David Leisner

Cuando el guitarrista John Olson y la soprano Gioia De Cari me pidieron que escribiera una pieza para ellos, pensé en escribir algo teatral que encajara especialmente con Gioia, que es cantante y actr...

Experience a groundbreaking masterpiece of contemporary music in a captivating new sonic setting: "Violin Solo Music" from Philip Glass's epochal opera Einstein On The Beach, presented here in an exce...

Internationally renowned classical guitarist David Leisner plays a live concert program with some pieces that are well-known and others that may be new to guitarists. One of the discoveries is the Son...

SONATA FOR GUITAR

Flute and guitar duo; along with string quartet; perform three movements based on Sephardic folk songs. The common theme is love just out of reach: the sad hope of finding love; the unrequited love fo...

Commissioned by Symphony Space; Ghosting is a concert work written for the impressive Brazil Guitar Duo by David Leisner; a master guitarist himself. Leisner says; 'The work begins and ends with harmo...

For 4 Guitars. Score and parts. Composed 1988. Duration 23:00.

For Violin and Guitar

Leisner has created masterful guitar accompaniments well-suited to the vocal lines of the famous De Falla vocal cycle. The seven songs (El Pano Moruno; Seguidilla murciana; Asturiana; Jota; Nana; Canc...

Discover "Trittico", published by the renowned Doberman edition, a captivating piece of chamber music that delights with its extraordinary and colorful instrumentation. In this work, the radiant virtu...

Leisner works wonders with just a baritone voice and a cello. Using a compositional style that has come upon him over the years; he has created a cycle of five songs of varied moods; based upon a Germ...

Contents: Beauty / Exultation / Humility / Letter / Madness / Simplicity.

Composed for fellow guitarist Ben Verdery; David Leisner's Four Pieces delight and captivate with his characteristic explorations of fascinating colors; unusual scales; mystic poetic images; whiffs of...

'It is a brilliant piece; combining modern compositional elements with lucid and dramatic structures. Leisner's exploitation of timbres and ranges of the instruments is very inventive. Guitarists who...

For Violin (or Flute) and Guitar

Fidelity is Leisner's contemplation of a long-term monogamous relationship; built upon eight selected poems which reflect various aspects. The cycle imparts a range of moods and styles; and the accomp...