Duarte: Homages, Works for Guitar Solo

Featuring

Daniela Rossi
John William Duarte
Angelo Gilardino
Mark Houghton
Dušan Bogdanović
Terry Usher

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Compositional Technique

Dušan Bogdanović's In an English Garden, an homage to John W. Duarte, is written in a condensed neo-Baroque style and modeled after J.S. Bach's Violin Partita No.1 in B Minor BWV 1002.

Composer Biography

Angelo Gilardino, an Italian guitarist and editor, exchanged hundreds of letters with John W. Duarte and published 19 original compositions and 14 books of arrangements by Duarte over 20 years.

Compositional Technique

John W. Duarte's Sua Cosa, a piece with a predominantly jazz character, quotes from Wes Montgomery's own composition, Mi Cosa, in its middle section.

Composition History

John W. Duarte wrote three Venezuelan valses, including characteristic hemiola rhythms, within one day after returning from Venezuela where he met Antonio Lauro, a Venezuelan composer.

Composer's Artistic Vision

This album documents the history of friendships John W. Duarte, a composer, made with performers and composers, and includes homages to him by other composers.

Recording & Production

This recording was made in Holy Trinity Church, Weston, England, from March 5-7, 2024, with John Taylor as the Recording Engineer and Producer, and Christopher Duarte supervising the music.

Composition History

John W. Duarte's Sonatina Lirica Op.48, an homage to Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, was commissioned by the Guitar Weeks in Zwolle (Netherlands) Foundation and written quickly in 1971.