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John Dowland (Composer), Doug Dawson (Composer), Clifford Crawley (Composer, Performer), Aris Carastathis (Composer), J. S. Bach (Composer), Robert Rollin (Composer), Peter Ware (Composer), Ferdinando Sor (Composer), Lynn Harting-Ware (Composer), James Wallenberg (Performer)

Product Details

• Performer: Clifford Crawley, James Wallenberg
• Composer: John Dowland, Doug Dawson, Clifford Crawley, Aris Carastathis, J. S. Bach, et al.
• Audio CD (January 12, 2000)
• SPARS Code: DDD
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Acoma
• ASIN: B00004BZGC
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• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #580,169 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Track Listings

1. Grand Solo, Op.14

2. Wind Dance

3. Variations on O Canada!

4. Variation No. 1

5. Variation No. 2

6. Variation No. 3

7. Variation No. 4

8. Variation No. 5

9. Variation No. 6

10. Variation No. 7

11. Fantasia

12. Folksong Suite: Aura Lee

13. Folksong Suite: Danny Boy

14. Folksong Suite: Loch Lamond

15. Folksong Suite: Black is the Color of my True Love's Hair

16. Phantasia

17. Four Vignettes: No. 1

18. Four Vignettes: No. 2

19. Four Vignettes: No. 3

20. Four Vignettes: No. 4

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Editorial Reviews

From the Label

LYNN HARTING-WARE conveys a dramatic musical flair, beautiful tone, and variety of timbres, which enable her to transverse musical styles and venues with great success. Her recordings and concerts blend traditional classical guitar repertory with her own arrangements for guitar. She has a fresh eclecticism and finds a sense of fun in blending popular styles such as jazz, blues, folk and new age into her classical guitar programs. Following in the footsteps of Clara Schumann, Harting-Ware also composes for her instrument. Her dedication and musicality inspire composers; and she has premiered and commissioned numerous compositions. In 1996, she was honoured with a repertory expansion grant by the Knight Foundation to build a program of 20th century American guitar works. She also works with composer consortiums in presenting music of our century. Harting-Ware has premiered guitar concertos written especially for her as can be heard on Impossible Dream, conducted by Gerhard Samuel. She gratefully acknowledges the support of the Canada Council, Guitar Society of Toronto and Symphony Hamilton for a new guitar concerto composed by Peter Ware.

She received a Master of Music Degree from Kent State University and a Bachelor of Music Degree from the University of Cincinnati/College Conservatory of Music. She teaches music history and rudiments classes; and has written workbooks including Romantic Music and From Bingen to Beethoven that prepare students for the Royal Conservatory of Music examinations. Her commitment to developing the classical guitar repertory leads her to publish a catalog of music for AcomaNambe Editions. Her compact disc recordings include The Many Moods of the Guitar (GXD 5732), Impossible Dream (GXC 5733), Forest Scenes (GXD 5734), Anglecia (GXD 5735) and Americas (GXD 5736). Ms. Harting-Ware performs exclusively on D'Addario strings.

JAMES WALLENBERG was born in Binghamton, New York. In 1978, he joined the Toronto Symphony Orchestra after receiving his Masters of Music Degree from the Yale Graduate School of Music. James is a dedicated chamber musician, who brings his love for humour to rehearsals. Coming from a musical family his early training began with violin from his mother and piano from his father who was the conductor of the Binghamton Symphony. He received a Bachelor of Music degree from Ithaca College and while at Yale studied violin with Broadus Erle and Syoko Aki, and chamber music with the Tokyo String Quartet. Past musical experiences reflect his sense of adventure and fun. Prior to the TSO, James played in an orchestra for Emerson Lake & Palmer and continued his diverse musical interests in Toronto performing regularly with a Salsa band. Other interesting moments include wearing cow tights in a milk commercial, appearing in an orchestral scene in the movie Camilla, and performing with The Three Tenors for their Vancouver and Toronto concerts. James performs regularly in chamber music series internationally. This is his debut recording.

ARIS CARASTATHIS was born on May 25, 1957 in Athens, Greece. He completed his Bachelor and Master degrees in music at the University of Northern Iowa; and his Doctorate of Musical Arts Degree from Louisiana State University. Carastathis is currently Chair and Associate Professor of Theory/Composition at Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, Ontario, where he also directs the new music ensemble. An Associate Composer of the Canadian Music Centre, Carastathis' music has been performed in Canada, the United States, England and Germany.

CLIFFORD CRAWLEY was born in England on January 29, 1929. He studied composition at the University of Durham and in London with Lennox Berkeley and Humphrey Searle. From 1973-93, he was Professor of Composition and Music Education at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario. He is currently Professor Emeritus, living in Toronto.

DOUG DAWSON was born in 1947 in New York City. He obtained degrees from the American University in Washington, D.C. An Associate Professor of Music at American University from 1973 and 1982, he is now a free-lance composer living in Maryland.

ROBERT ROLLIN was born in New York City on February 16, 1947. While in high school, he attended the Juilliard School of Music and later obtained a B.A. at City College of New York. He received his Doctorate at Cornell University, studying with Karel Husa and Robert Palmer. In Hamburg, West Germany he studied with Gyorgy Ligeti. He is currently a Professor at the Dana School of Music, Youngstown State University.

PETER WARE was born May 4, 1951 in Richmond, Virginia and grew up along the Rappahannock River, canoeing its intricate passageways. Ware's early love of music found expression by age four when captured hearts singing "On Top of Old Smokie", while accompanying himself on ukulele. In this simple, rural setting, his talents developed through the church choir and under the piano tutelage of Florence Robertson, a descendent of Beethoven's lineage. At Virginia Commonwealth University, he studied cello with Gisela Depkat and composition with Milton Cherry. At Yale University, he studied composition with Krzysztof Penderecki, Roman Haubenstock-Ramati and Toru Takemitsu; and at the University of Cincinnati with Scott Huston. Ware's musical style continues to evolve, but has always communicated a love of music coupled with a soul searching quality that leaves one with the feeling that some deeper meaning has been imparted.

Ware's teaching experience includes faculty appointments at Queen's University, Brock University, Northern Kentucky University and the University of Cincinnati. In addition to composing and music publishing, Ware has written a series of theory books. These books give voice to his teaching method, which blends the philosophical implications of harmony with the theoretical nuts and bolts. While he teaches piano, theory and composition privately, he finds a captive audience for his work among music students engaged in the Royal Conservatory Examinations. Titles include: Rudiments of Music in the Spheres and Harmony of the Spheres. A respected composer, Peter Ware has been honoured with grants and awards from Yale University, the University of Cincinnati, the Canada Council, the National Endowment for the Arts and the Ontario Arts Council.

Product Description

Lynn Harting-Ware's most exciting performances are captured here. The programme is an extraordinary blend of traditional large-scale works, such as Sor's Grand Solo with the sophisticated virtuosity of Dowland's most celebratory Fantasia. She plays a group of folksongs, set in a jazz style, with a vocal quality of great beauty. Her own composition, Variations on O Canada! sparkles with an effervescence of true virtuoso writing for the guitar. New musical fare is also to be had in Prelude and Fugue in A minor by J.S.Bach, arranged for guitar by Harting-Ware. Also featured is violinist, James Wallenberg, whose meditative performance in Chama 'the eagle and the plumed serpent'by composer Peter Ware, is awesomely otherworldly. This piece alone is a rarity, with such precise ensemble playing being just the foundation for an extremely expressive duet. The American Variations, a 5-movement duet, pays tribute to Blues, Rock, Bebop and Zuni Indian music. Robert Rollin captures these American styles with a quirky contemporary style. Canadian composers Aris Carastathis (from Greece)and Clifford Crawley (from England) make their first contribution to the guitar repertory with Four Vignettes and Phantasia.

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