Classical Guitar CD with guest Mason Williams. Craig Einhorn has been collaborating with Mason Williams for over two years. This includes performances of his music with orchestras but also recording.
This new CD, entitled "Obras", is his most [+]Classical Guitar CD with guest Mason Williams. Craig Einhorn has been collaborating with Mason Williams for over two years. This includes performances of his music with orchestras but also recording.
This new CD, entitled "Obras", is his most recent release and features Mason Williams as a guest performer. There are 16 cuts on the CD totaling 56 minutes. Five instrumentals are by Mason Williams including Einhorn's solo version of Classical Gas. The other 4 are previously unreleased compositions by Mason and represent some of his best work. "Obras" alternates between solo guitar and guitar with extensive accompaniment including a 15 member string orchestra, mandolins, percussion, charango, and other guitars. The strings were performed by members of the Eugene Symphony including the concert master.
Einhorn holds a Master of Classical Guitar Performance degree from Arizona State and a Bachelor of Classical Guitar Performance degree from the State University of New York. When he is not collaborating with Mason he teaches guitar for Lane Community College in Eugene, OR and performs extensively.
Craig Einhorn fans have described his CD's as keepers and "Obras" is no exception. For a complete bio and stories about being a guitar player visit the Craig Einhorn Web site; there is a link on this page.
This review of Obras appeared in the newspaper shortly after its release:
EW Review, Eugene Weekly Review Craig Einhorn Obras, Unicorn Guitarist and LCC faculty member Craig Einhorn has been a valuable recent addition to the music scene. On this delectable, Spanish-flavored album, Einhorn is abetted on many selections by local legend Mason Williams, five of whose songs, including the still-stirring "Classical Gas," appear here. But "Riding the Low Moon" and "Flamenco Lingo" by Williams are just as compelling, thanks in part to Art Maddox's lucid arrangements for an accompanying chamber ensemble composed of local luminaries, conducted by Maddox. A small group also performs on Einhorn's engaging arrangement of Vivaldi's famous lute concerto in D, with Einhorn adding Baroque-style ornaments and overdubbing guitar, mandolin (in a continuo role) and an agave drum he made himself. Einhorn's solo selections are performed with his usual precision and fl
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