German guitarist Chris Bilobram undertook two years of research aimed at uncovering neglected guitar music by women. The results are a bit uneven, but she has certainly succeeded in putting together a program of rarities -- most of the music has rarely if ever been recorded, and one work, Germaine Tailleferre's Concerto for two guitars and orchestra, is apparently played here for the first time. It's pleasant enough if rather pale compared with the Parisian 1920s environment in which Tailleferre began her career as the only ...
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German guitarist Chris Bilobram undertook two years of research aimed at uncovering neglected guitar music by women. The results are a bit uneven, but she has certainly succeeded in putting together a program of rarities -- most of the music has rarely if ever been recorded, and one work, Germaine Tailleferre's Concerto for two guitars and orchestra, is apparently played here for the first time. It's pleasant enough if rather pale compared with the Parisian 1920s environment in which Tailleferre began her career as the only female member of Les Six (the work was written in the 1960s), and it sounds a bit like scaled-down Respighi. Two composers on the program, Argentina's Maria Luisa Anido and the Italian Emilia Giuliani-Guglielmi, were daughters of famous male guitarists, Juan Carlos Anido and Mauro Giuliani, respectively. The Anido pieces, curiously, are not especially virtuosic, featuring languid tango and creole melodies, but Giuliani-Guglielmi's Variations on a theme of Mercadante, Op. 9, are a...
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Camilla de Rossi; Elizabeth Austin; Emilia Giuliani-Guglielmi; Germaine Tailleferre; Ida Presti; Maria Luisa Anido. New. New in new packaging. USA Orders only! Brand New product! please allow delivery times of 3-7 business days within the USA. US orders only please.
