Classical: Traveling Sonata

Traveling coverGRAMMY NOMINATED ABLUM!  Featuring guitarist Jeremy Jouve, this CD features European music for flute and guitar.  Recorded with the Grammy winning engineer Keith O. Johnson for Reference Recordings at Skywalker Sound Studios.

EUROPEAN MUSIC FOR FLUTE & GUITAR

An adventurous program of European masterworks for flute and guitar, from scintillating young artists VIVIANA GUZMÁN and JEREMY JOUVE. Their outstanding performances have been captured brilliantly by Grammy®-winning recording engineer Keith O. Johnson. A winner for all audiophiles and music lovers! This album is a musical journey full of emotion, from the soothing and mellow music of Faure and Satie to the driving excitement of “Bolero” and “Carmen,” to the thrilling modern music of Dyens, Duplessy and Ourkouzounov

“Chilean-born flutist Viviana Guzman and French guitarist Jeremy Jouve present a rewarding disc, full of beautiful music, performed with care and affection. The programme combines a few transcriptions of classical pieces with new works that are attractive and merit attention… The recording quality is very good, setting a good balance between the two instruments and catching their voices clearly.” –Oleg Ledeniov,musicweb-international.com

“The first six tracks present some of the best-loved works from France…The artistry of Guzman and Jouve are palpable and a delight to experience…While the well-known tracks are very pleasing, I found the newer works for flute and guitar especially exciting.” –Tess Miller, Flutist Quarterly

 

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The whole process of recording the Traveling Sonata was an amazing experience for me mainly because Jeremy Jouve is such a musical and exquisite guitarist.  He made the whole process a complete joy because making music with master musicians, for me, rates as one of life’s peak experiences.  We got together and rehearsed every day for 6 hours every day for a week before performing a couple concerts in the Bay Area.  Then we hit the studio.  But this wasn’t just any old studio, we recorded in the world’s top recording studio, George Lucas’ Skywalker Sound, the sound stage where all the Star Wars movies were recorded.  I have recorded a few albums here, but this experience of recording with Grammy Winning Engineer, Keith O. Johnson, was extra special.  It was a true honor to have been able to record in this space, with the inspiring rolling hills outside, with Jeremy as my musical partner and with Keith as our star engineer.  Life is so perfect sometimes!  We were invited to spend the night on the premises in the delightful Inn at Skywalker.  The whole weekend was such a treat.  The album was recently released and immediately it became San Francisco classical radio station KDFC’s “CD of the Week” along with Lang Lang and Alison Balsom.  Reference Recordings label is so easy to work with.  They have been a perfect partner, super dedicated and magnanimous.

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Traveling Sonata Back Cover

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KPFA Interview Viviana Guzman & Jeremy Jouve

KPFA Interview Viviana Guzman & Jeremy Jouve