Peter Finger - Open Strings (1999)

Flavors of Flamenco, rock, and Baroque come through on this accomplished album of acoustic guitar music. While the range in styles makes the album somewhat choppy (particularly during the "five miniatures" portion of the disc), Finger displays remarkable skill and sensitivity as a musician. The title track is a standout showcase of jaw-dropping technical skill and melodic invention.~Open Strings Review by Tim Sherid

Peter Finger’s records have always been eagerly awaited for, not only in the acoustic guitar scene. After all, Peter Finger belongs to the world’s leading acoustic guitarists.

Once more his new solo album „Open Strings“ surprises with an intensity and depth, leaving the well-worn paths of popular and classical music far behind. For very long now Finger has been developing his very own musical idiom that never denies its influences, e.g. the music of the im- and expressionism as well as rock and jazz, without, however, putting them too obviously „on stage“. „Open Strings“ is highly complex, breathtakingly virtuouso, at the same time it is remarkably enjoyable, stimulating, inspiring. It may well be one of the most important guitar records of the fading millennium’s last year