Cantabile

Featuring

Nikolas Göhl
Johann Kaspar Mertz
Fernando Sor
Alexandre Tansman
Julián Arcas

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Compositional Technique

J. K. Mertz's arrangements of Schubert songs for guitar solo demonstrate how the Romantic era's songfulness was achieved on the guitar, using techniques like glissandos for vocal portamentos.

Instruments

All pieces on this album were recorded on a Spanish guitar built in 1925 by Antonio de Lorca Ramírez, a member of a notable guitar-building family in Málaga.

Composition History

Fernando Sor's 'Fantaisie et Variations brillantes' is based on a 19th-century French folk song, 'C'est la mère Michel,' about an old lady's lost cat.

Composition History

Alexandre Tansman's 'Variations sur un thème de Scriabine' is dedicated to the famous guitarist Andrés Segovia, who had arranged the original Prelude for guitar.

Performer Biography

Nikolas Göhl, the guitarist on this album, began guitar lessons at age five and studied at Vienna's University for Music and Performing Arts, graduating with distinction in 2018.

Album & Artwork

The album's concept, 'Cantabile,' means that all works are either arrangements of vocal music or are inspired by song, reflecting the Romantic era's emphasis on songfulness.