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Guitars A Quattro
Founded in Bern/Switzerland in 1989, Guitars A Quattro's main interest is to perform music of our century. Concentrating on contemporary music an working together with different composers, who have dedicated compositions to Guitars A Quattro, has let the ensemble to develop and explore new possibilities of variations in articulation and coloration. The playing of four guitars is transparent and analytical together with the warm coloration which is so typical of this instrument. On the whole, these performances attempt not so much to examine with obsessive scholarly detail the geometric and architectural construction underlying the scores, but more to deliver an accurate interpretation in pursuit of a fluid expressive naturalness, bringing out the musical message with all its expressive virtues intact. It is an exhilarating display of artistic intelligence and control. Review by Ben Kettlewell information: |
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This
is one of the most compelling albums that I have heard in
years for classical guitar. There is this same free exchange
of tensions- moving from the calm to the very tense. Musical
ideas are worked out in a very evocative way. This music
will dazzle fans of classical guitar music and thrill the
players. The first thing that strikes one about this
recording performed by Guitars A Quattro is the sound,
natural and very warm. It almost seems to be a "live"
recording. The recording engineer has captured the four
artist's performance without any artificial alteration. The
music has a commonality with photography and film in that it
is being born at the exact moment it is being produced and
that it is unfolding in time. And "the beauty of music is to
be just like water, where one observes all movements are
gentle" (Louis Argon). The eleven compostions represented
here are both alive and intense, filtered through a
significant stylistic competence and enriched by a
flamboyant use of ornament.