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Guitarist Steven Dearing

classical guitarist Steven Dearing's CD coverUniversity of Windsor Classical Guitar Instructor Steven Dearing released his first solo CD titled “July Recital” in December. Recorded July 16, 2010 and released 12/12/2010, this is Steven’s first solo CD following three previous albums with his wife, flutist and soprano Abha Dearing. Together they form the Dearing Concert Duo.

 
Steven's new CD features guitar works of the Twentieth Century including Libre Sonatine by Dyens, Berkeley’s Theme and Variations, Tansman’s Cavatina, a Theme and Variations by Ponce based on a theme of Paganini, and Torroba’s Suite Castellana.
 
Click here to read David Wallace’s feature article about Steven Dearing and his new CD in Metro Detroit's C & G Magazine
 
Click here  to read Stacy Jenkins article "The journey continues" in the January 30/11 online Observer newspaper "Hometown Life".
 
Here is the link to Steven’s website: http://stevendearing.com/
 
Review in Sunday, Feb. 6, 2011 Detroit Free Press
Michigan-based guitarist Steven Dearing has made several recordings as part of the Dearing Concert Duo with his wife, soprano and flutist Abha Dearing, but "July Recital" ( * * *, stevendearing.com) is his first solo CD. It's a rewarding set consisting mostly of engaging 20th-Century and contemporary works played with charismatic musicianship and clean technique. The three-movement "Libra Sonatine" by the French composer Roland Dyens (born 1955) stands out for its rhythmic invention -- the opening "India" swirls through a string of snappy meter changes -- and a richly lyrical melodic-harmonic language that leaves the scent of jazz improvisation in the air.

Elsewhere, the "Cavatina" by Polish composer Alexandre Tansman (1897-1986) meanders through a neoclassical landscape and the 20th-Century Spaniard Federico Moreno Torroba's "Suite Castellana" seduces through Mediterranean color and perfume.

Contact MARK STRYKER at 313-222-6459 or mstryker@freepress.com .