{"id":6483,"date":"2017-03-28T12:13:50","date_gmt":"2017-03-28T19:13:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/classicalguitarmagazine.com\/?p=6483"},"modified":"2017-03-28T14:13:03","modified_gmt":"2017-03-28T21:13:03","slug":"recent-releases-tuesday-sheet-music-from-celil-refik-kaya-fernando-sor-via-barrueco-baroque-miniatures-lutenist-brian-wright","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/classicalguitarmagazine.com\/recent-releases-tuesday-sheet-music-from-celil-refik-kaya-fernando-sor-via-barrueco-baroque-miniatures-lutenist-brian-wright\/","title":{"rendered":"Recent Releases Tuesday: Sheet Music from Celil Refik Kaya, Fernando Sor (via Barrueco), ‘Baroque Miniatures,’ Lutenist Brian Wright"},"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.<\/p>\n

So, just as we are now listing new classical guitar CD releases every other Tuesday here, we now use the Tuesdays in between those to announce new 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, and stated the degree of difficulty (if provided by the publisher or it\u2019s obvious).\u00a0\u00a0\u2014Blair Jackson<\/em><\/p>\n

Here is a link to our previous listings from\u00a0October 25<\/a>,\u00a0November 8<\/a>,\u00a0November 22<\/a>,\u00a0December 6<\/a>,\u00a0December 20<\/a>, January 3<\/a>, January 17<\/a>, January 31<\/a>, February 14<\/a>, February 28<\/a>, March 14<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\nCelil Refik Kaya<\/strong>
\nThe Suite of the Witches<\/strong> <\/em><\/a>(solo guitar)
\nLes Productions d’Oz, 16 pp.<\/p>\n

One of the top young guitarists from Turkey, winner of many international competitions, Celil Refik Kaya<\/a> is also a prolific composer with more than 100 works to his name, including pieces\u00a0for solo guitar, violin, piano, string trio, duets, sonatas, and other configurations. According to the description of this multi-movement piece provided by d’Oz, “This suite was inspired by a vivid dream the young composer had when he was 17. The vividness of the dream creates the fantastic elements and atmospheric images within the piece. The music goes to depict witches, autumn scenes and rituals in the manner of Renaissance and Celtic dances. The composer appropriately identifies this piece as a neo-Renaissance piece based on stylistic dances of the English Renaissance and Celtic dances. These dances have both been combined with irregular meters and progressive new age colors and harmonies.” Sounds intriguing! Advanced.<\/p>\n

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\nFernando Sor<\/strong>
\nSelected Works<\/strong><\/em><\/a> (solo guitar)
\nTonar Music, 44 pp., also on CD<\/p>\n

This is going to make a lot of people happy: One of our greatest guitarists and arrangers offers his editing and fingering on 15 pieces by one of the instruments first great composers, Fernando Sor (1778\u20131839). Manuel Barrueco<\/a> says in his notes that he chose “several of my own personal favorites, as well as a few little-known works that perhaps deserve more attention. In my opinion, Sor’s genius comes through most clearly in his short pieces, many of them perfect little gems filled with elegance, balance, refinement, and above all, beauty. His style, though deeply rooted in the Viennese school of Mozart, Haydn, and Beethoven, is also imbued, at least at times, with distinct Spanish flavors.” Among the pieces are March from the Ballet ‘Cendrillon’<\/em>, Study in C Major, Op. 6 No. 10 (God Save the King)<\/em>, Variations on a Theme by Mozart<\/em>, Divertimento, Op. 2 No. 3<\/em>, and five minuets, among others. Advanced.<\/p>\n

But wait, there’s more! The entire program is also available on a Tonar Music CD called Fernando Sor: The Beethoven of Guitar<\/em><\/a>, played by Barrueco himself. It’s beautifully played and wonderfully recorded; highly recommended. Samples can be heard here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Here’s Barrueco playing Sor’s\u00a0<\/em>Variations on a Theme by Mozart way back in 1993:\u00a0<\/em>
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