Jørgen Skogmo, Jens Franke - Gragnani: Masterful Guitar Duos (2021) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Guitar Duo No. 2 in A Minor: I. Moderato
02. Guitar Duo No. 2 in A Minor: II. Adagio
03. Guitar Duo No. 2 in A Minor: III. Polacca
04. Guitar Duo No. 1 in D Major: I. Moderato
05. Guitar Duo No. 1 in D Major: II. Andante mosso
06. Guitar Duo No. 1 in D Major: III. Rondò. Allegretto
07. Guitar Duo No. 3 in G Major: I. Allegro
08. Guitar Duo No. 3 in G Major: II. Adagio
09. Guitar Duo No. 3 in G Major: III. Rondo. Allegro



Little is known about the Italian guitarist-composer Filippo Gragnani (1768-1820), but he had a reputation as a "skilled concert player", and composed his Duos for Two Guitars in the troubled post-revolutionary city of Paris. Aimed at professional players, the Duos stand as a testament to Gragnani’s virtuoso technique and vivid imagination while presenting the utmost in stylistic taste and refinement. He gave both players concertante importance in these works, combining fin de siècle Viennese rigour with a fresh Latin temperament, and using contemporary musical conventions with assurance to craft evocative cameos of time and place.

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