Lachrimae Evgeni Finkelstein

• 1 Sonata in F-Dur. Arpeggio 01:57
• 2 Sonata in F-Dur. Alemanda 04:17
• 3 Sonata in F-Dur. Giga 02:22
• 4 Sonata in F-Dur. Sarabanda 02:56
• 5 Sonata in F-Dur. Minuet 00:59
• 6 Lachrimae 04:13
• 7 Captain Digorie Piper’s Galliarde 01:54
• 8 Sir John Smith, His Almain 02:28
• 9 Preludium 01:20
• 10 The Most Sacred Queen Elizabeth, Her Galliarde 02:01
• 11 Mr. John Langton’s Pavan 05:26
• 12 Prelude 01:09
• 13 Allemande „La Conversation“ 03:39
• 14 Courante 01:18
• 15 Sarabande 02:06
• 16 Gigue 01:36
• 17 Moderato 03:30
• 18 Mosso 01:50
• 19 Cantabile 03:48
• 20 Presto 03:59
• Total Runtime 52:48

Info for Lachrimae

Evgeni Finkelstein is an outstanding Russian master of classical guitar. His playing is marked by wonderful sound, extraordinary finesse and intense musical expression. These qualities are coupled with a brilliant technique to fascinate the listener. On a previous album ‘The Fall of Birds’ he won critical acclaim in the Classical Guitar magazine.

“Finkelstein has a gorgeous tone and is scrupulous in his attention to detail; however, as did Segovia before him, he tends to dwell on certain tones for the sheer pleasure of their sound.” (GRAMOPHONE)

Jewgenij Finkelstein
was born in Moscow in 1972. He was eleven years old when he began his first lessons with famous Russian guitarist Alexander Frauchi.

In 1987 Evgeni entered the Russian Musical College. His teacher there was the famous composer and guitarist Nikita Koshkin. In 1991 he passed the exams and enrolled in the Russian Gnesins Academy of music, where Evgeni attended professor Frauchis classes. He attracted the attention of Koshkin and Frauchi who were prominent in supporting his development. From 1996 till 1997 Evgeni took lessons from the outstanding teacher – Kamill Arturovich Frauchi.

1995 – prizewinner of the first Moscow international classical guitar competition 1995 – prizewinner of the 4-th classical guitar competition «Guitar in Russia» (in Woronezh) 1996 – the prizewinner of the international classical guitar competition «Printemps de la Guitar» in Belgium

Evgeni plays many concerts in Russia, in the past Soviet Union, in Great Britain, in Germany, in Austria and in other European countries. Since 1993 E. Finkelstein teaches at the high school – at the State Classical Academy in Moscow. He became a professor of Academy in 2010. Many of his students became prizewinners of the classical guitar competitions.

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