N A XO S NAXOS ARMEN DONEYAN NAXOS ADAM LEVIN 2015 SILVER MEDAL GUITAR FOUNDATION OF AMERICA COMPETITION 21ST CENTURY SPANISH GUITAR, VOL. 2 8573591 | 747313359172 1 CD | SRP US $12.99 CA $12.99 COMPOSER: Johann Dubez • Luigi Legnani • Alexandre Tansman • Francisco Tarrega • Joaquin Turina • Leo Brouwer • Heitor Villa-Lobos ARTIST: Armen Doneyan (guitar) 8573409 | 747313340972 1 CD | SRP US $12.99 CA $12.99 COMPOSER: Leonardo Balada • Jesus Torres • Marc Lopez Godoy • Anton Garciaabril • Luis De Pablo • Eduardo Soutullo • Jacobo Duran-Loriga • Benet Casablancas • Juan Manuel Ruiz ARTIST: Adam Levin (guitar) • The guitar’s range and sense of national colour are celebrated in this recital by Armen Doneyan, the exciting young French virtuoso, with music from Hungary, Poland, Italy, Spain, Cuba and Brazil. • His programme includes Luigi Legnani’s Fantasia, Op. 19 with its scintillating Listzian brilliance, as well as the fiery and evocative Fantaisie on Hungarian Themes by Johann Dubez. The pivotal figure of Francisco Tárrega, who established a unique Spanish voice for the guitar, is included as is the vivacious, flamenco-influenced Sonata by Turina. A contemporary master, Leo Brouwer, is represented by his evocative Rito de los Orishas. • This is the second of a four volume series presenting new Spanish works for solo guitar commissioned as part of the acclaimed guitarist, Adam Levin’s residency in Spain. • Amongst a wealth of exciting new names there are also some established composers such as Balada, whose imaginative re-invention of Granados’s Danzas españolas opens the recording, García Abril and Casablancas, already made familiar through an extensive catalogue of recordings on Naxos. • Volume 1 [Naxos 8.573024] was hailed by Scene Magazine as “one of the essential collections of solo instrumental performance released in the past 50 years”. NAXOS ROVSHAN MAMEDKULIEV NAXOS AMERICAN CLASSICS MOHAMMED FAIROUZ WINNER 2015 MICHELE PITTALUGA GUITAR COMPETITION, ALESSANDRIA ZABUR 8573669 | 747313366972 1 CD | SRP US $12.99 CA $12.99 COMPOSER: William Walton • Joaquin Rodrigo • Johann Sebastian Bach • John Williams • Nikita Koshkin • Rovshan Mamedkuliev’s transcription of Bach’s monumental Chaconne is flanked on this recording by contemporary works that show how the guitar has inspired composers with its capacity to evoke emotion through lyricism. • Walton’s brilliant Five Bagatelles are acknowledged as masterpieces of the repertoire, contrasting with Rodrigo’s joyous musical descriptions of Spain. Rounds is prolific film composer John Williams’ first solo work for guitar, and Nikita Koshkin is acclaimed as one of the instrument’s major creative artists. Described as “an impressive debut” by Classical Guitar Magazine, Rovshan Mamedkuliev’s previous recital can be heard on Naxos 8.573179. 8559803 | 636943980323 1 CD | SRP US $12.99 CA $12.99 COMPOSER: Mohammed Fairouz • Hailed by The New York Times as “an important new artistic voice” and by Gramophone as “a post-millennial Schubert,” Mohammed Fairouz is one of the most significant composers of vocal music of our time. • HIs oratorio Zabur (Arabic for “psalms”) is a kind of war requiem documenting a conflict’s effects on human beings, most notably children. Though cast in a contemporary setting, in a city under siege, Fairouz evokes a timeless world, acknowledging tragedy while asserting an eternal, luminous hope that transcends the disastrous present.• ARTIST: Rovshan Mamedkuliev (guitar) ARTIST: Dan Coakwell • Michael Kelly • Indianapolis Children’s Choir • Indianapolis Symphonic Choir • Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra • Eric Stark 11 NAXOS OF AMERICA | NAXOS OF CANADA | NEW RELEASE GUIDE