Gypsy Ballad

Release Date: 2nd Sep 2013
Catalogue No: SOMMCD0130
Label: Somm
Length: 66 minutes

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Torroba: Suite Castellana

Work length8:31

Eleftheria Kotzia

Fandanguillo

Track length1:51

Arada

Track length3:46

Danza

Track length2:54

Rodrigo: Junto al Generalife: Junto al Generalife

Work length5:30

Eleftheria Kotzia

Bogdanovic: Six Balkan Miniatures

Work length3:11

Eleftheria Kotzia

Siroko

Track length1:27

Sitni Vez

Track length1:44

Lily Afshar: Dareneh-Jaan: Aziz-Joon

Work length4:03

Eleftheria Kotzia

Iakovos Kolanian: Noubar Noubar: Noubar Noubar

Work length4:44

Eleftheria Kotzia

Tadic: Walk Dance: Walk Dance

Work length3:34

Eleftheria Kotzia

Neumann, U: Love Waltz: Love Waltz

Work length3:17

Eleftheria Kotzia

Bodorova: Gypsy Ballad: Gypsy Ballad

Work length10:29

Eleftheria Kotzia

Cordero, E: Two Pieces Afro-Antillanas

Work length6:30

Eleftheria Kotzia

Nana para una Negrita

Track length2:55

El Cumbancherito

Track length3:35

Lauro: El negrito: El negrito

Work length1:38

Eleftheria Kotzia

Villa-Lobos: Valsa Concerto No. 2: Valsa Concerto No. 2

Work length4:22

Eleftheria Kotzia

Geraldo Hernán Matos Rodriguez: La Cumparsita

Work length2:59

Eleftheria Kotzia

Angel Viloldo: El Choclo: El Choclo

Work length2:22

Eleftheria Kotzia

Savio: Seroes: Seroes

Work length2:31

Eleftheria Kotzia

Savio: Batucada: Batucada

Work length3:11

Eleftheria Kotzia

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Here are a few words from the celebrated Greek guitarist Eleftheria Kotzia, which encapsulate the significance of this enchanting new release from SOMM.

“It was the folkloric element, expressed by the special, intimate sound of the guitar which attracted me to the repertoire chosen for this recording. In a way, I feel as though I’ve come full circle since recording The Blue Guitar (incl. the first recording of Tippett’s Guitar Sonata), Mediterraneo (works by composers inspired by Greek music, which also reflect my Greek roots), La Guitarra Latina (South American music) and Fuoco (Mediterranean music). These in turn inspired me to research and record music which pulled all these diverse strands together in repertoire containing folkloric, ethnic elements from both the old and the new world. The disc consists of a wide-ranging repertoire of little known works which I hope will be both stimulating and entertaining. They express the voice of the contemporary classical guitar and it’s music that I love.”

"The disc includes Suite Castellana, the first work ever written for guitar by a non guitarist, the Spaniard Moreno Torroba, as well as songs and dances from the ‘old world’ (Armenia, Macedonia, the Balkans, Persia[Iran]). Joaquin Rodrigo was influenced by Romani music and the gypsy song Sostar Mange, was beautifully crafted by the Czech composer Sylvia Bodorová in her Gypsy Ballad. From the ‘new world’ the famous tangos Cumparsita and El Choclo from Argentina and Uruguay are the only arrangements, alongside original salon music from Brazil, the infectious rhythms of the Afro-influenced music of the Caribbean and the purity of Venezuelan song.”

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