{"id":774,"date":"2021-12-14T19:00:08","date_gmt":"2021-12-14T18:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celialinde.normanmiller.dk\/classical-guitar-magazine\/"},"modified":"2022-02-05T13:53:44","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T12:53:44","slug":"classical-guitar-magazine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celialinde.se\/sv\/classical-guitar-magazine\/","title":{"rendered":"Classical Guitar Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.14.2″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”0px|||||” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.14.2″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”41px||8px|||” global_colors_info=”{}” column_structure=”1_4,3_4″][et_pb_column type=”1_4″ _builder_version=”4.14.2″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_sidebar _builder_version=”4.14.5″ _module_preset=”default” area=”et_pb_widget_area_1″ body_text_color=”#0C71C3″ hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][\/et_pb_sidebar][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”3_4″ _builder_version=”4.14.2″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.14.2″ _module_preset=”default” text_orientation=”center” custom_margin=”-28px|||||” custom_padding=”||16px|||” global_colors_info=”{}”]

Album Review of the Week: Celia Linde\u2019s \u2018Shades in Blue\u2019 Delivers Tremendous Variety<\/strong><\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/celialinde.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Celia_Linde.jpg” title_text=”Celia_Linde” align=”center” _builder_version=”4.14.2″ _module_preset=”default” min_height=”491px” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.14.5″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.14.5″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.14.2″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_margin=”-22px|||||”]

April 4, 2020<\/p>\n

REVIEW BY TIM PANTING<\/p>\n

Shades in Blue<\/em><\/strong>
Celia Linde<\/strong>
(with Carlos Barbosa-Lima, guitar, and Gustavo Colima, cuatro)<\/em>
(Proprius Records)<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t think I ever had the pleasure of seeing Celia Linde play in concert during my time in London as one of [the British version of]\u00a0<\/span>Classical Guitar<\/em>\u00a0<\/span>magazine\u2019s concert reviewers. That\u2019s a great shame, as by all accounts she is a player of the highest caliber and sensitivity, and from my impressions from hearing this latest recording, those accounts are entirely justifiable.<\/p>\n

Linde, of Swedish\/Turkish parentage, has a great affinity for Latin and South American music, as can be seen by the track list. She has also studied with and toured extensively with the great Brazilian maestro Carlos Barbosa-Lima, who is truly one of the guitar\u2019s great musical personalities. Her own compositions show depth and understanding of the tonal and musical possibilities of the guitar. One of my favorites here is\u00a0<\/span>Fontainbleau,\u00a0<\/span><\/em>inspired by attending a Django Reinhardt festival close to Paris, where she met Django\u2019s son Babik; it is, appropriately, full of tango-laced swishes and Gypsy drama.<\/p>\n

Like other guitarists who are exploring the great sounds of Chinese traditional music, such as Johannes M\u00f6ller, Linde\u2019s\u00a0<\/span>China Impression\u2014<\/em>which has three evocative movements:\u00a0<\/span>Winding Dragon,<\/em>\u00a0Mountain Mist,<\/em>\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>Beijing Return\u2014<\/em>is giving air to a welcome world of music that is surely going to have greater popularity as time progresses.<\/p>\n

Imelda\u2019s Waltz<\/em>\u00a0<\/span>is a nostalgic beauty, with Carlos Barbosa-Lima joining with Linde in the first of three guitar duets on the album, this one arranged by Barbosa-Lima, the other two (O\u2019 Bailero<\/em>\u00a0 and\u00a0<\/span>Cavatina<\/em>) by Byron Yasui.<\/p>\n

The music of Colombian guitarist Gentil Monta\u00f1a is gaining a thoroughly deserved popularity, as it is extremely catchy and engaging while also providing a suitably technical challenge for guitarists.\u00a0<\/span>Porro<\/em>\u00a0<\/span>from his\u00a0<\/span>Suite Colombiana No. 2<\/em>\u00a0<\/span>is particularly delightful, and is popping up in all the right places, including this album. (Many years ago, I was most fortunate to be able to hear Gentil Monta\u00f1a play at one of the Bolivar Hall concerts in London.)<\/p>\n

The Venezuelan\u00a0<\/span>cuatro<\/em>\u00a0<\/span>is a deceptively modest four-stringed instrument that can be played in the most virtuosic manner imaginable. Linde\u2019s own\u00a0<\/span>Rumba Surprise<\/em>\u00a0<\/span>is indeed full of surprises, featuring with guitar and Gustavo Colina\u2019s cuatro and all manner of percussion, both vocal and instrumental. Moving down the South American continent, the Paraguayan dance\u00a0<\/span>chopi<\/em>\u00a0<\/span>is one of that country\u2019s most famous traditional rhythms, and it is wonderfully captured here by Pablo Escobar\u2019s composition of that name, where the guitar is tuned to an open E chord, enabling it to impersonate the Paraguayan harp.<\/p>\n

One could be forgiven to raise eyebrows at an attempt to arrange on of the greatest vocalise folk songs I know,\u00a0<\/span>Songs of the Auvergne<\/em>\u00a0<\/span>by Joseph Canteloube; a particular favorite of mine being the versions sung by Natana Davrath. Here,\u00a0<\/span>O\u2019 Bailero<\/em>\u00a0<\/span>is arranged by Byron Yasui for guitar duet\u2014it shouldn\u2019t work but must admit it does. Bravo Celia Linde and Carlos Barbosa-Lima!<\/p>\n

The album takes a surprisingly eclectic turn with a delightful miniature from Sofia Gubaidulina,\u00a0<\/span>Serenade<\/em>. The longest piece on the album,\u00a0<\/span>Light Shadows\u2026Blue<\/em>\u00a0<\/span>by Reine J\u00f6nsson, is a contemplative, occasionally explosive piece that reminded me of music by the troubadours roaming the countryside of 13th century France.<\/p>\n

Linde finishes with a delightful take on Stanley Myers\u2019 much-played\u00a0<\/span>Cavatina.\u00a0<\/span><\/em>With added harmonies, harmonics and two guitars extending the accompanying parts,it movces far beyond the all-too-familiar published\u00a0<\/span>Deer Hunter<\/em>\u00a0<\/span>version.<\/p>\n

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Album Review of the Week: Celia Linde\u2019s \u2018Shades in Blue\u2019 Delivers Tremendous VarietyApril 4, 2020 REVIEW BY TIM PANTING Shades in BlueCelia Linde(with Carlos Barbosa-Lima, guitar, and Gustavo Colima, cuatro)(Proprius Records) I don\u2019t think I ever had the pleasure of seeing Celia Linde play in concert during my time in London as one of [the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"1280","footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-774","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-review-sv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celialinde.se\/sv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/774","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celialinde.se\/sv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celialinde.se\/sv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celialinde.se\/sv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celialinde.se\/sv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=774"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celialinde.se\/sv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/774\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":776,"href":"https:\/\/celialinde.se\/sv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/774\/revisions\/776"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celialinde.se\/sv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=774"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celialinde.se\/sv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=774"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celialinde.se\/sv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=774"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}