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Artist: David Russell
Title Of Album:  For David
Year Of Release: 2009
Label: Telarc
Genre: Classical/Guitar
Format: MP3
Quality: 320 kbps I 44.1 Khz I Joint Stereo
Total Time: 00:57:02
Total Size: 132 mb

The romantic guitar repertory was created almost entirely by the guitarists themselves. The mainstream composers often praised the charms of the instrument while failing to supply it with any music. One of Segovia’s greatest accomplishments was to persuade non-guitarists composers to write for the instrument, so we have works from Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Ponce, Rodrigo, Milhaud and the like.
Recently, however, more guitarists have returned to composing (Segovia and his immediate successors spent more time transcribing tan composing ). The works here were all composed by guitarists.
The other link is that each of these works were written for guitarist David Russell. Russell is among the finest of his generation, which is to say one of the finest of all time. The technical, musical and intellectual level of the best player has improved markedly over the past quarter century. Russell has transcendental technique, exquisite taste and profound musicianship. The composers here were happy to exploit all of this in their works.
Sergio Assad’s remarkable “Aquarelle” is a three movement piece, each movement based on the same three note motive. From this simple base, Assad has woven a complex set of textures and moods, with only occasional echoes from Brazil. Francis Kleynjans’ “Arabesque en forme de Caprice” is a tribute to Tarrega, with meditative outer sections framing an almost violent centrepiece. While it does contain subtle references to “Capricho Arabe” and “Lagrima”, it is miles beyond Tarrega’s simple salon music. The inspiration for Welsh born Steve Goss’ “Weeping of Dreams” is Federico Garcia Lorca’s poem “The Six Strings”, which has the line “The guitar makes the dreams weep”. You won’t find any Spanish cliches here. Lorca, after all, speaks to archetypes that extend beyond Iberia. You will find some beautiful, inventive and expressive music here, not quite like any other composer.
For me, the most powerful of these pieces is Ben Verdery’s “Now and Ever”, a two movement tour de force that he describes as “my musical statement against slavery of any kind”. The music grows out of the interval of a half step, used not like Rodrigo as a sort of musical condiment, but more organically. His odd scordatura (G-A-G-A-Asharp-E) allows a variety of unusual harmonic effects, and his driving rhythm and use of asymmetrical rhythms recalls Prokofieff. The second movement is stunning.
After that performance, Philip Rosheger’s three puckish pieces are a perfect way to conclude. They are lighter, though no less inventive than the rest of the program and a welcome way to cool down.
... This CD is a treasure.
Keaton
American Record Guide

Tracks:

1.  AquarelIe - I Divertimento - Sergio Assad (7:18)
2.  AquarelIe - II Valseana - Sergio Assad (2:54)
3.  AquarelIe - III Preludio E toccatina - Sergio Assad (2:58)
4.  Arabesque en forme de caprice (sur la morte de Tarrega) - Francis Kleynjans (8:59)
5.  El llanto de los suenos - Cantiga - Steve Goss (1:52)
6.  El llanto de los suenos - Madrugada - Steve Goss (4:24)
7.  El llanto de los suenos - Alborada - Steve Goss (5:01)
8.  Now and ever I - Ben Verdery (4:03)
9.  Now and ever II - Ben Verdery (6:46)
10. Waltz No.7 - Phil Rosheger (5:06)
11. Lullaby to wake up with - Phil Rosheger (5:10)
12. Good luck waltz - Phil Rosheger (2:31)