Suite mágica (CD)

Andrew Blanch and Emily Granger are a pioneering guitar and harp duo. Both celebrated soloists in their own right, Andrew and Emily combine forces in this beguiling instrumental combination with a synchronicity and charm “enough to win any audience over” (The Advertiser). The pairing of guitar and harp is at once both fresh and familiar, each instrument like an enchanted reflection of the other. Between them, their 53 strings offer a unique richness of resonance and an expanded range of expressive possibilities.

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Andrew and Emily are in high demand, performing together in venues such as the Sydney Opera House, UKARIA, Melbourne Recital Centre, and as touring artists for Musica Viva Australia and Music in the Regions. Suite mágica, their debut recording, showcases the energy, versatility and beauty of this enchanting combination of instruments with impressionist masterpieces by Ravel and Granados, substantial multi-movement works by South American composers Máximo Diego Pujol and Marco Pereira, and a suite of brand-new works written especially for the duo by celebrated Australian composers Elena Kats-Chernin, Sally Whitwell and Tristan Coelho, before finishing with a new arrangement of an exquisite Ross Edwards miniature.

TRACK LIST

MARCO PEREIRA b.1950
Fantasia Concertante 
1.    I. Moderato 
2.    II. Vivo 
3.    Ill. Lento e malincolico – Vivo 

TRISTAN COELHO b.1983
4.    Forest Stories 

SALLY WHITWELL b.1974
Tiny Dances 
5.    I. Salvador’s Clock Shop 
6.    II. At the Bottom of the Garden 
7.    Ill. Capybara Boogie 
8.    IV. The Game 
9.    V. The Escape 
10.     VI. Practice Makes Permanent 

ELENA KATS-CHERNIN b.1957
11.    Fleeting Encounters 

ENRIQUE GRANADOS 1867–1916
Danzas Españolas 
12.    II. Oriental 5’12
13.    IV. Villanesca 5’14
Arr. Andrew Blanch and Emily Granger
14.    VI. Rondalla aragonesa – Jota 5’12
Arr. Richard Charlton

MAURICE RAVEL 1875–1937
15.    Pavane pour une infante défunte 
Arr. Richard Charlton

MÁXIMO DIEGO PUJOL b.1957
Suite mágica 
16.    I. Preludio 
17.    II. Vals 
18.    Ill. Tango 
19.    IV. Candombe 

ROSS EDWARDS b.1943
20.    Emily’s Song 
Arr. Andrew Blanch and Emily Granger