'Cristiano Porqueddu is a master guitarist,' says the Cuban composer Leo Brouwer, 'and one of the foremost representatives of the new generation of soloists. He brings sound to life, and then turns it into art.' Like many of the other composers in this remarkable collection, he has composed more than one piece for Porqueddu and now pays tribute with a piece which draws inspiration from the guitarist's homeland of Sardinia. DiÃ¡logo del Olivo y el Nuraga ('Dialogue of the Olive Trees and the Nuraghe') imagines a wordless exchange between two ancient features of the Sardinian landscape, the trees which have provided food and fuel and money for it's people for centuries, and the Stone-Age towers which dot the island. Each of the works here tells a vivid story: Porqueddu's own Sonata III is subtitled 'The Rite of Fire' after an ancient Sardinian legend which imagines Saint Anthony and his piglet descending to Hell in order to procure some firelight. Angelo Gilardino draws on his personal memories of sights and sounds experienced when visiting the island in his Sardegna Suite (including another piece evoking the nuraghe). Francesco Morittu is a native-born Sardinian guitarist-composer, whereas Mark Delpriora is an American guitarist who heads the guitar faculty at the Manhattan School of Music; both have contributed intensely atmospheric pieces, which capture the island's wildness as well as it's sense of isolation. Born in 1988 in the Italian province of Velletria, Kevin Swierkosz-Lenart is the youngest composer featured in the collection with a suite inspired by three works of the Sardinian painter Giuseppe Biasi, who also contributes the artwork for the collection's cover.

Tracklist:

Ricercare di Sardegna~I. Ouverture (Launeddas)
Ricercare di Sardegna~II. Nuraghe
Ricercare di Sardegna~III. Cantico
Ricercare di Sardegna~IV. Prismi
Ricercare di Sardegna~V. Mediterraneo
Anime Gementi~I. Andante deciso
Anime Gementi~II. Lento
Anime Gementi~III. Allegretto
Flauto nel Bosco - Omaggio a Grazia Deledda
Innedda Innedda (Variatons on Guitar on a theme of Cristiano Porqueddu)
Suite Omaggio a Giuseppe Biasi~I. Ballo
Suite Omaggio a Giuseppe Biasi~II. Battesimo
Suite Omaggio a Giuseppe Biasi~III. Cavalieri Arabi
DiÃ¡logo del Olivo y el Nuraga
Studietti d'Arsura~Esitante, intimo
Studietti d'Arsura~Il piÃ¹ rapido possibile
Studietti d'Arsura~Oscuro Rapido
Studietti d'Arsura~Presto, via via piÃ¹ lirico
Studietti d'Arsura~Rituale, con fissitÃ metronomica
Sardegna Suite for Guitar~I. Mari
Sardegna Suite for Guitar~II. Nuraghe
Sardegna Suite for Guitar~III. S'Ardia
Sardegna Suite for Guitar~IV. Su soli est calau
Sardegna Suite for Guitar~V. Ciamma
Sonata III - Il Rito del Fuoco
Tumbas de sos gigantes
RaighÃnas
Tres Miniaturas~Asphodelus
Tres Miniaturas~Pisctacia lentiscus
Tres Miniaturas~Santolina insularis
Fantasia Nuorese~I. Winds in the sea
Fantasia Nuorese~II. Toccata Porqueddu
Attitus for flute and guitar
Contso de Foghile for flute and guitar
Ritratti di Sardegna~Giuseppe Biasi
Ritratti di Sardegna~Gavino Gabriel
Ritratti di Sardegna~Lao Silesu
Ritratti di Sardegna~Annunzio Cervi
Ritratti di Sardegna~Grazia Deledda
Viaggio in Sardegna~La terra
Viaggio in Sardegna~L'umanitÃ
Viaggio in Sardegna~L'ebrezza
Viaggio in Sardegna~La pietra
Viaggio in Sardegna~La lingua
Viaggio in Sardegna~Il canto
Viaggio in Sardegna~Commiato

UPC: 5028421962030
Label: Brilliant Classics
Release Date: 9.24.21
Format: CD

Portrait Of Sardinia / Various (3pk) - Portrait Of Sardinia / Various (3pk) (CD)