Dreams & Fancies: English Music for Solo Guitar

Listen on Presto Music. Free thirty day trial. Find out more.

Shibe performs with superb artistry some of the now classics that Bream inspired...Prime in any such catalogue is Britten's 1963 Nocturnal after John Dowland, and Shibe gathers the listener into... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2017, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 21st Jul 2017
Catalogue No: DCD34193
Label: Delphian
Length: 66 minutes

Gramophone Magazine

September 2017

Editor's Choice
BBC Music Magazine

October 2017

Instrumental Choice
Presto Recordings of the Year

Finalist 2017
BBC Music Magazine Awards

2018

Finalist - Instrumental

Usually despatched in 3 - 4 working days

Delphian

Special offer ends: 08/05/2024

This release includes a digital booklet

Delphian

Special offer ends: 08/05/2024

Walton: Five Bagatelles for solo guitar

Work length13:56

$5.00

$7.00

$8.75

Sean Shibe (guitar)
Recorded: 20-21 December 2016
Recording Venue: Crichton Collegiate Church, Midlothian, UK

No. 1, Allegro

Track length4:12

$1.00

$1.40

$1.75

No. 2, Lento

Track length3:06

$1.00

$1.40

$1.75

No. 3, Alla cubana

Track length2:28

$1.00

$1.40

$1.75

No. 4, Sempre espressivo

Track length1:47

$1.00

$1.40

$1.75

No. 5, Con slancio

Track length2:23

$1.00

$1.40

$1.75

Berkeley, L: Sonatina for Guitar, Op. 52, No. 1

Work length13:05

$3.00

$4.20

$5.25

Sean Shibe (guitar)
Recorded: 7-8 February 2017
Recording Venue: Crichton Collegiate Church, Midlothian, UK

I. Allegretto

Track length5:29

$1.00

$1.40

$1.75

II. Lento

Track length3:59

$1.00

$1.40

$1.75

III. Rondo. Allegro non troppo

Track length3:37

$1.00

$1.40

$1.75

Dowland: Praeludium, P. 98

Work length1:21

$1.00

$1.40

$1.75

Sean Shibe (guitar)

Dowland: Forlorn Hope Fancy, P. 2

Work length4:01

$1.00

$1.40

$1.75

Sean Shibe (guitar)

Dowland: Fantasia in G Major, P. 1

Work length4:17

$1.00

$1.40

$1.75

Sean Shibe (guitar)

Arnold: Fantasy for Guitar, Op. 107

Work length12:00

$7.00

$9.80

$12.25

Sean Shibe (guitar)
Recorded: 7-8 February 2017
Recording Venue: Crichton Collegiate Church, Midlothian, UK

I. Prelude

Track length1:21

$1.00

$1.40

$1.75

II. Scherzo

Track length2:52

$1.00

$1.40

$1.75

III. Arietta I

Track length2:03

$1.00

$1.40

$1.75

IV. Fughetta

Track length1:11

$1.00

$1.40

$1.75

V. Arietta II

Track length1:40

$1.00

$1.40

$1.75

VI. March

Track length1:41

$1.00

$1.40

$1.75

VII. Postlude

Track length1:12

$1.00

$1.40

$1.75

Britten: Nocturnal after John Dowland, Op. 70

Work length17:35

$9.00

$12.60

$15.75

Sean Shibe (guitar)
Recorded: 20-21 December 2016
Recording Venue: Crichton Collegiate Church, Midlothian, UK

I. Musingly

Track length2:15

$1.00

$1.40

$1.75

II. Very Agitated

Track length0:47

$1.00

$1.40

$1.75

III. Restless

Track length1:26

$1.00

$1.40

$1.75

IV. Uneasy

Track length1:21

$1.00

$1.40

$1.75

V. March-Like

Track length1:31

$1.00

$1.40

$1.75

VI. Dreaming

Track length1:51

$1.00

$1.40

$1.75

VII. Gently Rocking

Track length1:11

$1.00

$1.40

$1.75

VIII. Passacaglia

Track length4:34

$1.00

$1.40

$1.75

IX. Slow & Quiet

Track length2:39

$1.00

$1.40

$1.75

About
Reviews
Explore

About

Interview, Sean Shibe on Dreams & Fancies

11th July 2017

David talks to the guitarist about his debut disc of English music for guitar, out on July 21st on Delphian.

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.’ Born in Edinburgh, in 2012 Shibe 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 (London) in 2015.

Reviews

October 2017

Shibe performs with superb artistry some of the now classics that Bream inspired...Prime in any such catalogue is Britten's 1963 Nocturnal after John Dowland, and Shibe gathers the listener into its unsettling, fantastical soundworld with an intensity that combines gracefulness and threat with rapier skill...[Shibe] movingly navigates that peculiarly English fine line between whimsy and melancholic vision.

23rd July 2017

Shibe is another Bream, or something close. His playing unites finesse and poetry, and beautifully suggests a continuity of idiom.

The Herald (Glasgow) July 2017

Everything here is rich in melody and Shibe is as articulate a virtuoso as Bream, communicating the precision of these intimate chamber pieces with real passion ... unmissable.

Classical Music August 2017

Shibe has already secured a formidable reputation in both concert and on record. This latest disc plays very much to his strengths: the technical challenges thrown at him (by non-player composers) are easily surmounted, and his sound is beautifully captured.

Classical Ear 11th August 2017

the association with [Bream is] wholly flattering to the 25-year-old Shibe, who reveals himself here as a musician of considerable intelligence possessed of impressive technical resources. He proves himself nimble and well-proportioned in William Walton’s Five Bagatelles.

Record Review 16th Saeptember 2017

It's not often a guitar recital leaves me slightly stunned, but this one did. Just listen to the sound, the way Shibe changes the colour even during a phrase...If you only by one guitar recital this year - it's called Dreams & Fancies.

Offer,Dreams & Fancies: English Music for Solo Guitar

CD

Downloads

Contents

Interview, Sean Shibe on Dreams & Fancies

Download queue