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Barry Tone​’​s Fantastic Adventure

by Donald Bousted

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Choan Donald Bousted's sensitive playing is in this occasion to the baritone ukulele. In this album he premieres many new pieces by contemporary composers and renders beautifully some works original for renaissance guitar. Delightful in every aspect!

As of today, I'm calling Martin Bright's Nocturne: Snow Spruces my favourite track, although I must say I'm also in love with Isbin's suite, and... you know, those pieces by Gálvez ;)

Check Barry Tone's Fantastic Adventure, it's absolutely worth it! Favorite track: Nocturne: Snow Spruces.
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When Barry Tone started playing the ukulele he had never heard of the baritone. He was vaguely aware of a 17th century instrument which had a similar name which was played by his distant cousin but that was it. When he first heard one, played one, it was the sound that did for him – as if the vibration of the strings were connected to the bones in his body. In this recording there are two baritone instruments; a large instrument made by Pono, called a baritone/guitar because it has a body the size of a small elephant and a ‘standard’ baritone made in Canada by Heidi Litke of Red Sands. The former is tuned in the usual way: D G B E, exactly the same as the top four strings as a guitar; the latter is tuned in fifths C, G, D, A, exactly the same as a viola. Barry’s journey starts in Ancient Greece, travels to a small village in Spain, fleetingly appears in Bruge, Belgium and then flits about in Paris with day trips to Köthen and a Norwegian pine forest. This is Barry’s fantastic adventure. He’d like to thank his friend Celia for joining him on the ride.

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released October 24, 2021

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Donald Bousted benefitted from some excellent teaching, studying the guitar with Thomas Hartmann, the lute with Christopher Wilson and early music with Peter Holman and Ian Gammie. Later, he took further guitar lessons with Antonio Albanes and Oliver Hunt privately. In 2017, he discovered the classical ukulele and it seemed to bring many of his interests together. Sadly Donald passed in 2021. ... more

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