program:
Nicolaus A Huber (* 1939)
[01] The Escaped Orpheus (2001) for guitar quartet 14:02
Alberto Hortiguela (* 1969)
[02] The language is the punishment (2015) for guitar quartet 08:35
Irene Galindo Quero (* 1985)
[03] Digit h hat (2011) for guitar quartet 10:13
Mathias Spahlinger (* 1944)
[04] removed complement (2012) for four (or three or two) guitars 14:26
total playing time 47:17
World premiere recordings
Aleph Guitar Quartet
Andrés Hernández Alba · Tillmann Reinbeck
Wolfgang Sehringer · Christian Wernicke
Press:
# 6 2017
A guitar quartet is not exactly a string quartet - as far as the charisma of the available literature is concerned, the sound potential of the acoustic guitar is usually grossly underestimated. The Aleph guitar quartet has been working successfully against this situation for more than 20 years and has meanwhile developed a respectable repertoire, mostly initiating it itself. (...) Andrés Hernández Alba, Tillmann Reinbeck, Wolfgang Sehringer and Christian Wernicke play it all at the front of the chair in such a microscopic way and with such rich articulation that a string quartet would green with envy.
Dirk Wieschollek
Paco Yanez, 29.05.2017/XNUMX/XNUMX
“Cuando en June de 2014 reseñamos el primer volume dedicado por el sello NEOS al Aleph Guitar Quartet, nos referimos entonces a toda una revención en veinticuatro cuerdas: las de un cuarteto de guitarras que se transitaba rutas estéticas para manyos insospechadas en dicha formación, dinamizada a no This year, through the Aleph, a journey of encargos and interpretations takes place in the new part of the canonic part of contemporary music for the guitar.”
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A guitar quartet is not exactly a string quartet as far as the available literature is concerned, although the sound potential of the acoustic guitar has traditionally been grossly underestimated. The Aleph guitar quartet has been successfully counteracting this situation for over 20 years. The latest release contains (almost) consistently exciting pieces by Nicolaus A. Huber, Alberto Hortigüela, Irene Galindo Quero and Mathias Spahlinger. They make clever and inventive use of the tonal and rhythmic qualities of the instrument.
Dirk Wiescholek