Classical Guitar CD: Americas: Guitar Solos and Duos with Violin

Americas CD
Lynn Harting-Ware, classical guitar
with James Wallenberg, violin

Grand Solo, Op. 14 Ferdinando Sor;
Wind Dance* Peter Ware;
Variations on O Canada!* Lynn Harting-Ware; Fantasia John Dowland; Folksong Suite* Doug Dawson (Aura Lee, Danny Boy Loch Lamond, Black is the Color of my True Love’s Hair);
Phantasia* Clifford Crawley;
Four Vignettes* Aris Carastathis;
Prelude and Fugue in A minor, BWV 894-895* J. S. Bach (arr. Harting-Ware);
Chama ‘The Eagle and the Plumed Serpent’* Peter Ware;
American Variations* Robert Rollin (Blues, Zuni song, Rock Zuni Dance, and Bebop)

"A masterpiece of guitar performance with impeccable sound quality." -Jazz & Tzaz, Greece.

Lynn Harting-Ware's most exciting performances are captured here. The programme is an extraordinary blend of traditional large-scale works, such as Sor's Grand Solo with the sophisticated virtuosity of Dowland's most celebratory Fantasia. She plays a group of folksongs, set in a jazz style, with a vocal quality of great beauty. Her own composition, Variations on O Canada! sparkles with an effervescence of true virtuoso writing for the guitar. New musical fare is also to be had in Prelude and Fugue in A minor by J. S. Bach, arranged for guitar by Harting-Ware. Also featured is violinist, James Wallenberg, whose meditative performance in Chama 'the eagle and the plumed serpent' by composer Peter Ware, is awesomely other worldly. This piece alone is a rarity, with such precise ensemble playing being just the foundation for an extremely expressive duet. The American Variations, a 5-movement duet, pays tribute to Blues, Rock, Bebop and Zuni Indian music. Robert Rollin captures these American styles with a quirky contemporary style. Canadian composers Aris Carastathis (from Greece) and Clifford Crawley (from England) make their first contribution to the guitar repertory with Four Vignettes and Phantasia.

GXD-5736 (CD,DDD) UPC:640139573626
Total Time = 64:12

*Works published by Acoma Company

Ms. Harting-Ware performs exclusively on D'Addario strings.

Her compact disc recordings include The Many Moods of the Guitar (GXD 5732), Impossible Dream (GXD 5733), Forest Scenes (GXD 5734) , Americas (GXD 5736), and Angelica (5735).

Her commitment to developing the classical guitar repertory leads her to publish a catalog of classical guitar music for Acoma•Nambe Editions.

Reviews

"(Americas) The recording in its entirety is a masterpiece of guitar performance with impeccable sound quality. Her light, almost hypnotic touch of the strings and her highly musical interpretation prove each one of her recordings as new points of reference for guitar performance."
-Jazz & Tzaz, Greece

"Of note is her performance of Wind Dance by Peter Ware, which should soon find its way into the repertoire of other guitarists, and the lyrical Folksong Suite by Doug Dawson, which includes beautiful contemporary arrangements of 'Auralee', 'Danny Boy', 'Loch Lomond', and 'Black Is the Colour of My True Love’s Hair'. Other high points are Dowland’s Fantasia and Harting-Ware’s own set of Variations on O Canada!, both very well played. This is an interesting and worthwhile recording of some new as well as familiar repertoire."
– American Record Guild, US

"The most striking piece by far is Peter Ware's Chama "The Eagle and the Plumed Serpent", for violin and guitar, an appropriately serpentine theme-and-variations. It’s slow unfolding course, in predominantly long violin phrases, has a cobra-like power to hypnotise."
-Classical Guitar, GB

Bio

LYNN HARTING-WARE conveys dramatic musical flair, beautiful tone, and a variety of timbres, which enable her to transverse musical styles and venues with great success. Her recordings and concerts blend traditional classical guitar repertory with her own arrangements for guitar, such as Bach's Goldberg Variations and Schumann's Kinderszenen. She has a fresh eclecticism and finds a sense of fun in blending popular styles such as jazz, blues, folk and new age into her concert programs. Following in the footsteps of Clara Schumann, Harting-Ware also composes for her instrument. Her dedication and musicality inspire composers; and she has premiered and commissioned numerous compositions. In 1996, she was honoured with a repertory expansion grant by the Knight Foundation to build a program of 20th century American guitar works. She also works with composer consortiums in presenting music of our century. Harting-Ware has premiered guitar concertos written especially for her as can be heard on the CD Impossible Dream, conducted by Gerhard Samuel. She gratefully acknowledges the support of the Canada Council, Guitar Society of Toronto and Symphony Hamilton for a new guitar concerto composed by Peter Ware. She received a Master of Music Degree from Kent State University and a Bachelor of Music Degree from the University of Cincinnati/College Conservatory of Music.

Classical Guitar CD: Americas: Guitar Solos and Duos with Violin

GXD-5736 (CD,DDD) UPC:640139573626 Total Time = 64:12

*Works published by Acoma Company

Reviews

"The most striking piece by far is Peter Ware's Chama "The Eagle and the Plumed Serpent", for violin and guitar, an appropriately serpentine theme-and-variations. It’s slow unfolding course, in predominantly long violin phrases, has a cobra-like power to hypnotise." -Classical Guitar, GB

Bio

GXD-5736 (CD,DDD) UPC:640139573626
Total Time = 64:12

"The most striking piece by far is Peter Ware's Chama "The Eagle and the Plumed Serpent", for violin and guitar, an appropriately serpentine theme-and-variations. It’s slow unfolding course, in predominantly long violin phrases, has a cobra-like power to hypnotise."
-Classical Guitar, GB