Whisky

We released our debut-CD 'Whisky' on the Norwegian label Hot Club Records 1. desember 2002. The CD contains Spanish and Latin-American music for two guitars, both originally written for this instrumentation and in arrangements.

The title 'Whisky' refers to the CDs opening piece by the argentinian tango-composer Astor Piazzolla. You can also find our own arrangement of Piazzollas 'Contrabajeando' on the CD, as well as Piazzollas masterpiece Tango Suite, originally written for the Brazilian Duo Assad.

From the Latin-American repertoire, there are also 4 arrangements of compositions by the Brazilian pianist, guitarist and composer Egberto Gismonti. The pieces include 'Agua e Vinho', '7 Aneis', 'Sanfona' and 'Frevo'.

In the Spanish repertoire, there is music by the composers Isaac Albeniz and Manuel de Falla, two of the most prominent composers in the Spanish national romantic style with elements from both the Spanish folk-tradition and the European classical tradition.

On the CD there are two movements from 'Iberia', the huge piano-work commonly recognized as Albeniz' greatest work, composed between 1905 and 1909 towards the end of Albeniz' life. 'Evocation' and 'El Puerto' are arrangements of the two first movements of 'Iberia's 12 movements.

The two de Falla pieces on the CD are both orchestral pieces. 'Danca los vecinos' is from the ballet 'El sombrero de tres pidos' and the famous 'La vida breve' is from the one-act opera with the same title.

If you want to listen to some of the tracks on this cd, please go to the music-section.

The CD can be purchased from Ponca Jazz Records.

It is also available as digital download from musikkonline.no or emusic