Two of the works, Notes on a Southern Sky and the Guitar Concerto, were written for guitar virtuoso Eliot Fisk, a noted pupil of Andrés Segovia, who performed the concerto alongside José Serebrier in 2015 and returns for this recording. Eliot describes them as ‘epic works of historical importance in the history of the guitar.’ Premiered by Eliot in New York in 2009, the Guitar Concerto is truly symphonic in scale with virtuoso passages that only a master could write; the variety of styles perfectly exploits Eliot's dazzling agility.
Evening Prayer is an orchestral tone poem demonstrating the melodic and harmonic beauty which characterises Beaser’s style.
Ground O is Beaser’s own orchestration of an earlier work written within a month of the events of September 11; its power to reflect the enormous sadness of this tragedy is unspeakably moving.
Recording sponsored by Paul Underwood and the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
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Reviews
"... Fisk has been around for many decades, and if you're a fan of his, you'll know what to expect. If you're not, the Beaser itself is well worth your attention."
Kenneth Keaton - American Record Guide - November/December
"...this subtly winning guitar concerto by Robert Beaser [is] played with understated sensitivity by Eliot Fisk ..."
Barry Forshaw – Classical CD Choice – 6 July 2017
"Powerful works with attention-grabbing crescendos..."
Keith Bruce – The Herald – 28 June 2017
"... it gives the listener a good impression of Beaser’s music which is performed very well by Eliot Fisk and conductor José Serebrier." ****
Norbert Tischer – Pizzicato magazine – June 2017
'[A] fascinating disc...Fisk is right on it every second.'
Blair Jackson - Classical Guitar Magazine – June 2017
Performance **** Recording *****
"... The orchestral sound is big (thought the orchestra itself isn't large), confident and film-score vivid, and demands extraordinarily virtuosic playing from American master Eliot Fisk ..."
Rob Ainsley - BBC Music magazine - August 2017
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