The American Record
-This recording project, the second solo release from guitarist Stephen Robinson, represents original works for guitar by living American composers. Three of the works were commissioned by or dedicated to the artist. This body [+]The American Record
-This recording project, the second solo release from guitarist Stephen Robinson, represents original works for guitar by living American composers. Three of the works were commissioned by or dedicated to the artist. This body of work gives voice to the American guitar of the late 20th century, with an impressively broad range of character, technique, and musical depth.
Frederic Hand
Trilogy for Guitar (c. 1983)
-Born in Brooklyn, New York, guitarist/composer Frederic Hand (b. 1947) is a graduate of Mannes School of Music, where he now teaches. He also studied with Julian Bream in England on a Fulbright Scholarship. As a soloist and with his ensemble Jazzantigua, he tours regularly throughout the U. S. and has performed frequently in Europe and South America. He has recorded for CBS records and Musical Heritage Society, and his television and film credits include "Kramer vs. Kramer" for which he arranged and performed the film's theme music.
-On the occasion of his Musical Heritage Society recording of his own works, Hand wrote his thoughts on Trilogy, which he graciously made available for this recording. He composed the piece between 1976 and 1977, during a time that he became interested in fusing the rhythmic and harmonic language of jazz into classical composition. While the work involves the integration of classical and jazz genres, he considers it a classical work since it is fully composed. Hand cites the recording 'Crystal Silence' by Gary Burton and Chick Corea as the inspiration for the rhythmic motif that opens the first movement, though the piece develops along conservative and classical lines. The second movement owes its inspiration to Bill Evans, one of the great jazz artists of our time. Hand wrote, "This is the most effortless of the three movements to write and is a kind of melancholy thank you to a man whose music I so admire." The third movement, in which odd meters abound, is reminiscent of Dave Brubeck's 'Blue Rondo Ala Turk,' from the first jazz album Hand owned. The delightful section with a 'jazz bass feeling' provides one of the many moments of motion and energy in this work.
Samuel Adler
Sonata for Solo Guitar (c. 1990)
-Samuel Adler (b. 1928) composer, conductor, and teacher - came to t
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