New Zealand Guitar Music, Vol. 3 Gunter Herbig

• Bruce Paine (b. 1963): Sea Suite:
• 1 Sea Suite: I. Sea Life 04:28
• 2 Sea Suite: II. The Whale and the Octopus 04:06
• 3 Sea Suite: III. Dance of the Walrus 01:54
• 4 Sea Suite: IV. Shark Dream and Reprise 03:26
• Bruce Paine:
• 5 Waitematā Reverie 11:49
• 4 Māori Folk Songs:
• 6 4 Māori Folk Songs: No. 1, Hine e Hine 03:54
• 7 4 Māori Folk Songs: No. 2, Tama Ngākau Mārie Invention 05:42
• 8 4 Māori Folk Songs: No. 3, Tarakihi Invention 04:02
• 9 4 Māori Folk Songs: No. 4, Improvisation on Pōkarekare Ana 04:54
• Bruce Paine:
• 10 Oakura Chimes 10:11
• 11 Seringapatam 04:34
• Total Runtime 59:00

Info for New Zealand Guitar Music, Vol. 3

Classical guitar music has flourished in New Zealand in recent years, and Bruce Paine, among the countrys leading composers for the instrument, is one of the most imaginative and original. This album charts the course of his writing from one of his earliest pieces, the poetic, witty tone poem Sea Suite, to the recent and substantial Waitemat Reverie. Drawing on an impressionistic palette Paine conjures up chime arpeggios as well as the natural world in Oakura Chimes. The four settings of Mori folk songs were arranged expressly for this album.

Gunter Herbig, guitar

Gunter Herbig
was born in Brazil and grew up in Portugal and Germany. Influenced by such different cultures and aesthetic languages, he has developed a highly personal, charismatic and expressive style of playing and performance, which sets him apart from his contemporaries. The balance of Brazilian sensuousness, intense Portuguese passion and German intellect and finesse are the hallmark of his playing. His performance and interpretation philosophy centres on the personal and subjective approach to music as a direct way to create a connection between the composer, the performer and the audience, and focuses on a sense of musical adventure and exploration. His dynamic and expressive sense of adventure has made him an audience favourite on the concert platform wherever he goes and has solicited universal praise from critics in the international music world. In his distinguished teaching career, he led the guitar department of Auckland University for over twenty years and was the head of chamber music at the New Zealand School of Music in Wellington.

Booklet for New Zealand Guitar Music, Vol. 3