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Smaro’s extensive research has revealed significant differences between the modern classical guitar and those of the Renaissance and Baroque periods – encompassing instrumental design and construction, string materials used, number of string courses, wide-ranging tuning schemes, etc. Such extensive variants make for a broad array of tonal qualities and colors as well as different technical and interpretive approaches.
Playing modern replicas of period instruments built by luthier Yorgos Kertsopoulos, Smaro performs transcriptions of well-known music by Bach, Handel and Scarlatti with exceptional skill and panache. Such “reinvented” guitars enable her to demonstrate many different tonal and interpretive possibilities of the period that – until now – have gone unheard. This release – as Classical Sentinel said of her first album – is certain to become “A fascinating CD for any classical music enthusiasts; a definite must-have for any serious classical guitar fans.”
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Analytical presentation of all tunings; samples of program pieces performed on the standard classical guitar in nylon trebles and ordinary tuning
Domenico Scarlatti: Keyboard Sonata in A major, K.322/L.483/P.360 (arr. S. Gregoriadou)
Keyboard Sonata in A major, K.322/L.483/P.360 (arr. S. Gregoriadou)
Domenico Scarlatti: Keyboard Sonata in D minor, K.1/L.366/P.57 (arr. S. Gregoriadou)
Keyboard Sonata in D minor, K.1/L.366/P.57 (arr. S. Gregoriadou)
Domenico Scarlatti: Keyboard Sonata in F minor, K.481/L.187/P.504 (arr. S. Gregoriadou)
Keyboard Sonata in F minor, K.481/L.187/P.504 (arr. S. Gregoriadou)
Domenico Scarlatti: Keyboard Sonata in E minor, K.198/L.22/P.132 (arr. S. Gregoriadou)
Keyboard Sonata in E minor, K.198/L.22/P.132 (arr. S. Gregoriadou)
Domenico Scarlatti: Keyboard Sonata in D major, K.491/L.164/P.484 (arr. S. Gregoriadou)
Keyboard Sonata in D major, K.491/L.164/P.484 (arr. S. Gregoriadou)
Johann Sebastian Bach: Prelude, Fugue and Allegro in E flat major, BWV 998 (arr. S. Gregoriadou)
Prelude
Fugue
Allegro
Johann Sebastian Bach: Toccata in E minor, BWV 914 (arr. S. Gregoriadou)
I. Moderato
II. Un poco allegro
III. Adagio
IV. Fuga a 3: Allegro
George Frideric Handel: Keyboard Suite No. 5 in E major, HWV 430: IV. Air with 5 variations, "Harmonious Blacksmith" (arr. S. Gregoriadou)
Keyboard Suite No. 5 in E major, HWV 430: IV. Air with 5 variations, "Harmonious Blacksmith" (arr. S. Gregoriadou)
George Frideric Handel: Chaconne in G major, HWV 435 (arr. S. Gregoriadou)
Chaconne in G major, HWV 435 (arr. S. Gregoriadou)
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Reference Track
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Keyboard Sonata in A major, K.322/L.483/P.360 (arr. S. Gregoriadou)