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RICHARD CHARLTON
Guitarist/Composer
with Erik Bosgraaf & Izhar Elias at the Darwin premiere of "Echoes of the Dunbar".
MY LATEST NEWS!
Guitar solos "THE BLACK COCKATOO" & "A SHORT WALK IN A RAINFOREST" feature on a new CD just released by UK guitarist Fiona Harrison. A long time colleague since meeting at a Guitar Festival in Darwin, Fiona has a fine reputation as a performer & teacher. For more info go to - http://www.fionaharrison.co.uk
New arrangements for voice & guitar, everything from Purcell to Elvis Costello. Richard was commissioned by Karin Schaupp & Katie Noonan to arrange several songs for their national tour in May & June. Some of these arrangements are featured on their new EP "Songs from the British Isles" released under their own name - "Karin Schaupp & Katie Noonan in Duo". The Brew Duo's disc "Landscape" with the premiere recording of "TWO GUITARS DINE OUT" was the featured recording in the March edition of the ABC's Limelight Magazine. For more info or to get the CD - www.brewguitarduo.com Just out! - "FIVE TEN & FIFTEEN" - for guitar solo. (Contains Five Short Pieces, Ten Exotic Preludes & Fifteen Elementary Studies) - many of these are listed in the latest AMEB Syllabus - beginner to intermediate level. (just go to my Order page)
"STILL LIFE WITH GUITAR" is a new CD from NZ guitarist Matthew Marshall. It features the duo Marshall/Hohauser in their premiere recording of my Sonata for flute and guitar.
The disc also contains works for guitar and strings by NZ composers John Richie and Philip Norman.
(Mr M Productions) - This is now the 3rd recording of this work. For more info www.matthewmarshall.net.nz
Jane Rayner & Peter Lynch have released a disc of all Australian flute & guitar music - "Cloud Eight". As heard on Classic FM, this disc has my Sentimental Scenes & Sonata as well as music by Phil Houghton, Colin Brumby, Elena Kats-Chernin, George Dreyfus and Stuart Greenbaum.
Australian publisher "Reed Music" has recently published all 3 of my song cycles - Songs of the Tide, Dust on a Butterfly's Wing & Statues. For more info or to order go to their online store - www.reedmusic.com
German publisher "Joachim-Trekel-Musikverlag" has recently published all of my mandolin ensemble music - Dances for the Mandolin & the Moon; Adventures of the Duyfken; A Day at the Circus. For more info go to - www.trekel.de
Duo Lenz CD - "FROM THE SUMMER SOLSTICE" featuring "Nightsongs", my four collected duos. to mark the 400th anniversary of the first recorded contact by Dutch explorers, this disc also features music by Richard Lenz, Paul Svoboda & Peter Sculthorpe. Available through www.duolenz.com
The duo Agostino's latest CD, "UNDER THE SAME SKY" features "Romanza", "Spiral Ellipse", "Incantation" and several of Richard's folksong arrangements. The disc also features the first recording of "Wave Radiance" - a masterful sonic event by my friend Phil Houghton. This CD is available through my Orders Page or go to www.agostinomusic.com.au
MY LATEST PUBLICATIONS OF GUITAR MUSIC . . .
"FIVE TEN & FIFTEEN" - for guitar solo. (Contains Five Short Pieces, Ten Exotic Preludes & Fifteen Elementary Studies) - many of these are listed in the latest AMEB Syllabus - beginner to intermediate level.
"COLLECTED THOUGHTS", contains both Afterthoughts Series plus other solos including "The Lady of the Lake" & "The Black Cockatoo".
Want to order some music? go to the ORDERS page or just email me.
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