Peder Riis, leader of The Stockholm Guitar Quartet, is presented here in a solo recording, using a conventional clasical guitar and Georg Bolin's alto and bass guitars.
Works by:
Bach; Suite No.2 in C-minor BWV 997,
Villa Lobos; Prelude No.5, Etude No.8, Mazurka-Choro,
Turina; Homage a Tarrega,
Weiss; Tombeau, Chaconne, Fantasie.

"You are unlikely to ever hear the so-called Lute Suite No.2 (Bach) better played than it is here, an experience itself worth the price of the disc. Tonal beauty, technical perfection and stylistic felicity are allied to an unusually fine sense of purpose in phrasing" (Classical Guitar)

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685-1750) Suite No.2 in C-minor BWV 997   1. Prelude       2'58   2. Fugue       7'40   3. Sarabande       6'00   4. Gigue       1'54   5. Double       2'05 HEITOR VILLA LOBOS (1887-1959)   6. Prelude No.5       4'30   7. Etude No.8       3'14   8. Mazurka-Choro       4'00 JOAQUIN TURINA (1882-1949) Hommage a Tarrega   9. Garrotin       2'19 10. Soleares       2'10 SYLVIUS LEOPOLD WEISS (1686-1750) 11. Tombeau sur la Morte de M. Conte de Logy       6'07 12. Chaconne       4'51 13. Fantasie       2'38 The works are performed on the following instruments: The Suite No.2 by Bach and the Chaconne and Fantasie by Weiss; 11 -stringed alto guitar (Georg Bolin, Stockholm 1975) The Tombeau by Weiss: 11 -stringed contra guitar (Georg Bolin, Stockholm 1974) Villa Lobos and Turina; 6-stringed guitar (Lars Jonsson, Dalaro 1981)