Intimate Impressions / Adam Cicchillitti, Steve Cowan

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Label
Analekta
Release Date
April 16, 2021
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      DEBUSSY RAVEL TAILLEFERRE
    • PERFORMER
      Cicchillitti, Cowan
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      April 16, 2021
    • UPC
      628588879322
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      AN28793
    • LABEL
      Analekta
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Modéré

      Composer: Maurice Ravel

      Performer: Adam Cicchillitti, Steve Cowan

    2. II. Mouvement de Menuet

      Composer: Maurice Ravel

      Performer: Adam Cicchillitti, Steve Cowan

    3. III. Animé

      Composer: Maurice Ravel

      Performer: Adam Cicchillitti, Steve Cowan

    4. I. Angelico

      Composer: Federico Mompou

      Performer: Adam Cicchillitti, Steve Cowan

    5. V. Quarter Note = 54

      Composer: Federico Mompou

      Performer: Adam Cicchillitti, Steve Cowan

    6. XI. Allegretto

      Composer: Federico Mompou

      Performer: Adam Cicchillitti, Steve Cowan

    7. XVI. Calme

      Composer: Federico Mompou

      Performer: Adam Cicchillitti, Steve Cowan

    8. Impresiones intimas: V. Secreto (Secret) (arr. A. Cicchillitti and S. Cowan for guitar duo)

      Composer: Federico Mompou

      Performer: Adam Cicchillitti, Steve Cowan

    9. I. Allegretto

      Composer: Germaine Tailleferre

      Performer: Adam Cicchillitti, Steve Cowan

    10. II. Lento

      Composer: Germaine Tailleferre

      Performer: Adam Cicchillitti, Steve Cowan

    11. III. Perpetuum mobile

      Composer: Germaine Tailleferre

      Performer: Adam Cicchillitti, Steve Cowan

    12. Préludes, Book 2: No. 5. Bruyères (arr. A. Cicchillitti and S. Cowan for guitar duo)

      Composer: Claude Debussy

      Performer: Adam Cicchillitti, Steve Cowan

    13. 2 Arabesques: No. 1 in E Major (arr. E. Baranzano, A. Cicchillitti and R. Izquierdo for guitar)

      Composer: Claude Debussy

      Performer: Adam Cicchillitti

    14. Préludes, Book 1: No. 8. La fille aux cheveux de lin (arr. L. Vereczkey for guitar duo)

      Composer: Claude Debussy

      Performer: Adam Cicchillitti, Steve Cowan

    15. I. Preludio e Canzona

      Composer: André Jolivet

      Performer: Adam Cicchillitti, Steve Cowan

    16. II. Allegro Trepidante

      Composer: André Jolivet

      Performer: Adam Cicchillitti, Steve Cowan

    17. III. Andante Malinconico

      Composer: André Jolivet

      Performer: Adam Cicchillitti, Steve Cowan

    18. IV. Con allegria

      Composer: André Jolivet

      Performer: Adam Cicchillitti, Steve Cowan

    19. Pavane pour une infante défunte (arr. T. Manoukian for guitar)

      Composer: Maurice Ravel

      Performer: Steve Cowan

    20. Le tombeau de Couperin: No. 1. Prélude (arr. D. Henderson and M. Kolk for guitar duo)

      Composer: Maurice Ravel

      Performer: Adam Cicchillitti, Steve Cowan


The excellent new album Intimate Impressions for Two Guitars by the duo Adam Cicchillitti and Steve Cowan consists of music originally written for piano, harp, or two guitars by leading 20th century composers who spent the bulk of their careers working in Paris, such as Ravel, Debussy, Mompou, Tailleferre, and Jolivet. The arrangements, the majority of which are by the Cicchillitti/Cowan duo, eloquently illustrate that the tone colors, intimacy, and pure lyricism of the composers’ styles are ideally suited to the guitar, and that the harmonic language translates beautifully to a guitar duo. Simply captivating!

REVIEW:

New additions to the guitar duo repertoire: 20th Century French works arranged for two guitars, artistically performed by Canadian guitarists who clearly have command of transcription skills, and also a unified delivery of the music in all its technical complexity and musical depth. Drew Henderson and Michael Kolk’s arrangement of the `Prelude’ from Ravel’s Tombeau de Couperin, the only arrangement in the program not by the duo, is nothing short of stellar in concept and execution. There follows the almost obligatory contemporary work on the program, Serenade by Andre Jolivet. Even though it was written for and premiered by Presti & Lagoya, an inspiring duo from the mid-1900s not known for avante-garde musical excursions, it disrupts the flow in this otherwise delightful program of warm and uplifting music. Liner notes by Richard Turp are well written and interesting, leaving the listener with a fairly complete picture of the music.

-- American Record Guide