Zsofia Boros – Local Objects (2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 41:17 minutes | 730 MB | Genre: Classical
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The second album from Hungarian-born, Vienna-based guitarist Zsófia Boros finds her embracing a broad scope of music, broader even than on her debut En otra parte. On Local Objects the range extends from contemporary composition to jazz étude via works from Brazil, Argentina, Italy and Azerbaijan, all delivered with imagination and creative flair. Composers represented on the programme include Egberto Gismonti, Al Di Meola and Carlo Domeniconi.
Hungarian-born but from a long time living in Vienna, Zsofia Boros is an extraordinary classically trained guitar player, devoted to the interpretation of the best contemporary music for guitar: her style spans a wide musical spectrum, wider even than her amazing debut “En otra parte”, published in 2013, always for Manfred Eicher’s ECM label. Her second CD, “Local Objects”, continues her courageous musical journey started with her previous cd, proposing in this “Local Objects” eight pieces of as many authors as the Brazilian Egberto Gismonti (so evocative his evocative “Celebracao de Nupciass” coming from the magnificent “Danza Dos Cabecas” record), the Milonga composed by the Argentine Jorge Cardosa, the introspective “Vertigo Shadow” by the surprising and unexpected jazz rock guitar player Al Di Meola, the four movements of the classic “Koyunbaba Op 19” by the Italian Carlo Domeniconi and the song composed the Azerbaijani composer Franghiz Ali-Zadeh.
This decidedly eclectic record, like its author, is able to combine different compositional styles together, all fused together by an amazing musical sensibility and a guitar sound among the best now available to any listener who demonstrate a minimum mindedness.
Tracklist:
01 – Mathias Duplessy: Nocturne
02 – Egberto Gismonti: Celebraçao De Núpcias
03 – Carlo Domeniconi: Koyunbaba, Op.19: Moderato
04 – Carlo Domeniconi: Koyunbaba, Op.19: Mosso
05 – Carlo Domeniconi: Koyunbaba, Op.19: Cantabile
06 – Carlo Domeniconi: Koyunbaba, Op.19: Presto
07 – Jorge Cardoso: Milonga
08 – Al Di Meola: Vertigo Shadow
09 – Franghiz Ali-Zadeh: Fantasie
10 – Anibal Augusto Sardinha: Inspiração
11 – Alex Pinter: Gothenburg
Produced by Manfred Eicher. Engineered by Stefano Amerio.
Recorded in November 2015 at Auditorio Stelio Molo RSI, Lugano.
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