Alexandra
CHRISTODIMOU & Yannis PETRIDIS :
Mediterranean Echoes Each country has its own “schools”.
In our country, when speaking of soloists, we do not have to expose
first class international performers in instruments such as the
viola or the euphonioum, however, we do have, regarding the guitar,
an important tradition. During the second half of the last century
many excellent musicians appeared, some of which have enjoyed international
consideration. From this point of view, every new release added
to an already existing outstanding level refering to the Greek classical
guitar art is welcome. Alexandra Christodimou and Yannis Petridis
have already in their record 17 years of active presence in Greece
and abroad. We first came to know them through discography in 1998
when their first CD ”Rhapsody for two guitars`’ was
released. In this second album they have focused on the Northern
coasts of the Mediterranean, performing works written by Spanish,
French, Italian and Greek composers. Works written in three centuries,
bright, joyful, erotic, melodic, nostalgic, dancing. Pages of music
for 12 strings in reference performances. Listening to the record
we heard no week point. On the contrary, we heard things that impressed
us, such as: Dynamics formed to the smallest detail, musicality
and accuracy logically combined, clarity of phrasing, the two performers
approaching music in an identical way, shades of sound. In general,
the sence of an effortless and easy outcome. Kornilios Diamantopoulos, Jazz & Tzaz (No. 139, October 2004) |