The Eden Stell Guitar Duo’s latest album is a thoughtful collage of music for the centenary of Ida Presti (1924-67), the legendary guitarist and composer whose work elevated the guitar duo as an art form. The first part of the album combines Presti’s own composition with the work of her colleagues, performed and often commissioned by Presti’s celebrated guitar duo with Alexandre Lagoya. The final two piecesare a different kind of tribute, with Chris Stell’s arrangement of a Bach concerto, paired with a breathtakingly ambitious new work by Johannes Möller, commissioned by the Eden Stell Guitar Duo. These represent new contributions to the guitar duo repertoire, carrying on the creative lineage of Ida Presti.

Internationally renowned for their dynamism, innovation and breathtaking virtuosity the Eden Stell Guitar Duohave ‘breathed new life into the world of the classical guitar’ (Rotterdam Dagblad). The duo were the first guitarists since Julian Bream to be Editor’s Choice in Gramophone magazine with their ‘landmark recording’ of works by Stephen Dodgson. They have recorded 7 CDs to date on BSG, Hannsler Classics, and Docker labels, and are dedicatees of new works by Internationally acclaimed composers Stephen Dodgson, Adam Gorb, Dusan Bogdanovic, Gary Ryan, and Johannes Moller. They are also artistic directors of the Winchester Guitar Festival and the hugely popular World Youth Guitar Festival, the only classical guitar festival in the world dedicated to young players with over 200 students attending from over 15 countries as far afield as the USA and Australia.

Ida (DXL 1203) Digital Booklet

Catalogue No: DXL1203

Title: IDA

Artists: Eden Stell Guitar Duo

Barcode: 0666283120325

Playing Time: 54:02

UK Release: 20th September 2024

UK Distribution: RSK, Tel: 01488 608900

Packaging: 1CD, Digipak; Box 35

Track List:

Ida Presti (1924-1967)

1. Étude fantasque(7:06)

Andre Jolivet (1905-1974)

Serenade

2. Preludio e canzon (2:59)

3. Allegro trepidante (3:09)

4. Andante melinconico (3:10)

5. Con allegria (2:35)

Daniel Lesur (1908-2002)

6. Élégie.(4:57)

Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895-1968)

Prelude and Fuga elegiaca

7. Prelude(1:45)

8. Fuga(2:58)

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Concerto in D minorafter Marcello(BWV 974)

9. Andante e spiccato(3:08)

10. Adagio(4:30)

11. Presto(3:15)

Johannes Möller (1981-)

12. …when buds are breaking(14:27)

“Like a miraculous singleguitarist blessed with an impossibly wonderful technique and an exceptionally delicate touch.”

-The Observer