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TEHRAN – U.S-based Iranian guitarist Lily Afshar’s latest album “Bitter and Sweet”, featuring Vladislav Uspensky’s “Musical Sketches” on Pushkin’s Eugene Onegin, has been released by Mahur Publications in Iran.
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TEHRAN – U.S-based Iranian guitarist Lily Afshar’s latest album “Bitter and Sweet”, featuring Vladislav Uspensky’s “Musical Sketches” on Pushkin’s Eugene Onegin, has been released by Mahur Publications in Iran.
The album was previously released in the United States and the UK under the title “Musica da Camera”.
When Lily Afshar learned that Vladislav Uspensky’s “Musical Sketches” on Pushkin’s Eugene Onegin had never been released, she became a guitarist on a mission.
“The inspiration for this recording began with my curiosity of Uspensky’s ‘Musical Sketches’ on Pushkin’s Eugene Onegin,” Afshar said on her website.
“The fact that it is based on Pushkin’s novel and the unique instrumentation for eight musicians – drums, bass, clarinet and strings with guitar – intrigued me.
“Knowing the story and listening to the programmatic piece clearly explains the character of the hero and heroines created by both Pushkin and Uspensky while blending the 19th Century with the 20th,” she said.
The album closes with a spirited live recording of “Histoire du Tango” for guitar and violin by Astor Piazzolla, performed with violinist Joy Wiener at the Buckman Performing Arts Center in Memphis.
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