SKU: UT.CH-289

ISBN 9790215325852. 9 x 12 inches.

Giovanni Podera: Fantasia (In memoriam Joaquín Rodrigo)
Marco Reghezza: Nana Estrellada
Marco Simoni: Junto a Rodrigo
Marco Smaili: Fronda de la tarde (Homenaje a Joaquín Rodrigo)
Paolo Ugoletti: Fuga a 4 voci

Following the successful publication of Homenaje a Rodrigo (2015), containing four pieces by Alessandro Spazzoli – one of which was performed in the presence of the composer’s daughter, Cecilia Rodrigo, during her visit to the International Convention in Alessandria –, here is the second volume. It contains more tributes to Rodrigo written on my input by five well-known Italian and Spanish composers, two of whom are also guitarists and have therefore written the fingering for their own pieces.
Giovanni Podera plunges us into a typically Rodrigo-like atmosphere with his evocative Fantasia, while the following three compositions are full of direct quotations from pieces also for guitar by the great composer from Valencia. Thus, Marco Simoni, in his expressive Junto a Rodrigo – which also provides the title to the volume – plays with themes taken from Junto al Generalife and from Dos piezas caballerescas for a cello ensemble as well as hinting at reminiscences of Tiento antiguo. As for Marco Smaili, in his impressionistic Fronda de la tarde, he evokes quite evidently Zarabanda lejana and Invocación y Danza, but there are more hidden references to Caminos de Santiago and even to the very famous Concierto de Aranjuez. Marco Reghezza builds his heart-breaking Nana estrellada on a sequence of chords used by Rodrigo in the fantasia ¡Que buen caminito!.
On the other hand, there are no direct quotations and echoes of Rodrigo’s way of writing in the Fuga a quattro voci by Paolo Ugoletti. However it was Rodrigo himself who constructed four-part imitative passages for guitar in Pasacalle and in the Ricercare of the Fantasia para un Gentilhombre. The close polyphony of the piece by Ugoletti may be considered as a tribute to this kind of craft shown by Rodrigo who, like Ugoletti, was able to write such dense and idiomatic counterpoint without being a guitar-player.
I am pleased that this volume comes out in the imminence of the 20th anniversary of the disappearance of the illustrious Spanish composer who gave so much to the musicians – and not only to them.
(Piero Bonaguri)

Muchas gracias por este emotivo y excelente musical homenaje a mi padre. La edición es excelente y la difundiremos con todos nuestros medios por las redes sociales a nuestro alcance. Ha sido un gran trabajo por su parte, fruto de sus grandes conocimientos guitarrísticos y su devoción por Joaquín Rodrigo.  Le reitero mi gratitud y mi felicitación con el ruego transmita a los cinco compositores mi felicitación y deseos de éxito.
(Cecilia Rodrigo).

SKU: BT.DHP-1033439-010

The convent of St. Florian was the place of work of the Austrian composer Anton Bruckner. It was in the rural setting of this convent with its marvelloaus church that Bruckner composed many of his great symphonies. St. Florian Choral is Thomas Doss’ modest tribute to this great master whose music has left its permanent mark on the composer’s musical life.

Der Besuch einer weltberühmten Blumenschau inspirierte den Komponisten Henk Hogestein zu diesem brillanten Marsch. Die riesige Vielfalt an exotischen und einheimischen Blumen spiegelt sich in ebenso abwechslungsreichen Themen wider, die mal melancholisch in Moll, dann lebhaft und schließlich heiter diesen Marsch zu einem ganz besonderen Erlebnis werden lassen.

Le compositeur néerlandais Henk Hogestein s’est inspiré d’une fl nerie travers un salon d’art floral pour composer cette marche élégante. Le premier thème, écrit dans une tonalité mineure, reflète la fois le mysticisme et la sensualité des senteurs et le mystère de la profondeur des couleurs des fleurs orientales. L’art floral décoratif est mis en relief dans le second thème, plus vif de caractère. Le trio, léger et pétillant, dépeint l’élégance des fleurs indigènes et des plantes exotiques.

Floriana évolue dans la diversité des parfums et des couleurs des espèces florales. Le style est méditérranéen, exotique, alpin. Le trio, léger et pétillant, dépeint l’élégance de l’art floral.