Showing posts with label Igor Rekhin's 24 Preludes and Fugues for guitar. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Igor Rekhin's 24 Preludes and Fugues for guitar. Show all posts

Friday, April 30, 2021

some general thoughts and observations about Igor Rekhin's 24 Preludes and Fugues for solo guitar--I'm afraid I have to say I respect it more than I enjoy it

So I've had Bands 1 and 2 of this cycle for years and for years I couldn't find any recordings of a performance of the entire cycle.  I recall Matanya Ophee wrote that Rekhin approached him about publishing the cycle and Ophee passed.  The cycle  was eventually published.  

I've now had time to listen to the entire cycle, which you can hear over here.

Now for some thoughts ...