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This original and appealing program presents works of Beethoven in chamber music arrangements with guitar, written by contemporaries, a practice that was quite common in the period, playing it's role in the popularization of the music. Eminent guitarist Izhar Elias plays on several period instruments, including a rare terz instrument, smaller in size and tuned a minor third higher in order to achieve a more brilliant sound. He is joined by violin, viola and another guitar, according to the setting of the arrangements.
This is a first-class recording, exemplary in every way. The performers are boldly creative in their performance practice and without the score it is difficult to to separate what is written and what improvised. The period instruments are presented in vivid proximity and breathe warmly in their surrounding space.I had waited so long for this CD to arrive and played it the same night I got home. It did not disappoint, rather, it excelled my expectations.