JAKOB BANGSØ

Corigliano / Caravassilis / Siegel: GUITAR CONCERTOS

 

Jakob Bangsø presents three contemporary guitar concertos: John Corigliano's Troubadours, alongside world-premiere recordings of works inspired by Corigliano's piece and written for Bangsø: the Saudade by Constantine Caravassilis and Wayne Siegel's Chaconne.

American composer John Corigliano's Troubadours was partly inspired by medieval musicians, and incorporates a theme by the La Comtessa, Beatritz de Dia, into its evocative material. Canadian composer Constantine Caravassilis uses Greek folk-music as part of his Saudade, a title that comes from a Portuguese word suggestive of bittersweet memories, while Danish-American Wayne Siegel also draws upon earlier precedents in his Chaconne, collaborating with Jakob Bangsø to create a piece that slowly unfolds and evolves.

FEATURED REVIEWS:

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"Bangsø is more guide than lone poet; or, better, a true collaborator, even when in declamatory mode, his playing is equal to that of the superb Tallinn Chamber Orchestra under the ever-sensitive Kaisa Roose." - Gramophone
 

"Bangsø's impeccable pointillist technique lands each idea with admirable clarity..." - Musical America

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"A record as original as it is successful, far from the Latin spheres in which the guitar is too often confined." - Fabienne Bouvet, Classica Magazine (FR) ★★★★★

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"Indeed, without waiting, we find ourselves caught up and taken on board by the sumptuous interpretation during which the orchestra thus advances according to the notes, like a majestic flagship, whose omnipotence is sublimated by the splendor and flamboyance of Jakob Bangsø as a figurehead." - Pascal Proust, Guitare Classique

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"I can't get enough of Saudade's mysterious, wistful beauty, with iridescent touches punctuated by deep bass and fascinating percussion. (...) Thanks to the superb partnership between Bangsø and conductor Kaisa Roose, as well as excellent editing and mixing by a team of engineers, balances are ideal, with a natural-sounding guitar placed in front of an orchestra whose percussive ventures are captured well." - Jason Serinus, Stereophile Magazine ★★★★☆

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This is a superb program of three very different contemporary guitar concertos (...) with a standout Danish soloist. (...) Mr Bangsø's technique and musicality know no limits in every piece presented here. He is one with the excellent Tallinn Chamber Orchestra from Estonia, admirably conducted by Kaisa Roose." - Jim McCutcheon, American Record Guide

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"Three modern guitar concertos which could hardly be more beautiful, nostalgic and «interconnected», presented by a fantastic young Danish guitarist and a most delicately playing Baltic orchestra.." - Burkhard Schäfer, Musik & Theater (Switzerland)

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"...a fascinating exploration of the theme of nostalgia and memory." - ArtMuseLondon