Vladimir Gapontsev

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29 Mrz 2020
Falling into the Green Abyss for guitar solo.
Falling into the Green Abyss for guitar solo is my suite written  in 2013 after a painting by Italian artist  Giulio Aristide Sartorio (1862). The subject is an eternal motif of catabasis - in this case going deep inside the abyss of green water to save a beloved mermaid. Sartorio was deeply impressed by the Green Grotto of Italian island of Capri and pictures this marvel here.  The suite has 6 movements though sometimes I perform only 3 of them. I. The siren's call. II. ...