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 Three Pieces from La Guitarre Royalle by Francesco Corbetta
  
These three movements are selected from Francesco Corbetta's La Guitarre Royalle (1671). The Prelude and Allemande are from his Suite in A Minor, while the Caprice de Chaconne is from his C Major Suite. I chose these movements simply out of my fondness for them, and when performed as a set, they complement each other well. While creating these arrangements from compositions written for the 17th century five-course guitar, I utilized the idiomatic techniques and approaches of the modern sixstring guitar when beneficial to the music. When adding embellishments (passaggi, trilli, accenti) and devising textural treatments (campanella) in these works, my objective was to be stylistically appropriate, while enhancing the composer’s intent.

Three Musings by Stephen Aron
Ambivalence - Regret - Serendipity

Written in a post-impressionistic style, these works seek to capture some of the mood of the ambiguous harmonic world of the Impressionists--a sound heard seldom in guitar literature. The first one, Ambivalence, presents a slow, serene and sometimes dark melody over a continuous rubato quintuplet accompaniment in a way which causes the music to float above a barely discernable pulse. The second movement, Regret, is an extended tremolo with a romantic style melody over unusual but appealing harmonies. The final movement, Serendipity, merges a blues-derived theme with divergent impulses, including impressionistic harmonies, sitar music, bluegrass and 50's rock 'n roll, to create a startling and strangely compelling montage or fantasy. Throughout the entire work, the sixth string is tuned to F, enabling the easy execution of many fresh and unusual sonorities.

 Written in a post-impressionistic style, these works seek to capture some of the mood of the ambiguous harmonic world of the Impressionists--a sound heard seldom in guitar literature. The first one, Ambivalence, presents a slow, serene and sometimes dark melody over a continuous rubato quintuplet accompaniment in a way which causes the music to float above a barely discernable pulse. The second movement, Regret, is an extended tremolo with a romantic style melody over unusual but appealing harmonies. The final movement, Serendipity, merges a blues-derived theme with divergent impulses, including impressionistic harmonies, sitar music, bluegrass and 50's rock 'n roll, to create a startling and strangely compelling montage or fantasy. Throughout the entire work, the sixth string is tuned to F, enabling the easy execution of many fresh and unusual sonorities.

Celtic Snowflakes by Laurel Zucker

With 45 CD releases available on Cantilena Records, Ms. Zucker can be heard regularly on worldwide classical radio stations. She has performed many times in Carnegie Hall, Kennedy Center, Alice Tully Hall, Avery Fisher Hall, Mondavi Center, etc. As a concerto soloist she has been featured with the American Symphony Orch., Erkel Chamber Orch. of Budapest, The Orch. of NY The Gold Country Orch., Merced Symphony, Sacramento Philharmonic, The Arlington Symph. Orch., and toured with the Sumara Orch. of Russia. As an active chamber artist she has performed with the Marlboro Festival and Tour, Harvard Chamber Players, Music Fest of Arizona, Music in the Mountains, UC Davis Chamber Players,Wet Ink Festival and Chamber Music Alive! As a jazz flutist Jazz Now 2005 describes her performance as "Laurel's flute cutting the still air with a deep-felt emotion to the very last note." Claude Bolling in March 2004 on Zucker's Bolling Jazz Suites CD writes "Dear Laurel Zucker, Your recording is beautiful, musician partners are excellent and your flute playing superb!!!" Of the Flute Music by French Composers CD, Sir James Galway recommends on his website "This is a really good record and should be in the library of all serious students. The repertoire is very good and it is beautifully played by Miss Zucker. I have a copy and think it is outstanding..."
With 45 CD releases available on Cantilena Records, Ms. Zucker can be heard regularly on worldwide classical radio stations. She has performed many times in Carnegie Hall, Kennedy Center, Alice Tully Hall, Avery Fisher Hall, Mondavi Center, etc. As a concerto soloist she has been featured with the American Symphony Orch., Erkel Chamber Orch. of Budapest, The Orch. of NY The Gold Country Orch., Merced Symphony, Sacramento Philharmonic, The Arlington Symph. Orch., and toured with the Sumara Orch. of Russia. As an active chamber artist she has performed with the Marlboro Festival and Tour, Harvard Chamber Players, Music Fest of Arizona, Music in the Mountains, UC Davis Chamber Players,Wet Ink Festival and Chamber Music Alive! As a jazz flutist Jazz Now 2005 describes her performance as "Laurel's flute cutting the still air with a deep-felt emotion to the very last note." Claude Bolling in March 2004 on Zucker's Bolling Jazz Suites CD writes "Dear Laurel Zucker, Your recording is beautiful, musician partners are excellent and your flute playing superb!!!" Of the Flute Music by French Composers CD, Sir James Galway recommends on his website "This is a really good record and should be in the library of all serious students. The repertoire is very good and it is beautifully played by Miss Zucker. I have a copy and think it is outstanding..."