Plays Solo Guitar Works of Frantz Casseus

by Marc Ribot

Plays Solo Guitar Works of Frantz Casseus cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1993
  • Label: Les Disques du Cr茅puscule
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 59:07
  • Community rating: 3.9/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The acclaimed avant-garde guitarist pays heartfelt, purely acoustic tribute to the compositions of his mentor, the pioneering Haitian classical guitarist Frantz Casseus. Ribot sets aside his typical abrasive style to highlight the graceful, intricate merging of European classical forms with complex Caribbean folk rhythms.

Genres

Descriptors: chamber, strings, melodic, delicate, sophisticated

Tracklist

  1. Simbi (3:33)
  2. Rara (1:44)
  3. Prelude #2 (1:08)
  4. Haitian Suite: Petro (4:08)
  5. Haitian Suite: Yanvalloux (3:04)
  6. Haitian Suite: Mascaron (3:48)
  7. Haitian Suite: Coumbite (Merci Bon Dieu) (3:17)
  8. Prelude #1 (1:03)
  9. Merengue (1:31)
  10. Improvisation (1:35)
  11. Chanson (1:52)
  12. Congo (3:16)
  13. Dance (On Sunday) (3:17)
  14. Serenade Lointaine (2:27)
  15. Valse (4:13)
  16. Untitled (1:40)
  17. Romance (2:05)
  18. Dance of the Hounsies (2:51)
  19. Romance 1978 (1:45)
  20. Meringue Frangeul - Bonus Track (1:18)
  21. Sobo - Bonus Track (3:53)
  22. Nan Guinan - Bonus Track (5:31)

Credits

  • Frantz Casseus - composed by

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