Regondi & Coste: Souvenir

Featuring

Enea Leone
Giulio Regondi
Napoléon Coste

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Compositional Technique

Giulio Regondi's Nocturne Rêverie Op. 19 features the first known use of the tremolo technique as a structural element for entire sections, anticipating later guitarists.

Composer Biography

Giulio Regondi, a composer and guitarist featured on this album, was a child prodigy who debuted in concert at the age of five.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Napoléon Coste was an eclectic and cultured composer, known for his interest in ancient music and program music, and was likely an admirer of Hector Berlioz.

Composer Biography

Napoléon Coste, another composer on this album, was initially destined for a military career by his father but was forced to abandon it due to a severe illness, allowing him to pursue music.

Notable Performances

Giulio Regondi, a composer and guitarist on this album, performed for royal families and nobility across Europe and even impressed Niccolò Paganini, a master of virtuosity.

Composition History

Two pieces by Giulio Regondi on this album, 'Air Varié' and 'Fantasie über 'Don Giovanni'', were recently discovered in a manuscript volume by English guitarist Josiah Andrew Hudleston.

Composer Biography

Giulio Regondi's childhood was marked by hardship, as he was forced to study under inhumane conditions by a father figure, which would today be considered child exploitation.