The International Solo Guitar Competition, sponsored by the Guitar Foundation of America, is one of the top events of its kind worldwide. For more than fifteen years the competition has given winning performers a headstart in their careers due to the prestigious concert tour awarded to the winner. Dimitri Illarionov is one of Russia's young generation of guitarists and has already been a laureate in a number of leading international guitar contests. He has appeared as both soloist and chamber musician across Eastern Europe as well as in Germany and Japan.

CONTENTS:

MAURO GIULIANI:
1. Grande Ouverture, op. 61

ALEXANDRE TANSMAN: Cavatina:
2. Preludio
3. Sarabande
4. Scherzino
5. Barcarolle
6. Danza pomposa

ROLAND DYENS:
7. Valse en skai

IGOR REKHIN: from 24 Preludes and Fugues for solo guitar:
8. Prelude and Fugue No. 6 in D minor
9. Prelude and Fugue No. 21 in B flat major
10. Prelude and Fugue No. 3 in D flat major

NIKITA KOSHKIN:
11. Marionette

MARIO CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO:
12. Capriccio diabolico (Hommage to Paganini)

FRANCISCO TARREGA:
13. Variations on Carnival of Venice