DUO MACCARI-PUGLIESE, 19th century guitars
“...Your Sor DVD has everything I want from a guitar duet – virtuosity, sensitivity to phrase and nuance, a beautiful sound,
a finely developed sense of ensemble.
A listener would have to have cloth ears and a heart of stone not to be profoundly affected by this superb performance of
music”.
Colin Cooper, Classical Guitar 2010
“…But the real rarities were young guitarists with an active interest in the heritage of the instrument prior to c. 1980, the
only examples that spring readily to mind being those hugely talented Claudio Maccari and Paolo Pugliese.”
Classical Guitar, 2006
“...The first thing is to say, what thoroughly accomplished playing! There is nothing missing in areas of technique,
expression, musicality, style, and the one thing most period practitioners neglect - flair!
Christopher McGuire, 2006
"This CD is beautiful: colors of the orchestra, tempo + gestures, and the guitar playing full of precision and poetry.
Congratulations."
Hopkinson Smith, 2005
Born in 1970, Claudio Maccari and Paolo Pugliese started their studies and researches in 19th century music
in 1988. Since then they have been redefining the musical language of the classic and romantic periods
using original instruments and historical methods.
Maccari and Pugliese are cited in the 1997 guitar history book, "The Classical Guitar".
After playing their New York debut at Carnegie Recital Hall in 1992 they have been asked to give concerts and
masterclasses by famous Institutions and important international Festivals such as the Royal Academy and
the Great Britain International Guitar Festival of London, the Academy of Music in Gröningen, the Darwin
International Guitar Festival, the Sydney Guitar Society, the Guitar Foundation of Australia, the Parco della
Musica in Rome, and many American Universities and Societes.
Their natural artistic talent, together with constant musicological research, have allowed them to cooperate
with world wide famous artists such as John Williams and Malcolm Bilson.
They teach 19th century guitar at the Accademia Internazionale della Musica (International Academy of Music)
in Milan.
They are artistic directors of the “Ensemble Ottocento”, an Italian orchestra specialising in 19th century music
performed on authentic instruments.
Maccari and Pugliese play original guitars: Mauro Giuliani's and Nicolò Paganini’s guitars (Fabricatore),
Guadagnini, Lacote, Panormo, Vinaccia and Garganese, with gut strings according to historical criteria.
Discography
Rossini –Giuliani, Rugginenti 1994
Johann Kaspar Mertz, Opere scelte, Zecchini editore 2001
I Concerti per chitarra e orchestra di Mauro Giuliani, Amadeus, 2003 (2 Cd)
Giuliani Complete Concertos for guitar and orchestra, Brilliant Classics 2005 (2 Cd)
Mauro Giuliani: Complete works for guitar duo, Brilliant Classics 2007 (3 Cd)- Awarded by “Chitarra d’oro”
as best CD with guitar 2007
Sor-Coste, Seicorde, 2007
Mauro Giuliani: Rossiniane, Pot Pourri (complete), Brilliant Classics 2008 (3 Cd)
Fernando Sor-Napoleon Coste: Complete Works for guitar duo, Brilliant Classics 2009 (2 Cd)
Giuliani-Moscheles-Hummel: Great Works for guitar and fortepiano, Brilliant Classics 2011
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