Zagreb Guitar Quartet

 

Music

    Da fuga a milonga

    Da fuga a milonga
    ZAGREB GUITAR QUARTET: Da Fuga A Milonga
    Audio CD (January, 2005)
    Label: KDZ-MIC

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    “A prestigious issue (…) the incomparable Bach (…) a first-class debut”
    (Colin Cooper, Classical Guitar Magazine, August 2005)

    Little Preludes and Fugues

    ZAGREB GUITAR QUARTET: Little Preludes and Fugues
    Audio CD (Recorded in 2005; to be released in 2008)
    Performed by: Darko Pelužan, Krunoslav Pehar, Tomislav Vasilj, Melita Ivković
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    Selected Repertoire

    Old Masters

    • Johann Sebastian Bach*
      • Die Kunst der Fuge BWV 1080 (printed score without Coral)
      • 8 Little Preludes and Fugues (BWV 553-560)
      • Preludes and Fugues: BWV 531, 532, 539, 541, 550
      • Prelude BWV 569
      • Fugues BWV 575, 578, 579
    • François Couperin*
      • from Pieces de clavecin

    20th Century

    • Samuel Barber*: Souvenirs op. 28
    • Alberto Ginastera*: Tres danzas argentinas
    • Darius Milhaud*: Saudades do Brasil
    • Astor Piazzolla*
      • Five Tango Sensations
      • Summit
      • Tristango, Violentango, L’evasion, Libertango, Lo que vendra, Fuga y misterio, Tristeza de un doble A, Vardarito

    Spanish Music

    • Joaquín Turina*: Cinco danzas gitanas op. 55 & op. 84
    • Francisco Tárrega-Jose Arcas*: Jota Aragonesa
    • Federico Moreno Torroba: Estampas, Ráfagas

    Guitar Composers

    • Leo Brouwer
      • Cuban Landscape With Rain
      • Cuban Landscape With Rumba
      • Toccata
    • Celso Machado: Danças Populares Brasileiras

    Jazz and Traditional

    • Oscar Peterson (arr. Josip Marcelić)
      • The Laurentide Waltz
      • Land Of The Misty Giants
      • Place St. Henri
    • Traditional*: Sephardic Jewish Folksongs
    • Dances from Split (Southern Croatia)*
    • Suite from Međimurje (Northern Croatia)*

    Dedications

    • Željko Brkanović: The Songbook
    • Ivo Josipović: Allegro Minimo
    • Anđelko Klobučar: Prelude, Arioso and Fugue
    • Sanda Majurec: Trio
    • Adalbert Marković: Three Impressions of Osor
    • Miroslav Miletić: Suite du Bourdon
    • Krešimir Seletković: Quick-suite; Quartetto
    • Ivan Josip Skender: In contra
    • Vlado Sunko: Expectation and Arrival
    • Tomislav Uhlik: Quartetto Concertante
    • Celso Machado: Folguedo

    Guitar Quartet with Orchestra

    • Luigi Boccherini*: Guitar Quintet No. 4 in D, G. 448 “Fandango”
    • Joaquín Rodrigo: Concerto Andaluz

    Titles marked with (*) arranged by Ante Čagalj

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      Concerts

      • 2008-July-19: ZADAR (Croatia), 48th Musical Evenings in St Donat, Courtyard of the HAZU Institute, Obala kneza Trpimira 8, 9 pm. Concert with the soprano Klasja Modrušan. Program: Piazzolla, Villa-Lobos, Ginastera, Machado, Merlin-Čagalj, Josipović
      • 2008-August-3: ROVINJ (Croatia), Otok sv. Andrije, 9 pm. Concert with the soprano Klasja Modrušan. Program: Piazzolla, Villa-Lobos, Ginastera, Machado, Merlin-Čagalj, Josipović
      • 2008-August-8: OSOR (Croatia), Osor Musical Evenings. Concert with the soprano Klasja Modrušan. Program: Händel, Rameau, Piazzolla, Ginastera, Machado, Josipović
      • 2008-October-8: COPENHAGEN (Denmark)
      • 2008-November-7: PULA (Croatia)
      • 2008-November-25: BRATISLAVA (Slovakia)
      • 2008-December-5: PARIS (France), Hôtel national des Invalides

      Reviews

      An extraordinary ensemble which captures with its outstanding performing technique, but also plays brought by sincere sentiments.
      Dan, Montenegro

      For more than few years I haven’t heard something so exciting - after their performance, all that one could do was to get out and scream: VIVA GUITARRA!
      Świat Gitary, Poland

      The performances by the Zagreb Guitar Quartet mesmerized the audiences.
      Asian News International, India

      World-class level ensemble
      Jutarnji list, Zagreb

      Guitarists capture music’s intelligence
      The Citizen, Johannesburg

      The rich tone, intense involvement and perfect coordination were brilliant.
      The Telegraph, Calcutta

      The Zagreb Guitar Quartet performed Bach’s The Art of Fugue in its entirety in Zagreb when I happened to be there, and it was one of the most extraordinary and vivid experiences including the guitar I can remember.
      Classical Guitar Magazine