NEW ALBUM
Overtures & Dances
Overtures & Dances matured as a concept through years of touring and performing. Naturally, as we explored repertoire, we found pieces that resonated with audiences and had a special affinity with the quartet. These pieces tended to be ones that had a theatrical element in opera, ballet, or dance.
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The possibilities of arrangement enabled by guitar quartet add another dimension, either using the spectrum of timbral colours of the guitar like “an orchestra in miniature” (as the great Andrés Segovia used to say), or to expand the music of one piano between four guitarists to make a rich, sustaining sonority, unobtainable with fewer guitars. We believe this collection of pieces pushes the boundaries of how guitar quartet can be used, but always in a way that best serves the storytelling, lyrical beauty, and often childlike wonder of these works.
The album releases on 24th January 2024 with dutch label TRPTK.
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Mela Guitar Quartet is an award-winning classical guitar quartet based in the UK. Known for their
"collective technical brilliance and preternatural ensemble making" - Gramophone
the quartet specialise in finding eclectic programming and ingenious arranging to bring out the orchestral colours and possibilities of four guitars. Mela have released two CDs with the record label NAXOS and the self-released Pluck, Strum, Hammer!, that are available to listen and purchase on this website. We have a large catalogue of both live and artistic videos in our video section, we hope you enjoy watching them.