The name of Vladimir Ivanovich Morkov (1801–1864) is known only to those Western listeners who have been faithfully following the recent revival of the Russian seven-string guitar. But even in the context outside of the Russian guitar, Morkov stands out as a musician, music critic, composer, arranger, and pedagogue of the highest order. It is rather that the disappearance of the Russian seven-string after the 1917 October Revolution let the world almost completely forget this exceptional scholar and artist. THE CZAR’S GUITARS consist of Oleg Timofeyev, the world’s renowned expert on the Russian guitar tradition and John Schneiderman, the critically acclaimed virtuoso of plucked instruments (Baroque lute, European and Russian guitars).. Innhold: Bertini, Henri Etude in C major (arr. Vladimir Morkov) Etude in E minor (arr. Vladimir Morkov) Carcassi, Matteo Etude in C minor (arr. Vladimir Morkov) Dargomizhsky, Alexander Sixteen Years (arr. Vladimir Morkov) Glinka, Mikhail Ruslan and Lyudmila, op.5 » I am sad, my dear father (arr. Vladimir Morkov) Tell me, Maiden (arr. Vladimir Morkov) Jungmann, Albert Nostalgia for the Motherland (arr. Vladimir Morkov) Kochubei, Elizaveta Tell Her (arr. Vladimir Morkov) Mertz, Johann Kaspar Agathe (nocturne) (arr. Vladimir Morkov) Morkov, Vladimir A Tyrolean Waltz Andalusian Jota Andante from Rossini's 'Otello' Cavatina from Rossini's 'Il barbiere di Siviglia' Divertissement 1 Divertissement 2 Divertissement 3 Fantasia from Glinka's 'A Life for the Tsar' Fragments (5) from Pergolesi's 'Stabat mater' Preludes (10) for 2 guitars Theme and Variation (Haydn) Variations on 'Carnival of Venice' Variations on a theme from Bellini's 'I Capuleti e i Montecchi' Variations on a theme from Bellini's 'Il pirata' Zapateado Richards, Brinley Marie (nocturne) (arr. Vladimir Morkov) Rubinstein, Anton Piano Trio no.1 in F major, op.15 no.1 » Andante (arr. Vladimir Morkov) Sor, Fernando Etude in C major (arr. Vladimir Morkov) Varlamov, Alexander Angel (arr. Vladimir Morkov)