{"id":7143,"date":"2017-06-20T08:00:59","date_gmt":"2017-06-20T15:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/classicalguitarmagazine.com\/?p=7143"},"modified":"2017-06-20T08:37:46","modified_gmt":"2017-06-20T15:37:46","slug":"recent-releases-tuesday-sheet-music-from-napoleon-coste-hagen-barz-and-yves-carlin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/classicalguitarmagazine.com\/recent-releases-tuesday-sheet-music-from-napoleon-coste-hagen-barz-and-yves-carlin\/","title":{"rendered":"Recent Releases Tuesday: Sheet Music from Napol\u00e9on Coste, Hagen Barz, and Yves Carlin"},"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>, March 28<\/a>, April 11<\/a>, April 25<\/a>, May 9<\/a>, May 23<\/a>, June 6<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\nNapol\u00e9on Coste
\n<\/strong>\u00a0The Guitar Studies: 25\u00a0\u00c9tudes from Opus 38<\/a><\/strong>
\nEdition Chanterelle im Musikverlag Zimmerman, 88 pp.<\/p>\n

This extremely impressive, nicely designed, easy-to-read volume presents Coste’s famous 25\u00a0\u00c9tudes de genre<\/em> in a new edition prepared (and copiously annotated) by Michael Macmeeken; as well as Coste’s Six Studies from the Sor M\u00e9thode. \u00a0<\/em>Macmeeken writes that these Coste works “are presented here complete and exactingly prepared from the source closest to the author. For more information, the player always has the option of exploring the ‘Commentary,’ but this is not essential, as this edit has a clear, unambiguous ‘ready to play’ edited text which is ‘de-bugged’ and incorporates all editorial decisions transparently.” There are appendices that talk about earlier editions, as well as plenty of historical context. Coste is one of those composers who seems to becoming increasingly appreciated by guitarists, so this tome is coming along at a very good time indeed. If you’re a Coste admirer, it might well be essential. Macmeeken states that most these are advanced, but a few could possibly be managed by more intermediate players.<\/p>\n

Below, George Sakellariou plays No. 20. This will not reflect any differences in the Macmeeken-edited version, but at least it gives you a sense of Coste’s beautiful writing.<\/em>
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