"Contrapuntal cycles for the guitar (whether solo or duet) are rare but not unheard of. Castelnuovo-Tedesco wrote 24 preludes and fugues for guitar duet in the 1960s. Igor Rekhin composed a solo cycle in the later 1980s. Paradoxically it seems only in the 21st century that we've had guitarists taking up the challenge of writing polyphonic cycles but better late than never.

We guitarists too often assume that B flat minor is too unwieldy a key to write in and not worth the struggle. In a post-tonal century why bother writing fugues for guitar in keys like C minor and D flat major? Because it's fun! I drew inspiration from composers ranging across the Western tradition such as Byrd, Bach, Handel, Haydn, Beethoven, Bartok, Hindemith, Shostakovich, Messiaen and Ellington."

Artwork courtesy of Giampaolo Macorig on Flickr http://tinyurl.com/zp6fg94

1. Prelude in C sharp minor (Jeremiah Lawson)
2. Fugue in C Sharp minor (Jeremiah Lawson)
3. Prelude in E Flat Major (Jeremiah Lawson)
4. Fugue in E Flat Major (Jeremiah Lawson)
5. Prelude in C Minor (Jeremiah Lawson)
6. Fugue in C Minor (Jeremiah Lawson)
7. Prelude in F Major (Jeremiah Lawson)
8. Fugue in F Major (Jeremiah Lawson)
9. Prelude in E Flat Minor (Jeremiah Lawson)
10. Fugue in E Flat Minor (Jeremiah Lawson)
11. Prelude in G Major (Jeremiah Lawson)
12. Fugue in G Major (Jeremiah Lawson)
13. Prelude in F Minor (Jeremiah Lawson)
14. Fugue in F Minor (Jeremiah Lawson)
15. Prelude in E Major (Jeremiah Lawson)
16. Fugue in E Major (Jeremiah Lawson)
17. Prelude in F Sharp Major (Jeremiah Lawson)
18. Fugue in F Sharp Major (Jeremiah Lawson)
19. Prelude in E Minor (Jeremiah Lawson)
20. Fugue in E Minor (Jeremiah Lawson)
21. Prelude in D Major (Jeremiah Lawson)
22. Fugue in D Major (Jeremiah Lawson)
23. Prelude in D Flat Major (Jeremiah Lawson)
24. Fugue in D Flat Major (Jeremiah Lawson)
25. Prelude in C Major (Jeremiah Lawson)
26. Fugue in C Major (Jeremiah Lawson)

Listen to: the entire album.

Release date: 08/23/2016
Daniel Estrem lives in Minnesota USA

Tagged as: Classical, Contemporary, Instrumental, Composer: Jeremiah Lawson, Classical Guitar

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