Guitar SKU: UT.CH-191 Anzaghi, Cappelli, F. Luppi, G. Luppi, Reghezza,...(+)
Guitar
SKU:
UT.CH-191
Anzaghi,
Cappelli, F. Luppi, G.
Luppi, Reghezza,
Spazzoli, Tagliamacco,
Ugoletti. Edited by
Piero Bonaguri. Saddle
stitching. Piero Bonaguri
Collection. Classical. Ut
Orpheus #CH 191.
Published by Ut Orpheus
(UT.CH-191).
Guitar SKU: UT.CH-122 Per Maurizio (2009) for Guitar. Composed by ...(+)
Guitar
SKU:
UT.CH-122
Per
Maurizio (2009) for
Guitar. Composed by
Gilberto Cappelli. Edited
by Piero Bonaguri. Saddle
stitching. Piero Bonaguri
Collection. Classical. Ut
Orpheus #CH 122.
Published by Ut Orpheus
(UT.CH-122).
ISBN
9790215318410. 9 x 12
inches.
'Per Piero'
and 'Per Maurizio' are
among the most recent
pieces written for solo
guitar by Gilberto
Cappelli. The first
piece, written in 2006,
represents a surprise
present for my fiftieth
birthday: it was written
after a request of a
pupil of mine, Alessandra
Lucchi, who performed it
as a premiere during my
birthday party. The
second piece (2009)
expresses the
composer’s
participation for the
pain caused by the sudden
death of Maurizio
Biasini, scientist and
guitarist who completed
his musical studies at
Cesena Conservatory where
Gilberto Cappelli was in
the Board of Examiners.
The piece was premiered
at a concert in memory of
Maurizio held in the
Bonci Theatre in
Cesena. The use of a
particular tremolo effect
is a typical
characteristic of all the
guitar works of this
composer; a tremolo which
is very different from
the traditional one. The
performer is asked to
produce – as much
as possible – a
long and continuous
sound, as if it were a
voice or the long sound
of string or wind
instruments. The tremolo
will have to be very
dense and homogeneous. In
the case of a tremolo on
two or three strings it
is necessary to start
playing two or three
sounds simultaneously
only once and then
continuing alternating
them – but always
tending to achieve a
homogeneity of sound.
(Piero Bonaguri).
In
2013, to celebrate the
second centenary of the
death of Arcangelo
Corelli, I played in an
official concert held in
his memory in Fusignano,
his hometown. Corelli did
not write for the guitar,
but a few of his
compositions were
transcribed by some
contemporary guitarist
and certainly his name
has always been
associated in the history
of music with the theme
of the very famous
<>
(although the origins of
this theme go back a long
way before Corelli). In
the guitar repertoire,
well-known cycles of
variations on this theme
exist. My long history of
friendship and working
together with important
Italian composers has
made it possible for me
to build a concert
program with some new
guitar compositions
dedicated to Corelli, to
which others have been
added. They are all
together in this
anthology, with the
exceptions of Corelliana
by Davide Anzaghi, Per
Arcangelo by Gilberto
Cappelli and Corelliana
Seconda by Paolo
Ugoletti, published
separately. The cover
picture, specially
created by Norma
Lutzemberger for this
publication, celebrates
this meeting between the
modern guitar and
Arcangelo
Corelli. (Piero
Bonaguri)