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Title: Guitar Music from Serbia
Artist: Alberto Mesirca
Label: Brilliant Classics
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 5028421971452
Genre: Classical Artists
Release Date: 2025-02-07
Number of Discs: 1

Vlastimir Trajkovic (1947-2017) studied with Olivier Messiaen and was the first Serbian composer to - from the early 70s - structurally apply elements of minimalism to what was a primarily impressionistic harmonic idiom in his music. His 10 Preludes for guitar is a work of refined melodies and subtle harmonies containing the composer's musical reminiscences of Serbian, Brazilian and Spanish traditional music, as well as jazz. Isidora Žebeljan (1967-2020) possesses a musical originality that is the product of an exceptionally authentic capability to organically fuse musical elements from various spheres of influence (from old Balkan folk traditions to rock and pop music) into new, as yet unknown sonic contexts. Her 3 Pieces for guitar are tender and filigreed, like a children's guide through a world of fairy tales, with delicious echoes of the Balkan and Mediterranean. The Intimate Letter from Judean Desert, with it's lonely, distant and almost endless melody, was written as chorale for any combination of instruments or voices. Dusan Radic (1929-2010) studied with both Milhaud and Messiaen and created an authentic integration of musical elements from folk and popular music, together with modal chant and jazz. His joyful Vignettes are derived from his earlier choral music, reusing some old, funny, almost childish folk tunes. Veljko Nenadic (b.1998) is the recipient of multiple international awards. He studied composition as a child prodigy with Isidora Žebeljan and writes music characterised by powerful energy, surprise, humour and emotional delicacy. His Festa na lua (Portuguese for 'Party on the Moon') pays homage to Brazilian composer and multi-instrumentalist Hermeto Pascoal and the generations of musicians who created post-bossa nova Brazilian jazz. Dragana Jovanovic (b.1963) composes in an eclectic, postmodern idiom, often with baroque motoric rhythms and virtuosic display. Pushc y Me ('Let me go') is her arrangement for double bass and guitar of an old traditional song from North Macedonia. Her composition Pure Energy evokes the energy in tenderness, slightly coloured by elements of blues. Dusan Bogdanovic (b.1955 has developed a personal style combining classical music, folk musical traditions, Byzantine chants and jazz. For his Preamble and Ricercare for violin and guitar he opted for the musical ambiance of the early baroque and renaissance music for lute, with it's delicate modal harmonies. Vuk Kulenovic (1946-2017) combines Balkan folk musical elements with minimalism, as well as the Byzantine modes which he also placed into the minimalistic musical context. His energetic, moving music uses the Balkans' aksak (irregular, additive) rhythms combined with repetition. Toccatina is a virtuosic miniature with a motoric and restless musical flow.

Tracks:
1.1 Ten Preludes for Guitar Op. 10~Moderato
1.2 Ten Preludes for Guitar Op. 10~Vivo con impeto
1.3 Ten Preludes for Guitar Op. 10~Andante ben tenero e senza rigore
1.4 Ten Preludes for Guitar Op. 10~Vivo ben ritmico
1.5 Ten Preludes for Guitar Op. 10~Adagio molto grave
1.6 Ten Preludes for Guitar Op. 10~Allegretto piacevole
1.7 Ten Preludes for Guitar Op. 10~Con brio
1.8 Ten Preludes for Guitar Op. 10~Liberamente e quasi improvvisando
1.9 Ten Preludes for Guitar Op. 10~Andantino semplice
1.10 Ten Preludes for Guitar Op. 10~Affetuoso non mosso
1.11 Three Pieces for Guitar~Bathing
1.12 Three Pieces for Guitar~The King
1.13 Three Pieces for Guitar~Traveling
1.14 Vignettes Op. 3 No. 2bis for guitar~No. 1
1.15 Vignettes Op. 3 No. 2bis for guitar~No. 2
1.16 Vignettes Op. 3 No. 2bis for guitar~No. 3
1.17 Vignettes Op. 3 No. 2bis for guitar~No. 4
1.18 Vignettes Op. 3 No. 2bis for guitar~No. 5
1.19 Vignettes Op. 3 No. 2bis for guitar~No. 6
1.20 Festa na Lua - Dança e Canção para violão
1.21 Pushc Y Me for double bass and guitar
1.22 Preamble and Ricercare for violin and guitar
1.23 Toccatina for Guitar
1.24 Without You for violin, cello and guitar
1.25 Averröes Dances for guitar
1.26 Pure Energy for guitar
1.27 Macedonian Girl for guitar
1.28 Intimate Letter from Judean Desert chorale for double bass and guitar