About This Recording
MUSIC FOR CELLO AND GUITAR
from South America and Eastern Europe
Dušan Bogdanović • Jaime M. Zenamon • Sérgio Assad • Atanas Ourkouzonov • Edwin Guevara
Over recent years a number of composers have become fascinated by the musical possibilities of combining the timbres and textures of cello and guitar. The blend of bowed and plucked strings provides a rich chemistry of tonal qualities as well as a challenge in terms of balancing the dynamic qualities of each instrument in melodic and harmonic equilibrium. The compositions selected here represent some of the most ambitious and technically demanding aspects of this genre of ensemble music.
Graham Wade