Currently an assistant professor at the Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest, from which he graduated in 2007, András Csáki has given recitals throughout Europe, the United States, South America and Japan, and by 2009 had been awarded eighteen prizes, including first prize in the 42nd Michele Pittaluga Guitar Competition in Alessandria, Italy. In this wide-ranging recital he interprets Bach’s most technically challenging ‘lute suites’, Britten’s groundbreaking tribute to John Dowland, Duarte’s bravura Variations and one of Castelnuovo-Tedesco’s finest solo sonatas. naxos
Tracklist:
Bach, Johann Sebastian
Lute Partita in E Major, BWV 1006a (arr. for guitar)
1. I. Prelude 4:07
2. II. Loure 3:52
3. III. Gavotte en rondeau 3:29
4. IV. Menuett I and II 4:25
5. V. Bourree 1:43
6. VI. Gigue 2:13
Britten, Benjamin
Nocturnal after John Dowland: Reflections on Come, heavy sleep, Op. 70
7. I. Musingly. II. Very agitated. III. Restless. IV. Uneasy 5:27
8. V. March - like. VI. Dreaming. VII. Gently rocking 4:45
9. VIII. Passacaglia - Slow and quiet 6:32
Duarte, John W.
Variations on a Catalan Folksong, Op. 25, "Canco de Llabre"
10. Variations on a Catalan Folksong, Op. 25, "Canco de Llabre" 10:51
Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Mario
Guitar Sonata in D Major, Op. 77, "Omaggio a Boccherini"
11. I. Allegro con spirito 4:33
12. II. Andantino, quasi canzone 5:28
13. III. Tempo di menuetto 3:16
14. IV. Vivo ed energico 4:19
