FEDERICA ARTUSO
GUITARIST
DISCOGRAPHY
Disc of the Month - MusicVoice.it (Andrea Bedetti)
Papier-Mâché is recorded on a guitar with papier-mâché sides and back made by luthier Fabio Zontini, who was inspired by the legendary guitar that Torres (the Stradivarius of the six strings), built in 1862 in a single copy.
The sound engineer for this project is Marco Lincetto, a reference point in the world of high fidelity.
Available in both gold CD and 180 g vinyl versions.
"This album allows Emilia Giuliani to take her place among the great composers for solo guitar."
Clic.Musique, France (Jean-Michel Dauriac)
‘Every finger a Liszt!’
Thus the critics of the time commented on the performances of this enfant prodige.
This double CD is the result of musicological research by Nicoletta Confalone and contains all the music known to date written by the 19th century composer Emilia Giuliani, daughter of the famous guitarist Mauro.
'If you love the guitar and Villa-Lobos, you need to get this invaluable set.'
Soundboard - USA (Al Kunze)
Federica participated as a chamber musician in the recording of some tracks of the 3-CD recording project on the Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos, led by guitarist Andrea Bissoli. The box set also contains some premiere performances.
"This is a valuable release and belongs in the collection of any who likes Villa-Lobos." American Record Guide - USA (Jim McCutcheon)
Federica participated as part of the Cirandinha ensemble in the recording of some tracks of the 3 CD-box on Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos, directed by guitarist Andrea Bissoli. The box set also contains some world premieres.
This guitar anthology, realised under the artistic direction of Stefano Grondona and produced by the Conservatorio di Vicenza, contains Federica Artuso's performance of Castelnuovo-Tedesco's Passacaglia op. 180 on a guitar made by Juan Galan in 1929.