George Kontogiorgos: Guitar Works Pavlos Kanellakis

• George Kontogiorgos (b. 1945): Sea Vespers:
• 1 Kontogiorgos: Sea Vespers: I. By the Shore 03:12
• 2 Kontogiorgos: Sea Vespers: II. Empty Nights 06:12
• 3 Kontogiorgos: Sea Vespers: III. Ready to Sail 04:23
• 4 Kontogiorgos: Sea Vespers: IV. Little Fish 05:11
• 5 Kontogiorgos: Sea Vespers: V. Open Wings 04:45
• Cansonata:
• 6 Kontogiorgos: Cansonata: I. Moderato 03:15
• 7 Kontogiorgos: Cansonata: II. Adagio 07:04
• 8 Kontogiorgos: Cansonata: III. Rondo. Allegro 03:26
• 9 Kontogiorgos: Cansonata: IV. Allegretto rubato 02:56
• Elegy 1980:
• 10 Kontogiorgos: Elegy 1980 06:12
• Kaleidoscope:
• 11 Kontogiorgos: Kaleidoscope: I. Carousel 03:08
• 12 Kontogiorgos: Kaleidoscope: II. Iridescences 03:54
• 13 Kontogiorgos: Kaleidoscope: III. Sunflowers 03:22
• 14 Kontogiorgos: Kaleidoscope: IV. Psychedelic 04:24
• Emotions:
• 15 Kontogiorgos: Emotions 06:24
• Total Runtime 01:07:48

Info for George Kontogiorgos: Guitar Works

In these works for guitar, George Kontogiorgos explores melodic fragments from the ballades he wrote in his youth and uses them in a classical setting. These pieces are mostly tonal and deeply communicative—Sea Vespers evokes lazy days by the sea, while the dance-like Cansonata is a songful duo for guitar and cello. Kaleidoscope often refers to the musical style of the 1960s and 1970s when the guitar was the dominant instrument in pop and rock music, whereas Elegy 1980 and Emotions draw out darker and more dramatic musical landscapes. Having worked closely with Kontogiorgos, these performances by Pavlos Kanellakis are both idiomatic and definitive.

Pavlos Kanellakis, guitar
Vangjel Nina, cello (tracks 6–9)

Pavlos Kanellakis
Born in Athens, Greece, Pavlos Kanellakis studied classical guitar with Elena Papandreou. He continued his studies in Musik Akademie der Stadt Basel in Switzerland under Oscar Ghiglia from which he graduated with the highest mark of the year, meriting the “Solistendiplom“award. In 2012 he completed his PhD studies at the Conservatory of Music, DIT, Ireland, under the supervision of Dr. John Feeley.

He has won several 1st and 2nd prizes in national and international competitions and has given concerts in Greece, Switzerland, Germany, Netherlands, Italy, Latvia, Estonia, Austria, Ireland and the U.K. He collaborated closely for more than 20 years with the acclaimed Greek composer Nikos Mamangakis for whom he recorded most of his guitar works. He has also recorded for labels such as Sony Music, Naxos, LCMC and for EBU as well as for the Latvian and Greek classical radio.

He has collaborated with musicians of such caliber as Gidon Kremer, Theodor Currentzis, Savina Yannatou and John Feeley.

Pavlos has received scholarships from the A. Onassis foundation and the Dublin Institute of Technology for his Master and PhD studies respectively and he is teaching at the National University of Ireland and at the Musikschule Rohrdorferberg in Switzerland.

He is the author of the book "The Classical Guitar Journal" published by the editions Panasmusic, which has been described as a leading guitar technique book by many guitarists from all over the world such as Graham Wade, Schin-Ichi Fukuda, Oscar Ghiglia, Elena Papandreou amongst others.

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