In a wide-ranging review, Constantine P. Carambelas-Sgourdas offers high praise for guitar virtuoso Smaro Gregoriadou’s fourth Delos album, A Healing Fire, featuring works by Bach, Britten, Gubaidulina and Hetu.
“The distinguished guitarist Smaro Gregoriadou is a special case among classical guitarists, in that she never stops exploring new sonic and technical possibilities of her instrument due to her inexhaustible love for research… In Britten’s Nocturnal, Gregoriadou handles the rhythmic alternations and harmonic transformations of the parts in full attention, while she never fails to underline the distinctive character of each one. … Gregoriadou (listens) to the subtlety of Hétu’s gentle thoughts, and colors every musical phrase with sensual pervasiveness… In Sofia Gubaidulina’s Serenade, Gregoriadou offers a reading that gains in atmospheric disposition and lyricism. A disc of psychic stimulation, a suggestion for hope.”
—Constantine P. Carambelas-Sgourdas, Critics’ Point
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