Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach, Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, André Jolivet, Johannes Möller, Ida Presti
Performer: Eden-Stell Guitar Duo
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Deux-Elles
Catalogue: DXL1203
Release: 2024
Size: 189 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
01. Presti: Etude fantasque
Jolivet: Sérénade pour deux guitares
02. I. Præludio e canzon
03. II. Allegro trepidante
04. III. Andante melinconico
05. IV. Con allegria
06. Lesur: Elegie
Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Fuga Elegiaca, Op. 210a
07. I. Preludio
08. II. Fuga
Bach: Concerto in D Minor, BWV 974 (after Oboe Concerto in D Minor, S. Z799 by Alessandro Marcello)
09. I. Andante e spiccato
10. II. Adagio
11. III. Presto
12. Möller: …when buds are breaking
The Eden Stell Guitar Duo’s latest album is a thoughtful collage of music for the centenary of Ida Presti (1924-67), the legendary guitarist and composer whose work elevated the guitar duo as an art form. The first part of the album combines Presti’s own composition with the work of her colleagues, performed and often commissioned by Presti’s celebrated guitar duo with Alexandre Lagoya. The final two pieces are a different kind of tribute, with Chris Stell’s arrangement of a Bach concerto, paired with a breathtakingly ambitious new work by Johannes Moller, commissioned by the Eden Stell Guitar Duo. These represent new contributions to the guitar duo repertoire, carrying on the creative lineage of Ida Presti. Internationally renowned for their dynamism, innovation and breathtaking virtuosity the Eden Stell Guitar Duo have ‘breathed new life into the world of the classical guitar’ (Rotterdam Dagblad). The duo were the first guitarists since Julian Bream to be Editor’s Choice in Gramophone magazine with their ‘landmark recording’ of works by Stephen Dodgson. They have recorded 7 CDs to date on BSG, Hannsler Classics, and Docker labels, and are dedicatees of new works by Internationally acclaimed composers Stephen Dodgson, Adam Gorb, Dusan Bogdanovic, Gary Ryan, and Johannes Moller. They are also artistic directors of the Winchester Guitar Festival and the hugely popular World Youth Guitar Festival, the only classical guitar festival in the world dedicated to young players with over 200 students attending from over 15 countries as far afield as the USA and Australia.