Duo Sempre represents a duo of two guitarists, winners of numerous guitar competitions Arsen Asanov and Dariya Panasevych. Their performances are characterizing by a high sensitivity, expressiveness and clearness of musical images. Nowadays they are focused on the creation of a new repertoire by transcribing baroque, classical and contemporary masterpieces like clavier music of J.P.Rameau, D.Scarlatti, piano music by C. Debussy, A. Ginastera etc. At the same time, they have a full program composed out of highlights of original guitar duo repertoire, a heritage of such great composers as N. Coste, M. Castelnuovo-Tedesco, L. Brouwer, S. Assad etc. Almost every concert program includes own compositions and it becomes a feature of the Duo.
The first CD "Seven Rings" was recorded at the "Ton- und Video-Studio" in Salzburg and was released in 2014.
The new CD "Dramatique", dedicated to Harpsichord music of the 18th century, was recorded at "Hochschule für Musik und Theater" in Hamburg and released by Aliso Records in 2018.
Duo Sempre represents a duo of two guitarists, winners of numerous guitar competitions Arsen Asanov and Dariya Panasevych. Their performances are characterizing by a high sensitivity, expressiveness and clearness of musical images. Nowadays they are focused on the creation of a new repertoire by transcribing baroque, classical and contemporary masterpieces like clavier music of J.P.Rameau, D.Scarlatti, piano music by C. Debussy, A. Ginastera etc. At the same time, they have a full program composed out of highlights of original guitar duo repertoire, a heritage of such great composers as N. Coste, M. Castelnuovo-Tedesco, L. Brouwer, S. Assad etc. Almost every concert program includes own compositions and it becomes a feature of the Duo.
Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683 – 1764) was born in Dijon two years before the births of Bach, Scarlatti and Handel. He is probably best known for his operas, but also wrote chamber music and over 60 works for harpsichord. These keyboard compositions, which he wrote between 1706 and 1728 and spread over three volumes, differ greatly from the style of his contemporaries. Rameau’s intellectualism and technical brilliance of composition, allied with passion and tenderness combine, in his words, to produce ‘true music… the language of the heart’. This disc features pieces from three of the four suites Rameau wrote for the harpsichord. I have selected these to illustrate Rameau’s extraordinary talent in descriptive, innovative and often virtuosic writing, and to show how the piano can enhance the works through singing tone and tonal nuance. (Virginia Black)