New Release: December 2008

Dale Harris, guitar

Reverie On A Hill - A Recording Featuring New Transcriptions For Classical Guitar

Cryptogram records has commissioned this new cd from the Spanish-Classical acoustic guitarist, Dale Harris. Reverie On A Hill features a new transcription of Robert Schumann's Kinderszenen Op.15. All thirteen movements have been painstakingly adapted from the piano original to the guitar by Dale Harris. Also featured are two Preludes from Richard Wagner's Tristan and Isolde and this is the first time that Tristan and Isolde has been transcribed for guitar. Other works will include Domenico Scarlatti's Sonata In E Major, Antonio Vivaldi's Andante From the Concerto In G major For Two Mandolins, Handel's Sarabande from Suite No.11, and J.S. Bach's Prelude No. 1 in C major from the Well-Tempered Klavier. This release will also contain Mauro Giuliani's Variations On A Theme By Handel.

The title Reverie On A Hill is taken partly from Schumann's Op.15 No.7 is entitled Traumerie - Reverie, meaning 'sleeping -daydream', and partly derived from Luthier Stephen Hill's name whose guitar is featured on this recording.

Reverie On A Hill - Track List

Richard Schumann: Kinderzsenen, Op.15 - Transcribed For Guitar By Dale Harris
Antonio Vivaldi: Adagio: Concerto In G For Two Mandolins - Transcribed For Guitar By Dale Harris
Richard Wagner: Preludes 1 & 3 From Tristan And Isolde - Transcribed For Guitar By Dale Harris
G. F. Handel: Sarabande, Suite No.11 - Transcribed For Guitar By Dale Harris
Richard Wagner: Preludes 1 & 3: Tristan und Isolde - Transcribed For Guitar By Dale Harris
Domenico Scarlatti: Sonata In E Major (L.23) - Transcribed For Guitar By Dale Harris
J. S. Prelude In C: From Well-Tempered Clavier No.1 - Transcribed For Guitar By Dale Harris
Mauro Giuliani: Variations On A Theme By G.F. Handel, Op.107 - Edited by Dale Harris
Dale Geoffrey Harris: Cryptogram

Recorded in Hertfordshire, England at 1FD Studios. Produced by Dale Harris. Guitar by Stephen Hill.

Future Release Information: Harris Plays Spanish Guitar

Cryptogram records has commissioned a new CD of Spanish guitar music performed by Dale Harris. This new disc will include many new interpretations and alternative transcriptions of both repertoire pieces and new and original transcriptions for guitar by Dale Harris. Presented here are early works for vihuela (a renaissance cousin of the guitar), including works by Mudarra, Milan, and Narvaez. Five of Luis Milan's six Pavanas are presented in new keys and within a more improvised and embellished setting that is the norm. Gaspar Sanz wrote some memorable melodies for the Baroque guitar and his Espanoleta and Canarios have been made famous outside the guitar world by Rodrigo in his Fantasia for Guitar and Orchestra. There are planty of classic Spanish repertoire pieces such as Granados's Dedicatoria and Danza Espanola No.5, Malats Serenata Espanola and several traditional Spanish melodies. Harris Plays Spanish Guitar is not only a great introduction to the Spanish Guitar, but the new interpretations provide interest for the student and anyone interested in new developments for the guitar.

Harris Plays Spanish Guitar - Track List (provisional)

Issac Albeniz: Sevilla
Enrique Granados: Dedicatoria (tr. Harris)
Enrique Granados: Danza Espanola, No.5 (tr. Llobet, rev. Harris)
Joaquin Malats: Serenata Espanola (tr. Tarrega, rev. Harris)
Luis Milán: Six Pavanas (arr. Harris)
Alonso Mudarra: Fantasiz X & Galliard
Luys de Nárvaez: La Cancion del Emperador
Gaspar Sanz: Espanoleta, Fugue, Pavan, Canarios
Fernando Sor: Variations On A Theme By Mozart, Op.9
Francisco Tárrega: Maria
Trad. Catalan Folk Song: El Testament de Amelia
Trad. Spanish: Romanza (Spanish Romance)
Dionisio Aguado: Adagio and Prelude

Recorded in Hertfordshire, England. Produced by Dale Harris. The guitars used in this recording are by master Luthier Stephen Hill (who is English but resides in Granada, Spain) and Manuel Contreras II (Madrid).

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Cryptogram Classics Catalogue Number: CMZ 01