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Sometime in April | Gregory M. Pearce
Solo Classic Guitar, Baroque through Romantic period
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List Price: $15.99
Our Price: $10.99
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1. Una Vision en la Torre del Diablo Sample: Stream | MP3
2. Endecha Sample: Stream | MP3
3. Pavanne no. 6 Sample: Stream | MP3
4. Pavanne no. 3 Sample: Stream | MP3
5. Concertina in A Major Sample: Stream | MP3
6. Etude in A minor Sample: Stream | MP3
7. Concertina in D Major Sample: Stream | MP3
8. Estudio 5 Sample: Stream | MP3
9. Estudio 6 Sample: Stream | MP3
10. Andante in C Sample: Stream | MP3
11. Andantino in A minor Sample: Stream | MP3
12. Largo in E Minor Sample: Stream | MP3
13. Romanza Sample: Stream | MP3
14. Gymnopedie no. 1 Sample: Stream | MP3
15. Allegro in A Major Sample: Stream | MP3
16. Andante in D minor Sample: Stream | MP3
17. Prelude from Cello Suite Sample: Stream | MP3
18. Prelude in C Sample: Stream | MP3
19. Prelude in E minor Sample: Stream | MP3
"Though the tall, dark, devastatingly handsome guitarist Greg Pearce has yet to master certain tasks (eg, performing tricks on swinging trapezes, breakdancing, and making palatable omelets), there's no arguing with the fact that, as far as music is concerned, there's nothing this artist can't do. His debut classical CD, "Sometime in April", offers proof that his formidable skill as a musician is not limited to any particular style or genre: Rather, he makes a startlingly adept transition to classical guitar from the rock and jazz guitar-playing for which he is known and envied.
"The disc's nineteen tracks cover an impossible range of etudes and preludes from composers as varied as Bach (Prelude in C), Villa-Lobos (Prelude in E minor), Sor (Estudio in A major), Satie (Gymnopedie no. 1), Carcassi (Etude in A), and Tarrega (Una Vision en la Torre del Diablo). The ambitiousness of the featured selections may have been dangerous for other artists, but, thanks to his unique, eloquent interpretations, Pearce pulls it all elegantly off and never disappoints. The impressive quality of the disc is
magnified by close mic techniques, which capture Pearce's prowess as a live performer and make the listener feel as if s/he's sitting with him.
You'll gasp, pant, and possibly even ecstatically moan when you hear how his magic fingers strum and ever so gently pluck his guitar strings."
by Melinda Perch
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Simple Gifts | Gregory M. Pearce
Solo Classic Guitar, Holiday Music
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List Price: $17.99
Our Price: $14.99
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1. O Come All Ye Faithful Sample: Stream | MP3
2. The First Noel Sample: Stream | MP3
3. Dance of the Sugar-plum Fairy Sample: Stream | MP3
4. Hark The Herald Angels Sing Sample: Stream | MP3
5. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen Sample: Stream | MP3
6. Silent Night Sample: Stream | MP3
7. It Came Upon a Midnight Clear Sample: Stream | MP3
8. Joy To The World Sample: Stream | MP3
9. O Holy Night Sample: Stream | MP3
10. We Three Kings of Orient Are Sample: Stream | MP3
11. Winter Wonderland Sample: Stream | MP3
12. Little Town of Bethlehem Sample: Stream | MP3
Through the frost of the window and the bare boughs of an oak tree is the faint glow of a street lamp surrounded by a midnight snowfall. The all-wheel drive import from last year passing cautiously beneath its light seems a pale substitute to the beauty of the horse and carriage from yesteryear. A simple fire flickers among its fading embers and from the parlor is the subtle beauty of the sweet chiming of a nylon string guitar.
Each arrangement of these familiar Christmas classics embodied on "Simple Gifts" was carefully voiced for the classic guitar, by Gregory himself, for his closest friends and family over the past few years and now he would like to share this music with you this holiday season. You will embrace the memories of people and places in your life, past and present, as each melody and rhythm breathes the essence of what it is to be human.
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