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Musicaphon

Innovations - Left Hand Guitar Pieces

Modern Exotic Virtuosic Romantic Playful
$16.99

Details

Composer
Cristina Azuma, leo Brouwer, Il-Ryun Chung, Meike Senker Dieter Kreidler, Soren Alexander Golz, Davi
Artist
Nicola Yasmin Stock
Format
CD
Label
Musicaphon
Released
Feb 28, 2025
Catalog #
M55728
UPC
4012476557281

About

Due to an overload of the right hand and the resulting epicondylitis (golfer's elbow), Nicola Stock was initially no longer able to play the guitar normally. Inspired by Lars Wuller's "Left Hand Guitar Challenge" and due to the fact that guitar works for the left hand alone had hardly existed up to that point - unlike in the piano world, where numerous pieces by well-known composers such as Scriabin or Ravel already exist - the idea arose together with Professor Gerhard Reichenbach to commission new pieces from various composers and thus create a repertoire for the left hand alone that combines innovative ideas and old and new playing techniques. Nicola Yasmin Stock (*1998) is a multiple prizewinner in international guitar competitions. As a soloist, she regularly performs at festivals in Asia, Europe and South America and gives master classes. She studied classical guitar with Professor Gerhard Reichenbach at the University of Music and Dance Cologne/Wuppertal and has also taken part in numerous master classes with renowned artists such as Margarita Escarpa, Pavel Steidl, Judicael Perroy and many others. In addition to her current studies in musicology at the Robert Schumann University in Dusseldorf, Nicola Yasmin Stock is the artistic director of the Rotenburg Guitar Week and an instrumental teacher at the Bergische Music School. She is involved in a variety of chamber music formations and orchestras, including as conductor of the Dortmund Guitar and Mandolin Orchestra. Because of her special commitment to the largely unknown guitar repertoire of female composers, she was awarded a scholarship for female guitarists by the Equal Opportunities Commission at the Cologne University of Music and Dance. She is also involved in cross-disciplinary projects, such as the interdisciplinary annual project of the College of Music and Art in Montepulciano/IT.

Tracklist 16 tracks

  1. 1 Left Hand Interlude 04:03
    Track
    1
    Title
    Left Hand Interlude
    Duration
    04:03
    Composer
    Annette Kruisbrink
    Performer
    Nicola Yasmin Stock
  2. 2 High Five 03:18
    Track
    2
    Title
    High Five
    Duration
    03:18
    Composer
    Jurg Kindle
    Performer
    Nicola Yasmin Stock
  3. 3 Loreley's Solitude 04:34
    Track
    3
    Title
    Loreley's Solitude
    Duration
    04:34
    Composer
    Leo Brouwer
    Performer
    Nicola Yasmin Stock
  4. 4 Etudes of New Playing Techniques (Etüden neuer Spieltechniken): No. 1. Both Sides of the Strings (Beide Seiten der Saiten) 01:53
    Track
    4
    Title
    Etudes of New Playing Techniques (Etüden neuer Spieltechniken): No. 1. Both Sides of the Strings (Beide Seiten der Saiten)
    Duration
    01:53
    Composer
    Il-Ryun Chung
    Performer
    Nicola Yasmin Stock
  5. 5 Left Hand Blues 00:59
    Track
    5
    Title
    Left Hand Blues
    Duration
    00:59
    Composer
    Dieter Kreidler
    Performer
    Nicola Yasmin Stock
  6. 6 Another Thing 02:53
    Track
    6
    Title
    Another Thing
    Duration
    02:53
    Composer
    Meike Senker
    Performer
    Nicola Yasmin Stock
  7. 7 La lira encantada 04:08
    Track
    7
    Title
    La lira encantada
    Duration
    04:08
    Composer
    Luis Manuel Molina
    Performer
    Nicola Yasmin Stock
  8. 8 Scherzando para mano sinistra 03:27
    Track
    8
    Title
    Scherzando para mano sinistra
    Duration
    03:27
    Composer
    Atanas Ourkouzounov
    Performer
    Nicola Yasmin Stock
  9. 9 No. 1. Hum 00:51
    Track
    9
    Title
    No. 1. Hum
    Duration
    00:51
    Composer
    David Paul Graham
    Performer
    Nicola Yasmin Stock
  10. 10 No. 2. Frill 01:06
    Track
    10
    Title
    No. 2. Frill
    Duration
    01:06
    Composer
    David Paul Graham
    Performer
    Nicola Yasmin Stock
  11. 11 No. 3. Zip 01:35
    Track
    11
    Title
    No. 3. Zip
    Duration
    01:35
    Composer
    David Paul Graham
    Performer
    Nicola Yasmin Stock
  12. 12 No. 4. Split 01:21
    Track
    12
    Title
    No. 4. Split
    Duration
    01:21
    Composer
    David Paul Graham
    Performer
    Nicola Yasmin Stock
  13. 13 Micro Tango 00:56
    Track
    13
    Title
    Micro Tango
    Duration
    00:56
    Composer
    Cristina Azuma
    Performer
    Nicola Yasmin Stock
  14. 14 With lots of Love From the Composer 04:26
    Track
    14
    Title
    With lots of Love From the Composer
    Duration
    04:26
    Composer
    Luise Isabel Volkmann
    Performer
    Nicola Yasmin Stock
  15. 15 Summerwalk 03:12
    Track
    15
    Title
    Summerwalk
    Duration
    03:12
    Composer
    Sören Alexander Golz
    Performer
    Nicola Yasmin Stock
  16. 16 Étude diabolique 03:09
    Track
    16
    Title
    Étude diabolique
    Duration
    03:09
    Composer
    Philipp Lojak
    Performer
    Nicola Yasmin Stock