Many Moods of the Guitar CD

Americas CD
Lynn Harting-Ware, classical guitar
Kinderszenen*, Schumann;
Nakina*, Ware;
Hassidic Dance*, Rollin:
River Sky*, Henkel;
The Blue Guitar*, Roberts;
Fantasy & Ricercare, Dance*, Harting-Ware;
Sonare*, Music for the Waiting Angel*, Smoot;
Manifestations of the Spirit*, Elderkin;
Lagrima, Adelita, Recuerdos de la Alhambra, Maria, Tarrega.

"Her essentially lyric way with the music revels in the intimacies of color and liquid tone." Los Angeles Times, US

The Many Moods of the Guitar is Lynn Harting-Ware’s premiere recording and showcases a great diversity of material in its 28 tracks. Robert Finn of the Cleveland Plain Dealer writes: “The playing is clean, idiomatic, and fluent and shows both sympathy and expertise with a wide variety of styles.” Beginning and ending her program in the Spanish vein with the music of Tarrega, she departs with tradition in Peter Ware’s Nakina suite which is “imbued with elements of jazz and blues” (Classical Music Magazine). Next heard are her arrangements of Schumann’s Kinderszenen, featuring the famous Traumerei. Richard Smoot’s Music for the Waiting Angel bespeaks the new age aesthetic, while William Robert’s Satiesque miniatures comprising The Blue Guitar draw influence from popular styles. Kathy Henkel’s River Sky and Stephen Elderkin’s Manifestations of the Spirit resound the New Romanticism.

GXD-5732(CD, DDD) UPC:640139573220
Total Time = 62:11

*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

"She plays so well that the colorful, poetical new pieces blend imperceptibly with standards such as Trrega's Recuerdos de la Alhambra and Adelita."
-The Tribune(Oakland) US

"Her performance of Recuerdos de la Alhambra is one of the best I have ever heard!" -High Performance Review US

"She frames the album splendidly with the music of Spanish master Francisco Tarrega, prefacing with his Adelita, Lagrima, and Maria while concluding with a stirring performance of the almost archetypical classical guitar work Recuerdos de la Alhambra. Encore!" ”
-Classical Music Magazine; CN

"The most successful items are Ware's "Nakina" which manages to be arresting and original while taking a quite traditional approach to the instrument and two neo-baroque pieces by Harting-Ware herself" Dance and Fantasy-Ricercare"
-The Plan Dealer, Cleveland US

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.

Many Moods of the Guitar CD

GXD-5732(CD, DDD) UPC:640139573220 Total Time = 62:11