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Critical Acclaim
Classical Guitar Works:
"A La Luz De La Luna Llena by
Daniel Nightingale is way more mysterious and
ancient in its feel. Feels more like a hike in the Peruvian Andes looking for Inca ruins
to uncover the secrets of that high society. " -Alternate Music Press
ANOTHER NEW
BEGINNING II
"The stillness in this piece, its waiting to move DOES suggest a
beginning.......light harmonics, falling arpeggios....a hint of a melody that moves
forward......very tonal, but unexpected in juxtaposition....a piece to lead you
on.....lots of sounds made from parts of the instrument, not the strings. " -Alternate
Music Press
"Baltimore Sonata by
Doug Dawson is lovely and to be counted as a bridge between "old time art
music" and turn of the century experiments. This is simply a lovely piece of music
one would love to have played at your table in a fine restaurant....or on the concert
stage. A Blues is in the second movement and everything in this piece screams
AMERICAN!" -Alternate Music Press
"In The
Blue Guitar, a suite of six brief pieces
by William Roberts, each section is sharply characterized and has plenty of rhythmic
bite." -Winnipeg Free Press
CHAMA
"THE EAGLE AND THE PLUMED SERPENT"
"...one of the most compelling things I have heard in years for flute and guitar.
. . . there is this same free exchange of tensions- moving from the calm to the very
tense. Musical ideas are worked out in a very evocative way. Played properly
this music will dazzle an audience and thrill the players." -J. Bent,
-Soundboard
"
Click to play Free MP3 excerpt of Peter Ware's Chama from the CD Americas!
Recorded on the CD
AMERICAS GXD5736.
CONCERTO
FOR GUITAR Richard J. Smoot
"It's baroque brevity belies the richness of the music which
has a cool oriental palette of Japanese scales and motifs giving the piece a broad vision
that is often evocative. As a composer / guitarist, Smoot knows the subtle modulations
that suit his instrument and there are hints of Villa-Lobos in some of the thematic
treatments. The third movement, with its pounding march-like theme is a fitting conclusion
to a compact and lively concerto." -Tim Panting, -Classical Guitar
Magazine
"Well,
if you love "classical" guitar...I advise you to go out and get it
with its new music by Peter Ware with "ELEGY &
TOTENTANZ".
This piece starts with strummed chords that Sor would have cringed at, but
sound, to my ear, very interesting and make me want more. Lots of lead
playing with chords to punctuate the motion. Nothing here that would
irritate anyone, you CAN have a conversation while its playing....but I'd
advise you actually listen. Ware takes Harting - Ware on some adventures
that don't resolve quite the way you expect, but work wholeheartedly."
-Alternate Music Press
Free
Classical Guitar MP3 excerpt of Peter
Ware's Totentanz
Order
the Score for Elegy and Totentanz @ Amazon.com
ELEGY &
TOTENTANZ & FOREST SCENES
"Born at Richmond, Virginia, in 1951, Ware offers melodic content that is quite
strong, Totentanz a fascinating score with a motoric rhythm that drives the work
forward. Equally appealing are the highly descriptive pieces that form Forest Scenes, the
section,
Woodchuck Blues, being a wonderful, tongue-in-cheek look at a lazy blues."
-David Denton, Fanfare
Free Classical Guitar MP3 of Peter Ware's
Woodchuck Blues
excerpt from Forest Scenes CD
Free
classical Guitar MP3 file of Ware's Wind Dance from Forest Scenes
From the CD Forest Scenes
GXD5734
FOREST SCENES
"Before starting to play this interesting and creative work, it is good to read
the poem "Hibiscus by
Piscataway," written by the composer's mother and printed
in the edition. This can be a nice, inspirational introduction to this striking
collection of four programmatic pieces, in which guitar techniques are truly
used in an evocative sense.
This attractive work can be heard on a CD of the same name
(Acoma GXD-5734), played
by the editor, so we can recommend listening. It demands a high technical level,
and includes "rasgueado suave" (brushing the strings), "Bartok"
pizzicati, tremolo, different ornaments, and many other effects and
articulations. Good and precise editing (especially left-hand fingerings) facilitates
the work." -Uros Dojcinovic, Soundboard
Free Classical Guitar MP3 of Ware's Hibiscus on the Water from Forest
Scenes
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Peter
Ware's Forest Scenes for solo Guitar @ Amazon.com.
FANTASY-RICERCARE
AND DANCE:
"The music itself is elegant stuff. It is written in two voices
throughout. The fingerings are sparse but adequate, and the printing is clear and
spacious so that reading this is a delight." -J. Mayes, Soundboard
MANIFESTATIONS
OF THE SPIRIT
"Stephen Elderkin has written a little 'gem' of a new age sounding piece. The
guitar sounds like a 20th-century instrument without any hint of dissonance.
. . .this is very accessible music- both for performer and listener; there is variety of
sound and it is easy to play." -J. Mayes, Soundboard
"Peter Ware's Nakina
is a probing, introspective work imbued with elements of jazz and blues."
-Classical Music
NAKINA
"This is a sonata-length, four-movement work with the first three
movements calling for a scordatura (the low E and A strings each lowered a
half-step). The movement scheme is traditional, but the altered tuning gives the
piece an exotic flavor. The texture is mostly two-part, and the writing works well,
as the composer obviously understands the guitar well. This is a dramatic, lyrical
work; the third movement contains some particularly nice passages." - J.
Reid, Soundboard
Click to play Free
Classical Guitar MP3 excerpt of Peter Ware's Bacarole from Nakina on the CD The Many
Moods of the Guitar
From the CD Many Moods of
the Guitar GXD5732
"Kathy Henkel's River Sky,
is a gentle and evocative work inspired
by Ms Harting-Ware's poem of the same name." -Classical Guitar
"Sonare
is a 110-measure, intermediate level guitar solo. It is full of meter changes
and employs modern harmonic language in a very pleasant manner. Sonare falls
comfortably under the left hand with no difficult extensions. Alternating Largo and
Moderato sections, this is a very relaxing piece to play. Modern yet tame,
a lot of
players will enjoy this piece." -R. Turner, Soundboard
THREE
SILHOUETTES
"The clarity of style, combined with a detailed set of fingering of high quality,
produce a work that is a significant addition to the contemporary repertoire available to
performers. The work is idiomatic to well trained hands and is musically
challenging." -American String Teacher
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