Carlo Gesualdo, a prince by birth and a virtuoso archlutenist, was fascinated by music and poetry and is particularly famous for his madrigals.
Album & Artwork
This album features several works that have never been arranged for solo guitar before, reflecting Christophe Dejour's pioneering approach to guitar transcription.
Composer Biography
Béla Bartók, a significant 20th-century composer, became passionate about studying and collecting genuine Hungarian, Romanian, and Slovak folk music, which profoundly influenced his compositional style.
Composer Biography
J.S. Bach, born into a family of musicians, was orphaned at age ten and continued his musical studies with his elder brother.
Compositional Technique
Much of Carlo Gesualdo's music uses an almost incredible amount of chromatic tonality and abrupt modulations, which was far ahead of its time and not seen again for almost 300 years.
Compositional Technique
Bach's Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in D minor, originally for harpsichord, is known for its 'chromatic' nature, referring to notes foreign to the key, giving it a spontaneous, improvisational feel.
Performer Biography
Christophe Dejour, born in Copenhagen in 1968, founded the guitar ensemble Trio Campanella in 1997, which received international acclaim for his guitar arrangements of Spanish piano masterpieces.
You might also enjoy...
Yoshinobu Hara Guitar Recital III
Bream Collection Vol. 12 - Twentieth Century Guitar I
