Night Strings: Music for Viola & Guitar (2011)

The combination of viola and guitar might not immediately spring to mind as a successful chamber music duo, but one listen to violist George Taylor and guitarist Nicholas Goluses' album Night Strings and some reconsideration may be in order. One of the things that quickly makes this album a success is the artists' choice of literature. Opening with Bill Dobbins' Night Suite, an arrangement of works by Wayne Shorter, Thelonious Monk, and Dizzy Gillespie, Taylor and Goluses quickly demonstrate their interest and abilities ... Read More

The combination of viola and guitar might not immediately spring to mind as a successful chamber music duo, but one listen to violist George Taylor and guitarist Nicholas Goluses' album Night Strings and some reconsideration may be in order. One of the things that quickly makes this album a success is the artists' choice of literature. Opening with Bill Dobbins' Night Suite, an arrangement of works by Wayne Shorter, Thelonious Monk, and Dizzy Gillespie, Taylor and Goluses quickly demonstrate their interest and abilities with works extending beyond the classical repertoire. De Falla's Suite Populaire Espagnole is the only transcription on the program; Samuel Adler's Into the Radiant Boundaries of Light, Radamés Gnattali's Sonata of 1969, and Michael Kimber's Hispanic Fantasie are all original works for this unusual but intriguing instrumental combination. Unlike when playing alongside piano, when the viola is paired with the guitar the need to overcome the power of the piano is taken away, and a... Read Less

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