Lhoyer: Complete Guitar Duos

Featuring

Angelo Gillo
Antonio Rugolo
Antoine de Lhoyer

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Compositional Technique

Antoine de Lhoyer's duos sometimes feature independent and individually shaped parts for the two instruments, and even imitative or canonic passages, such as the strict canon in the trio of the minuet in Op.35 No.6.

Composer Biography

Antoine de Lhoyer lived in St Petersburg for ten years, where he dedicated compositions to members of the Tsar's family, indicating his close ties to the imperial court.

Compositional Technique

Antoine de Lhoyer's duos often use a 'concertant' style, meaning both guitar parts are equally important and challenging, sometimes by presenting a section twice with interchanged roles.

Composition History

Antoine de Lhoyer's guitar duos are central to his musical output, with him publishing almost nothing else for a period of nine or ten years.

Performer Biography

Angelo Gillo, the other guitarist, specializes in historically informed performance practice, using copies of period instruments for classical, romantic, and baroque repertoire.

Composer Biography

Antoine de Lhoyer, the composer, began his career in the King's Guards at Versailles but was forced to leave France due to the political climate of the French Revolution.

Performer Biography

Antonio Rugolo, one of the guitarists on this album, has won the Golden Guitar award twice for 'best record of the year' at the International Guitar Meeting of Alessandria.