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Stein-Erik Olsen is back! <\/span><\/span>His newest recording \u201cThe fifties and Now\u201d displays an impressive side of one of Europe’s most important guitarists. This record blends classical compositions from the 1950\u00b4s<\/span> from Leo Brouwer and Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, with a far more modern composition from Norway’s own Ketil Hvoslef written in 2019<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n The record\u00b4s blend of three different compositions exemplifies the great contrast<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>composers can use to create different approaches in writing music for the guitar. The work done by Brouwer and Castelnuovo-Tedesco proves groundbreaking within the<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>early music written for the guitar, where both composers focused on including the<\/span> instrument in the compositions included on \u201cThe fifties and Now\u201d. Especially \u201cQuintet<\/span> \u00a0<\/span>Op 143\u201d (1950) by Castelnuovo-Tedesco may have caused the guitar to enter the<\/span> halls of conservatories and universities, and therefore influence the audience and<\/span> focus related to the guitar as a chamber music instrument.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u201cQuintet\u201d (1958) by Leo Brouwer was written by the cuban composer while he was<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>only 17 years of age. In comparison to Castelnuovo-Tedesco, a more mature piece,<\/span> written in the middle of the composer’s 50s.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Brouwer used afro-cuban syncopated rhythms to make sure the guitar<\/span> was more of a solo instrument in the composition. <\/span>Brouwer also facilitated the piece<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>for several different playing techniques, which make the composition able to move<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>the heart of any musician.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The last composer featured on the record is not a guitarist himself, but is rather<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>influenced by the instrument in relation to more unusual and unique compositions.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u201cTroika for two guitars and percussion\u201d (2019) gathers forms and influences from the<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Russian troika. Where the percussion takes the role as the locomotive, while the two<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>galloping horses are substituted by two guitars. This guitar composition illustrates<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>just how far the guitar has evolved as an instrument feature in chamber music since<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>the 1950s. With the Castelnuovo-Tedesco piece the guitar was barely a part of the<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>string quartet, however it was also an early establishing of the guitar as a worthy and<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>natural member of the chamber music instruments.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u201cThe fifties and Now\u201d displays an impressive side of one of Europe’s most important guitarists.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":39941,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[180],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-39940","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-simax-classics","7":"product_shipping_class-cddvd-shipping","8":"uni_artist_tag-egil-haugland","9":"uni_artist_tag-ilza-klava","10":"uni_artist_tag-mara-haugen","11":"uni_artist_tag-ragnhild-sannes","12":"uni_artist_tag-ricardo-odriozola","13":"uni_artist_tag-stein-erik-olsen","14":"uni_artist_tag-trond-gjelsten-dale","15":"uni_main_artist_tag-stein-erik-olsen","17":"first","18":"instock","19":"taxable","20":"shipping-taxable","21":"purchasable","22":"product-type-simple"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/grappa.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/39940","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/grappa.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/grappa.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grappa.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39940"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grappa.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39941"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/grappa.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39940"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grappa.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=39940"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grappa.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=39940"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grappa.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=39940"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}