Florian Kohlscheen - La vida breve (2024) Hi-Res

Florian Kohlscheen and Nico Graz combine their instruments guitar and bandoneon on their debut album "La vida breve", opening up impressive insights into the sound world of Spanish and South American concert music. With their program they present a selection of compositions from the late 19th and early 20th centuries (Isaa Albéniz, Manuel de Falla, Heitor Villa-Lobos, among others) as well as works by contemporary composers such as Marco Pereira, Egberto Gismonti and Quique Sinesi.

The guitar and bandoneon line-up plays a crucial role in both the Argentine tango and the music of Astor Piazzolla. In the music of Spain and South America, however, this line-up is almost unknown. Since there are no duets for both instruments outside of the tango, the extensive repertoire of the classical guitar was used for this program. All pieces were arranged by Nico Graz and Florian Kohlscheen for guitar and bandoneon and are first recordings in this line-up.

With their program “La vida breve” the musicians dedicate themselves to the concert music of Spain and South America; it includes works by three Spanish composers – Manuel de Falla, Isaac Albéniz and Enrique Granados as well as five South American composers – Quique Sinesi (Argentina), Agustín Barrios Mangoré (Paraguay), Egberto Gismonti (Brazil), Heitor Villa Lobos (Brazil) and Marco Pereira (Brazil).