Giuseppe Buscemi - Italian Guitar Rarities - Bettinelli; Brescianello; Castelnuovo-Tedesco; Ghedini; Giuliani; Malipiero; Paganini

This programme represents a harvest of rare Italian gems from Baroque to contemporary masters for an instrument that has been of great significance to Italian culture for centuries. Exploration of the guitar�s expressiveness ranges from the lyrical amiability of Brescianello�s Partita No. 7 to Paganini�s delightful miniatures, and the improvisational austerity of Bettinelli�s Cinque preludi. Virtuosity can be found in Malipiero�s only guitar work, the dramatic Preludio, and Giuliani�s extraordinary Rossiniana. Castelnuovo-Tedesco�s meditative Aranci in fiore, was written in gratitude for the gift of a basket of oranges.