LA MUSICA silent tunes for guitar – compositions by Peter Meier
49:07 min.
recorded 1993 by Günter Pauler (Stockfisch Records), re-released December 2015 by MULI Records
” …The amazing thing about Peter Meier’s compositions is that they suggest to the listener that there is someone at work who has all the time in the world in his hands. The pieces on “La Musica” do not nervously pant from one crescendo to the next, but take the necessary time to strive poco a poco towards their climax. Mind you: Meier does not make music at all, slowly but thoroughly! His compositions resemble tightly woven textures in which one can lose oneself and feel at ease…” (Acoustic Guitar)
“Delightful and cheerful stuff! Peter Meier is a highly competent player and composer – at the moment this is hardly ever off my turntable and I look forward impatiently to his next release… (Steve Marsh, Classical Guitar Magazine, London)
“…it is more about calmness, about “listening into oneself”, than about extroverted virtuosity: it is this calmness which is transmitted to the listener and which also resounds in the temperamentally arranged pieces. Sometimes one feels reminded of David Qualey, but on the whole it remains unmistakably Peter Meier – who goes his own way…” (Staccato)
