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Music from the golden age of the guitar duo in Paris.<\/p>\n
The Ida Presti and Alexandre Lagoya duo was the hub of guitar music in the 1950s and 60s Paris. The energy of this collaboration radiated throughout the music community, resulting in a multitude of new works for guitar duo. Stein-Erik Olsen and Egil Haugland are outstanding interpreters of the music from the golden age of the guitar. In 2009 Stein-Erik Olsen presented premier recordings of music for guitar duo written by Ida Presti, to great acclaim from reviewers world-wide. This project inspired him to go deeper into the music that was created as a direct result of the collaboration between Presti and her husband and duo-partner Lagoya. Stein-Erik Olsen finds the quality of these works quite special: \u201cIt is simply masterpieces, all of it \u2013 without question among the best ever written for guitar duo. All the works on the album are written within the span of six years by composers who have their individual style and musical vocabulary. You immediately hear that these works are written for two equal performers with outstanding technical and musical abilities.\u201d Liner notes by Graham Wade.<\/p>\n
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The Ida Presti and Alexandre Lagoya duo was the hub of guitar music in the 1950s and 60s Paris. The energy of this collaboration radiated throughout the music community, resulting in a multitude of new works for guitar duo. Stein-Erik Olsen and Egil Haugland are outstanding interpreters of the music from the golden age of the guitar.<\/p>\n
Stein-Erik Olsen finds the quality of these works quite special: \u201cIt is simply masterpieces, all of it \u2013 without question among the best ever written for guitar duo. All the works on the album are written within the span of six years by composers who have their individual style and musical vocabulary. You immediately hear that these works are written for two equal performers with outstanding technical and musical abilities.\u201d Graham Wade has written liner notes for the release.<\/p>\n
Two very experienced guitarists have teamed up again for this project \u2013 the first time they performed together was in the mid-eighties. \u201cA fundamental aspect in our way of playing is the joy of making music and emphasising musical intuition, creativity and fantasy. We allow certain differences in our musical dialogue by allowing different articulation and sonorities as a part of the artistic expression.\u201d Olsen has a long list of album releases, including collaborations with such prestigious orchestras as the St Martin in the Fields. Haugland is also a luthier and has numerous recordings as soloist and chamber musician.<\/p>\n
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