Guitar players love the work of Mauro Giuliani -- it is so well voiced within the instrument's capabilities, and the music itself of an echt-classic kind that is bestowed with more prodigality to instruments like the violin, piano, and the like. That doesn't mean a large listening public is likewise attendant to Giuliani; many find his music rather featureless and dull, fully belonging to the transition between classicism and the romantic and not truly worthy of serious consideration. Overexposure of Giuliani on American ...
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Guitar players love the work of Mauro Giuliani -- it is so well voiced within the instrument's capabilities, and the music itself of an echt-classic kind that is bestowed with more prodigality to instruments like the violin, piano, and the like. That doesn't mean a large listening public is likewise attendant to Giuliani; many find his music rather featureless and dull, fully belonging to the transition between classicism and the romantic and not truly worthy of serious consideration. Overexposure of Giuliani on American classical public radio has not helped his cause much, either; presentation within the context of repeated, ingratiating pledges for support and "happy talk" newsbreaks are liable to exhaust the appeal of even a composer as sunny and easy on the ears as Giuliani tends to be.Lars Hannibal -- a guitarist so earnest and dedicated he can spin a mere technical exercise into gold -- has come to Giuliani's rescue on Our Recordings' splendid Mauro Giuliani: Works for Violin and Guitar. Recorded...
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