Article by Peter Inglis, a wonderful guitarist/artist/human, reprinted from:

http://www.thewholeguitarist.com/musos/Ganjavi_Dancing-Hands.htm

Reza Ganjavi
"Dancing Hands"

Reza's second album "Dancing Hands" is subtitled "250 years of European favourites" continues his mission to connect classical music with modern listeners. He presents a series of dance oriented tunes played by Guitar, violin, viola, flute, recorder, cello and piano. Reza's wide experience of performing has given him an unerring ear for putting together good programs.

Once again Reza does a great job of making classical accessible to the masses, with his sure footed playing and fine tones.

Here are a few highlights :

TRACK 1 - Canarios - Gaspar Sanz
A lively Spanish Dance "Canarios" It opens with a series of gorgeous tones played by solo guitar. leads into the tune which is then alternatively strummed, plucked and even hammered out in chords. At about 1 min 45 seconds in Reza keeps the feel going with percussive effects on the guitar body. Up to this point we've already heard a veritable catalogue of the colours an acoustic guitar is capable of.

Cello violin and flute then join in to restate the tune with the guitar providing strummed accompaniments.

TRACK 2 - Folias - Gaspar Sanz
Guitar plays through at a steady pace, then fiddle joins in for a rousing, pulse quickening episode as the tempo pickes up.

TRACK 12 - Greensleeves Variations - This is a great arrangement which any gigging guitar - flute duo would get a lot of mileage out of. It could segue neatly into TRACK 15 - which adds viola for more variations on this 'evergreen'.