John Williams - The Guitarist

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Label
Sony Masterworks
Release Date
June 15, 2007
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      SATIE, ERIK ANONYMOUS THEODO
    • PERFORMER
      John [Guitar], Williams
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      June 15, 2007
    • UPC
      074646058626
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      SONY60586
    • LABEL
      Sony Masterworks
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Orchestral & Symphonic
    Works ⌄

    1. III. A Day in May

      Composer: Mikis Theodorakis

      Performer: John Christopher Williams

    2. IV. You Have Set, My Star

      Composer: Mikis Theodorakis

      Performer: John Christopher Williams

    3. V. You were Good

      Composer: Mikis Theodorakis

      Performer: John Christopher Williams

    4. I. Moderato

      Composer: Carlo Domeniconi

      Performer: John Christopher Williams

    5. II. Mosso

      Composer: Carlo Domeniconi

      Performer: John Christopher Williams

    6. III. Cantabile

      Composer: Carlo Domeniconi

      Performer: John Christopher Williams

    7. IV. Presto

      Composer: Carlo Domeniconi

      Performer: John Christopher Williams

    8. 3 Gymnopedies: No. 3. Lent et grave (arr. J.C. Williams for guitar and orchestra)

      Composer: Erik Satie

      Performer: John Christopher Williams

      Conductor: William Goodchild

    9. Lamento di Tristano (arr. J.C. Williams for guitar)

      Composer: Anonymous

      Performer: John Christopher Williams

    10. Ductiae (arr. J.C. Williams for guitar)

      Composer: Anonymous

      Performer: John Christopher Williams

    11. Saltarellos I-IV (arr. J.C. Williams for guitar)

      Composer: Traditional

      Performer: John Christopher Williams

    12. I. Aeolian Chant

      Composer: John Christopher Williams

      Performer: John Christopher Williams

      Conductor: William Goodchild

    13. II. Double Dance

      Composer: John Christopher Williams

      Performer: John Christopher Williams

      Conductor: William Goodchild

    14. III. Ballad

      Composer: John Christopher Williams

      Performer: John Christopher Williams

      Conductor: William Goodchild

    15. IV. Toccata

      Composer: John Christopher Williams

      Performer: John Christopher Williams

      Conductor: William Goodchild

    16. I. Stele

      Composer: Phillip Houghton

      Performer: John Christopher Williams

    17. II. Dervish

      Composer: Phillip Houghton

      Performer: John Christopher Williams

    18. III. Bronze Apollo

      Composer: Phillip Houghton

      Performer: John Christopher Williams

    19. IV. Web

      Composer: Phillip Houghton

      Performer: John Christopher Williams

    20. Gnossienne No. 1

      Composer: Erik Satie

      Performer: John Christopher Williams

    21. Gnossienne No. 2

      Composer: Erik Satie

      Performer: John Christopher Williams


This recording is also available as a mini disc.
This CD includes a multimedia portion.
THE GUITARIST could be described as a record of brooding reflection and pastoral solitude with echoes of ancient Greece a recurrent motif. It also demonstrates that one can plan a wonderfully varied yet coherent guitar recital without recourse to the usual Bach transcriptions and Spanish chestnuts.
No one is better equipped to do this than John Williams. As much an ambassador of the guitar as a player, he puts his commitment to new music for the instrument to good use here, the major dividend being the 'Koyunbaba' of Italian composer Carlo Domeniconi. Inspired by Turkish themes and landscapes, the four-movement suite employs an unusual C sharp minor tuning to haunting, original effect.
The 'Stele' of Australian Phillip Houghton are moody evocations of the Greek coastline and ancient monuments to gods, demons and sailors lost at sea, while the 'Epitafios' of Mikis Theodorakis eulogize the more recently departed with the direct simplicity of folk music. Rounded off with a suite of medieval tunes and a particularly successful arrangement of Satie's third 'Gymnopedie,' THE GUITARIST leads one down a darker, less traveled road full of drama and beauty.