Release Date: 26 September 2025
Label: Atma Classique
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 722056288323
Genres: Classical Chamber Music
Composer/Series: Empty Houses
Description
The Canadian Guitar Quartet (CGQ) presents their new album Empty Houses on ATMA Classique.
Over their 26 year career, the CGQ has remained committed to its core mission: chamber music at its highest level, presenting a robust mix of classical masterworks in clever new arrangements alongside bold original works for guitar quartet--most often penned by past and present members of the ensemble.
The Canadian Guitar Quartet's mission is reflected in Empty Houses, an album bringing together transcriptions of works by Johann Sebastian Bach and Mozart, a contemporary work by Olga Amelkina Vera and two works by former group members: Empty Houses by Renaud Cote-Giguere, and Prologue, fougue et allegro trepidant by CGQ founding member Patrick Roux.
To wrap up the album, Louis Trepanier, a founding member still involved with the ensemble, takes us into the rhythms of Bossa Nova with Areias Brancas, Orfeu Negro (White Sands, Black Orpheus), featuring famous themes from the movie soundtrack for Orfeu Negro. Since its debut in 1999, the Canadian Guitar Quartet has performed on three continents, going from one standing ovation to the next, and established a reputation as one of the finest guitar ensembles in the world.
Tracklisting
Paramirabo ensemble; Marie-Annick Beliveau; Jean-Michael Lavoie
Christopher Palameta; Notturna Ensemble
Adam Cicchillitti; Denis Plante; Orchestre classique de Montreal; Jean-Marie Zeitouni
Esteban La Rotta
Andre Moisan; Olivier Thouin; Lizann Gervais; Charles Pilon; Sylvain Murray; Andrew Goodlett; John
Nadia Labrie; Jonathan Turgeon; Dominic Girard; Bernard Riche; Hugo Larenas
Margaret Little; Christophe Gauthier
Louise Bessette; Cameron Crozman; Dominic Desautels; Mark Lee
Plamena Nikitassova; Les Elemens
Patrick Him, Kirsten Docter, Shuai Want, John Diodati, Paul Vaillancourt, Catherine Ramirez, Jennet
Nicolas Altstaedt; Ian Bostridge; Olli Mustonen
Leipziger Streichquartett
Giovanni Sollima; Il Pomo d'Oro; Vanni Moretto
Georg Nigl; Alexander Gergelyfi
Ganassi Consort
Anna Besson; A Nocte Temporis; Louis Creac'h; Manuela Bucher; Ronan Kernoa
