30 YEARS OF ESTONIAN GUITAR MUSIC (2008)

The guitar has been played in Estonia at least since 19th century and since the sixties of the 20th century there has been an ever-increasing interest toward the classical guitar. The first guitar piece by a professional composer was the Sonatina for guitar and alto flute by Alo Põldmäe (1975) but the first piece for the guitar solo was Lembit Veevo’s Ekspromt which wasn’t recorded until now. Veevo and Mägi present the older generation of composers on this disc and the rest is a choice of the fresh Estonian guitar music from the last decade.

This CD has been put together by the Estonian Guitar Sociey (www.kitarriselts.ee)

Tracklist:

1. Tõnu Laikre. Mälestuseks (3:57)
2. Juliana Kuklin. Kellad (4:34)
3. Lembit Veevo. Ekspromt (2:32)
4. Ester Mägi. Valse con variazione (3:42)
5. Tõnu Kõrvits. Su hoolde ennast annan ma (1:40)
6. Tõnu Kõrvits. Nüüd kiitlen üksipäini neist veriseist haavust (2:26)
7. Robert Jürjendal. Sügisprelüüd (3:05)
8. Lauri Jõeleht. Concordia (7:47)
9. René Eespere. Immutatio (9:11)
10. Lauri Jõeleht. Loobumus (4:55)
11. Timo Steiner. Minotauruse päevaraamat (9:37)

Kitarristid/Guitarists: Jorma Puusaag (1, 5, 6, 11), Heiki Mätlik (3 – 6, 11), Kristo Käo (5 – 9, 11), Jelena Ossipova (2), Julia Kahro (5, 6), Lauri Jõeleht (8, 9), Aleksandr Statsenko (11)

Recorded and edited by Maido Maadik (2-6), Tanel Klesment (1, 7), Aili Jõeleht (8, 10) (Estonian Public Broadcast) and Margo Kõlar (11, Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre), mastered by Koit Pärna.