This is an original program including the famous first Rossiniana of Mauro Giuliani. the 'Sonata Fantasia of Frederico Moreno Torroba and two creations of the Montreal based composer Maxime McKinley.

Figures de sable was composed for Jerome Ducharme in 1998 when Maxime McKinley was still a guitar student in the class of Jean Vallieres at the Montreal Conservatory. Mandaia was composed in the winter of 2010 after Mr. Ducharme asked Mr. McKinley to compose a piece for this DVD project. The Rossiniana presents a collection of arias from various operas of the famous Italian composer Giaochino Rossini. Frederico Moreno Torroba composed few large scale instrumental pieces and in 2001, the manuscript of the Sonata Fantasia was found. This is an important addition to the major contribution of the composer to the guitar repertoire.

Mauro Giuliani
1 - Rossiniana no.1 op.119

Maxime McKinley
2 - Figures de sable

Frederico Moreno-Torroba
Sonata- Fantasia
3 - Lento. allegretto. un poco tranquilo, poco mosso
4 - Allegretto
5 - Allegro, allegro moderato. andante, allegro

Maxime McKinley
6 - Mandala

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