/em> (Mascagni); <em>Elogio de la Danza (Homage to Stravinsky)<\/em> (Brouwer)<\/p>\n<p>For samples and\/or purchase, <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2eYRWhN\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5458\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/classicalguitarmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/cuerdas.jpeg?resize=300%2C300\" alt=\"cuerdas\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/classicalguitarmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/cuerdas.jpeg?w=300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/classicalguitarmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/cuerdas.jpeg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/classicalguitarmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/cuerdas.jpeg?resize=125%2C125&amp;ssl=1 125w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Cambio de Cuerdas<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Antonio Malinconico<\/strong><br \/>\n(Malin Music)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.antonio.ch\/?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\">Malinconico<\/a> is a Swiss guitarist whose family has roots in Italy, but he mainly plays South American music: On this varied and beautifully played outing, it&#8217;s dominated by Brazilian-flavored pieces (Machado, M\u00fcller, Gismonti), but there&#8217;s also Venezuelan (Lauro), Chilean (Contreras), Argentine (Cardoso), Cuban (Brouwer), and more.<\/p>\n<p><em>Parazula<\/em> (Machado); <em>Amazonas<\/em> (M\u00fcller); <em>Tren de Tiempo<\/em> (Contreras); <em>Vidala<\/em> (Cordoso), <em>Rivette D&#8217;Amore<\/em> (Gattaz); <em>Baiao\u00a0<\/em>(M\u00fcller); <em>Samba<\/em>\u00a0(M\u00fcller); <em>Agua e Vinho<\/em> (Gismonti); <em>Andre\u00edna<\/em> (Lauro); <em>Natalia<\/em> (Lauro); <em>Un D\u00eda de Noviembre<\/em> (Brouwer); <em>Mil Familias<\/em> (de Haes); <em>Carillon<\/em> (Terzi)<\/p>\n<p>We couldn&#8217;t find audio samples online yet, but the CD can be ordered from his <a href=\"http:\/\/www.antonio.ch\/order-cd\/?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s our bi-weekly listing of some of the CDs that have come into the Classical Guitar office recently. If you have a CD you\u2019d like to submit to us, here\u2019s our address: Classical Guitar 501 Canal Blvd. suite J Richmond, CA 94804-3505 Some of these will be reviewed in the magazine, some not. But we want to at least mention them all. You can listen to a lot of these on various of streaming services, but we always encourage you [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":5441,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[6,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5435","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-stories"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/classicalguitarmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/adamlevin-feat.jpg?fit=888%2C441&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/classicalguitarmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5435","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/classicalguitarmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/classicalguitarmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/classicalguitarmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/classicalguitarmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5435"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/classicalguitarmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5435\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/classicalguitarmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5441"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/classicalguitarmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/classicalguitarmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/classicalguitarmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}