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William Anderson Hausmusik
New Classical,    Innova 310    CD   15

20th Century chamber (guitar) music for the home See One Sheet
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Ernst Krenek Jacqueline Leclair Furious Artisans
Hans Erich Apostel Jacqui Carrasco Liner Notes
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Paul Hindemith Tom Zajac  
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William Anderson    

Track Listing Header
Title Composer(s) Performer(s) Length
Sechs Musiken Hans Erich Apostel
William Anderson
Hausmusik Ernst Krenek
William Anderson
Joan Forsythe
Raj Bhimani
Tom Zajac
Jacqui Carrasco
Rondo fur Drei Gitarren Paul Hindemith
William Anderson
Danci Milton Babbitt
William Anderson
Henry's Lullaby Robert Martin
William Anderson
Three Duos Olga Gorelli
William Anderson
Marc Wolf
Guitar Variations William Anderson
William Anderson
Under the Tafelmusik Jonathan Dawe
William Anderson
Jacqui Carrasco
Jacqueline Leclair
Suite Ernst Krenek
William Anderson
One Sheet Text

Hausmusik is a collection of American and European music chamber music for the living room. Not that you couldn’t drive to it, play it in the garden, or put it in your iPod, just that it was originally designed for the parlor.

Hausmusik features classical guitarist William Anderson with his colleagues from the Cygnus Ensemble in stunning performances of 20th c. solo and chamber music. The disc opens with a splashy, irresistable rendition of Hindemith's Rondo for Three Guitars (1925).

The European works are mirrored by American ones which relate to the home (and architecture) in obvious or surprising ways --Robert Martin's exquisite little piece called Henry's Lullaby was written for Anderson's son Henry. Jon Dawe's Under the Tafelmusik takes the Hausmusik theme into surreal world that time-trips from the 17th century Baroque period to Y2K post-serialism. It is a crazy piece with great rhythmic drive.

Reviews

Fanfare

Anderson’s playing is of a high order of dexterity, virtuosity, and brilliance, and is indicative of the tremendous advances made in gutiar technique over the past four decades. Prior to that, very few guitarists would have had the skill to even begin to play such demanding works....Guitar aficionados are strongly advised not to miss it.
by David Denton

New York Times

first rate
by Bernard Holland

New Music Connoisseur

William Anderson is one of our finest guitar players.
by Leo Kraft

Princeton Packet

Performed with warmth tenderness and strength by Mr. Anderson. ...Mr. Anderson soared over the different challenges presented by a difficult, contrapuntally complex solo guitar work by Milton Babbitt. He danced over the virtuosic combinations of rhythms and pitches, at the same time communicating a strong, long-phrased emotional gesture.
by Graham McKinley