DISCOGRAPHY
A Salon Opera
Flauguissimo Duo - Yu-Wei Hu (fute) & Johan Löfving (guitar)
Period flute and guitar ensemble Flauguissimo Duo make their Resonus debut with this unique programme of works for flute and guitar, A Salon Opera.
Taking its inspiration from the Viennese salon music from the first half of the nineteenth century, when the music of the concert hall and opera was routinely brought into a more domestic setting, the Duo takes us on a journey through the rich repertoire both composed and arranged for the flute and guitar.
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Reviews
“With magical playing from (Johan) Löfving, the salon atmosphere created could be coming from the pages of Thackeray’s Vanity Fair itself....This album is a joy to listen to from start to finish.”
TP, Classical Guitar Magazine
“...a sublime musical experience .... excellent arrangements and virtuosic period guitar solos....”
Bradford Werner, This is Classical Guitar
“An engagingly intimate programme for the salon, combining lyricism, melody and virtuosity in a way designed for more personal listening.”
Robert Hugill, Planet Hugill
"...a fine sensitivity to the style of the period with its subtle use of flexible tempos and rhetorical gestures."
Andrew Benson-Wilson, Early Music Reviews
Fandango!
Music for Solo Guitar and String Quartet
Johan Löfving (guitar), Consone Quartet
Swedish-born guitar virtuoso Johan Löfving returns to Resonus Classics to record his debut solo album with a programme of works for both solo guitar and guitar with string quartet.
Joined by the Consone Quartet, and castanet player Nanako Aramaki, for Boccherinl’s fourth guitar quintet, Löfving presents a compelling selection of Romantic guitar repertoire framed by two fandango movements that show the influence of Spanish folk music, an idiom so intimately connected with this medium. With this recital of works from across Europe, the considerable reach and versatility of the guitar is on full display with music from the height of the instrument’s popularity.
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Reviews
'[...] charm, refinement, and virtuosity all wrapped into one album'
This is Classical Guitar
'The recording demonstrates the range of guitar music at a time when it was popular as a classical instrument.'
Lark Reviews
'The playing is superb throughout. Johan Löfving catches the Romantic idiom of the music perfectly through his sensitive use of rubato and the delicacy of his touch.'
Andrew Benson-Wilson (andrewbensonwilson.org)
'[...] a lovely exploration of the instrument's role in early 19th century music'
Planet Hugill
Ⓟ 2020 Resonus Limited
Catalogue No. RES10260
Producer & engineer: John Taylor
Executive producer: Adam Binks
EAN: 5060262792346
Cover image by Aiga Ozo
Release date: 3 April 2020