The Poor Branch: 19th-Century Guitar Music by Ivan Klinger
6/3/2022, 20 Tracks, 1:04:16
Featuring
James Akers
Ivan Klinger
Pyotr Petrovich Bulakhov
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Performer Biography
James Akers, the guitarist on this album, has been described as 'the great Scottish guitarist' by Classical Guitar Magazine.
Compositional Technique
Unlike most Russian guitarists of his time who used the seven-string guitar, Klinger devoted himself to the Western-style six-string guitar.
Composer Biography
Klinger, a Staff Captain, was captured and imprisoned by Chechen fighters in 1847, enduring chaining, starvation, and torture before his release in 1850.
Composer Biography
Ivan Andreevich Klinger, the composer, was born in 1818 to Austrian and German colonists in Seltz, near Kherson (modern-day Ukraine).
Instruments
James Akers performs on an 8-string guitar, a reproduction of a Stauffer model, built by Scott Tremblay in 2012.
Recording & Production
This album by James Akers is the premiere recording devoted entirely to the music of Ivan Klinger.
Compositional Technique
Klinger's music uniquely balances genuine Russian folklore with Western-European bel canto tradition, creating a distinct repertoire.
