Contemporary Italian Music for Guitar Quartet <BR> BRIDGE 9401The Guitalian Quartet comprises four Italian guitar soloists who have joined forces to present new Italian compositions for guitar quartet. Most of this music has been composed for the Guitalians and presents a wide ranging view of compositional style in present day Italy. A unifying theme through all the compositions is the use of the medium of guitar quartet as a vehicle for virtuoso display. The members of the Guitalian Quartet are: Guido Fichtner,

31 in A-flat Major

This heartfelt song collection is a purely American phenomenon - supremely gifted musicians that can't be categorized or quantified: Stevie Wonder meets Leonard Bernstein

The Marlboro Festival Strings

praised by Arnold Schoenberg as a great lyric voice

Duane Hulbert

the Smithsonian Players

BRIDGE 9275A/B (two discs)

insubstantial and ethereal

Maute and REBEL can also be heard on these BRIDGE discs: VIVALDI: "Shades of Red" (BRIDGE 9173)

and reconfirms Francescatti's place

1 "Stehende Musik" (1925) - a clear progenitor of late 20th century minimalism

BRIDGE 9473