Celil Refik KAYA (b. 1991) Guitar Works Sketches, Vol. 1 • Sonata No. 1 • Sonatina Celil Refik Kaya, Guitar Celil Refik Kaya is a contemporary guitarist and composer in the great tradition of artists who have created their own unique contribution to the repertoire. Sonata No. 1 is characterised by various stylistic resemblances which include South and North American composers, jazz chord progressions, French impressionism and Spanish folk music, whereas the Sonatina expresses more personal emotions. Kaya’s Turkish background can be heard in his variations on the folk song Yavuz Geliyor Yavuz , which, like the Sketches , has its origins in art and music close to the composer’s heart. Key features: • Celil Refik Kaya has been a Naxos recording artist for some years now, and this new recording of his own guitar music joins acclaimed releases of works by other composers. Kaya’s first recording, Jorge Morel: Guitar Music (8.573514) was critically acclaimed in the American Record Guide in performances that are ‘just perfect’, with MusicWeb International adding that ‘the playing is splendid in every sense by one of the outstanding young virtuosos of the guitar’. • Kaya has also made acclaimed recordings for Naxos of works by Carlo Domeniconi (8.573675 and 8.574240), with ‘music- making at its highest level from a consummately creative composer and an intrepid and extremely capable performer’ ( American Record Guide ) and Agustín Barrios Mangoré (8.573898).
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Playing time: 59:26 Release date: 27 Mar 2026
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Tracklist
8 Prelude No. 1 for Guitar (2008)* Sketches, Vol. 1 (2019)* 9 No. 1. Bridge 0 No. 2. Bosporus ! No. 3. Blind Fisherman @ No. 4. Blind Fisherman’s Wife # Theme and Variations on Yavuz Geliyor Yavuz (2023)*
Guitar Sonata No. 1 in D major (2017) 1 I. Allegro moderato 2 II. Andante espressivo 3 III. Scherzo-Finale 4 From My Window (2020)* Guitar Sonatina (2012–13)*
5 I. Andante 6 II. Adagio 7 III. Allegro
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