Dreams & Fancies Sean Shibe

• William Walton (1902-1983): 5 Bagatelles:
• 15 Bagatelles: No. 1, Allegro04:12
• 25 Bagatelles: No. 2, Lento03:06
• 35 Bagatelles: No. 3, Alla cubana02:28
• 45 Bagatelles: No. 4, Sempre espressivo01:47
• 55 Bagatelles: No. 5, Con slancio02:23
• Lennox Berkeley (1903-1989): Guitar Sonatina, Op. 52, No. 1:
• 6Guitar Sonatina, Op. 52, No. 1: I. Allegretto05:29
• 7Guitar Sonatina, Op. 52, No. 1: II. Lento03:59
• 8Guitar Sonatina, Op. 52, No. 1: III. Rondo. Allegro non troppo03:37
• John Dowland (1563-1626):
• 9Praeludium, P. 9801:21
• 10Forlorn Hope Fancy, P. 204:01
• 11Fantasia in G Major, P. 104:17
• Malcolm Arnold (1921-2006): Fantasy, Op. 107:
• 12Fantasy, Op. 107: I. Prelude01:21
• 13Fantasy, Op. 107: II. Scherzo02:52
• 14Fantasy, Op. 107: III. Arietta I02:03
• 15Fantasy, Op. 107: IV. Fughetta01:11
• 16Fantasy, Op. 107: V. Arietta II01:40
• 17Fantasy, Op. 107: VI. March01:41
• 18Fantasy, Op. 107: VII. Postlude01:12
• Benjamin Britten (1913-1976): Nocturnal After John Dowland (Reflections on "Come, Heavy Sleep"), Op. 70:
• 19Nocturnal After John Dowland (Reflections on "Come, Heavy Sleep"), Op. 70: I. Musingly02:15
• 20Nocturnal After John Dowland (Reflections on "Come, Heavy Sleep"), Op. 70: II. Very Agitated00:47
• 21Nocturnal After John Dowland (Reflections on "Come, Heavy Sleep"), Op. 70: III. Restless01:26
• 22Nocturnal After John Dowland (Reflections on "Come, Heavy Sleep"), Op. 70: IV. Uneasy01:21
• 23Nocturnal After John Dowland (Reflections on "Come, Heavy Sleep"), Op. 70: V. March-Like01:31
• 24Nocturnal After John Dowland (Reflections on "Come, Heavy Sleep"), Op. 70: VI. Dreaming01:51
• 25Nocturnal After John Dowland (Reflections on "Come, Heavy Sleep"), Op. 70: VII. Gently Rocking01:11
• 26Nocturnal After John Dowland (Reflections on "Come, Heavy Sleep"), Op. 70: VIII. Passacaglia04:34
• 27Nocturnal After John Dowland (Reflections on "Come, Heavy Sleep"), Op. 70: IX. Slow & Quiet02:39
• Total Runtime01:06:15

Info for Dreams & Fancies

Barely half a century ago, the guitar was such a rarity in the concert hall that even an outstanding player like Julian Bream was remarkable as a pioneer as much as for his exceptional technique and musicality. Today, by contrast, the field is richly populated – thanks not only to Bream’s own inspiring example to younger players but also to the vastly increased repertoire, so much of which he also instigated.

Yet even in this new heyday for the instrument, Sean Shibe – whose full album debut here nests among four of those Bream-commissioned works a clutch of Dowland pieces from a previous Elizabethan Golden Age – stands out as a truly uncommon talent. ‘I want to hear his interpretation of Britten’s Nocturnal over and over,’ wrote David Nice in an awed recent concert review. ‘This, for me, is the definitive performance.’

Sean Shibe, classical guitar

Sean Shibe
Born in Edinburgh in 1992 of English and Japanese heritage, Sean studied at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, and currently with the inspirational Paolo Pegoraro in Italy.

In 2012 he became the first guitarist to be selected for the BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists scheme, and the only solo guitarist to be awarded a Borletti-Buitoni Trust Fellowship. He was selected by Young Classical Artists Trust in 2015.

Over the last year Sean has given recitals at Wigmore Hall, the Heidelberger-Frühling, Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Bath International, Cambridge Summer and Aldeburgh Festivals. He returned to the Marlboro Summer Music Festival & Academy in the USA (on the invitation of Mitsuko Uchida), recorded solo works by Sir Peter Maxwell Davies for Linn Records as part of a Scottish Chamber Orchestra disc, and was the featured cover disc for BBC Music Magazine.

Engagements during 2016/17 include recitals at Wigmore Hall, Saffron Hall, the Three Palaces Festival in Malta, the Cumnock Tryst, Northern Chords and Newbury Spring Festivals, and a tour of China. He also brings together acoustic and electric guitars; ancient and modern traditions in his new project softLOUD, which premieres at the East Neuk Festival, followed by a week’s residency at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Earlier this year he recorded a CD of English music for Delphian due for release shortly. Future plans include debut concerts in Tokyo and Nagoya.

As a concerto soloist Sean has appeared with the BBC Scottish Symphony, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, BBC National Orchestra of Wales and BBC Symphony Orchestras performing Rodrigo’s Concierto de Aranjuez and Fantasía para un Gentilhombre, the Malcolm Arnold and Villa-Lobos Concertos, and recording Takemitsu’s To the Edge of Dream.

Drawn to chamber music and song, Sean has collaborated with the BBC Singers, Danish String Quartet, cellist Isang Enders, harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani and singers Ben Johnson, Robert Murray and Robert Tritschler.

His awards include the Royal Over-Seas League First Prize and Gold Medal (2011), Ivor Mairants Guitar Award (2009), a Dewar Arts and D’Addarrio endorsement. He is grateful for support from the Hattori Trust.

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