Michael Laucke discography and filmography

Michael Laucke discography
Flamenco Road CD cover
Studio albums15
Live albums1
Compilation albums3
Video albums8
Music videos6

Michael Laucke (29 January 1947 – 2 December 2021) is a Canadian classical, new flamenco, and flamenco guitarist, and a music industry entrepreneur. This page is dedicated to CDs, films and atonal works written for, dedicated to and recorded by Laucke.

Laucke has broadened the repertoire of the guitar with over 100 transcriptions and twenty-five Canadian composers have written atonal works for him, including a flamenco concierto for guitar with full symphonic orchestra. He has recorded sixteen albums and appeared in six films. His albums have won the Grand Prix du Disque for Best Canadian Recording[5], the Jules Léger Prize for New Chamber Music[6] and his album Jade Eyes, for CBS records, was reviewed by Guitar and Lute magazine (Hawaii) as the best international classical guitar album of the year.[7][8] He also created an instructional video series.[9][10]

Laucke performed in the first IMAX HD film in 48 frames per second, a Super IMAX film called Momentum, produced by the National Film Board of Canada and co-directed by Colin Low. Its premiere took place in the Canadian pavilion during the Universal Exposition of Seville (Expo '92)‍—‌a world's fair.[11] Laucke's CD Flamenco Road reached number one on video charts across Canada for five consecutive weeks.[12] SOCAN's The Music Scene magazine considered Laucke to be one of "five of Canada's best-known soloists".[13] Music critic emeritus, historian, and musician Eric McLean of the Montreal Gazette avowed, "Laucke is the person who has done more for the guitar in this country than anyone else."[14] After 50 years of concert performances, Laucke continues an active career. In 2015, Laucke was nominated for the Order of Canada Lifetime Achievement Award, which is his country's second-highest civilian honour.

Discography and filmography

CD

Title Year Label Notes
Flamenco Road 2001 Justin-Time Records[12] ...number one on video charts across Canada for five consecutive weeks
Michael Laucke & Fiesta Flamenco: Live 1996 DeMuzik Entertainment Group ...recorded live at Place des Arts, Montreal, Canada
Spanish Guitar 1993 METACOM
Momentum – IMAX Film (the music) 1992 NFB Special Edition
(National Film Board of Canada) 		...shown in the Canadian pavilion during the Universal Exposition of Seville (Expo '92)‍—‌a world's fair.

Co-directed by Colin Low, it is the first film in 48 frames/sec IMAX HD

Spanish Guitar Stories 1991 Intermede Communications[15]
Light Classics 1990 Intermede Communications[16]

LP

Title Year Label Notes
Take A Short Cut 1989 Intermede Communications[17]
Canadian Guitar Music 1987 MLCO Records
Music For Jacques Cartier 1986 RCI (Radio Canada International) Commissioned by the Government of Canada[18]
Canadian Guitar Quartet: Live From Montreal 1985 MLCO Records
Com-Possession 1985 McGill University Records[19] Winner of Jules Léger Prize for New Chamber Music[20][21]
Divergences 1984 RCI 583 (Radio Canada International)[22]
Jade Eyes 1980 CBS /Aquitaine[23] ...best international classical guitar album of the year[8]
Michael Laucke, Guitarist 1979 RCI 457 (Radio Canada International) Grand Prix du Disque,[3] Best Canadian recording
Trio 3 1979 RCI 497 (Radio Canada International) Members Sayyd Abdul Al-Khabyyr, Pauline Vaillancourt and Michael Laucke
Transcription 1969 RCI 367 (Radio Canada International) includes Départ and Iikkii by François Morel for Guitar and chamber orchestra

Filmography

Title Year Corporation Producer
Momentum (IMAX film) 1992 NFB (National Film Board of Canada) Mark Zannis
I Won't Dance 1991 LaGauchet Productions and Ciné Films Canada Raymond Gravel
How to Play Solo Classical Guitar 1985 Rogers Educational Video Productions Nick NotarAngelo
Michael Laucke: Guitar recital 1983 CBC Winnipeg, Canada

(Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)

David Waters
Segovia: Metropolitan museum: a master class 1982 PBS (Public Broadcasting System) and

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York co-production

Nathan Kroll
Form & Fire: Michael Laucke 1981 Concordia University, Montreal Robert Frank
Musique instrumentale: La guitare 1973 Radio-Québec[24] Robert Desrosiers

Atonal works written for Laucke

The following works have been performed by Laucke in Carnegie Hall (performing Jean Papineau-Couture), Wigmore Hall (Michel-Georges Brégent),[25] and National Gallery of Art (Michel Gonneville).[26] In Canada, the SMCQ honoured Laucke's contribution by featuring him in a two-hour-long concert.[27]

Legend:

Date Composer Musical work Instrumentation Length
03/06/70, RCI 367 François Morel Départ Guitar and chamber orchestra 9'25
08/04/72, RCI 367 François Morel Iikkii Guitar and chamber orchestra 16'30
05/01/76, CBC Claude Vivier[28] Pour Guitare Guitar 5'
Pour Guitare by Claude Vivier
05/01/76, CBC Walter Boudreau Le Cercle gnostique Voice, flute, guitar (TRIO 3) 5'
02/25/79, RCI 457 François Morel Me duele españa[29] Guitar 21'
Me Duele Espana by Francois Morel
09/23/80, CBC David Eagle[30] Contrastare no 1 Bass, flute, guitar 10'
10/26/81, CBC Alan Crossman[31] La Fille du Pecheur Voice, guitar 15'
03/05/81, CBC Bruno Deschênes[32] Calme en soi Guitar 8'
02/25/82, CBC Claude Lassonde[33]
  • Quatre études
  • Anachorétisme
  • Quatre mouvements
  • Image et Sonoritéé
  • Silène pur Satyre
  • La Règne
  • Guitar
  • Guitar
  • Guitar
  • Two guitars
  • Flute, guitar
  • Voice, flute, guitar (TRIO 3)
 4'
14'
8'30
4'20
5'20
15'30
04/16/82, CBC & MUR 09/28/83 John Rea (composer) Com-possession[34] Guitar, string quartet 15'
04/28/83, CBC John Burke ...ascends at full moon Guitar, clarinet 15'
11/08/83, CBC Jean Papineau-Couture Exploration[35] Guitar 12'
01/14/83, CBC Michel Gonneville Le Sommeil, le Regard, le Choix Guitar 21'
03/18/83, RCI 497 Wolfgang Bottenberg[36] Three Amerindian Songs, Prelude Voice, flute, guitar (TRIO 3) 7'30
03/18/83, RCI 497 Michel-Georges Brégent[37] Sapho Voice, flute, guitar (TRIO 3) Violin and guitar 15'9'
1983, RCI 583 François Morel Divergences Guitar, violin 8'30
1983, RCI 583 Denis Dion[38] Pas de deux Guitar, violin 4'30
1983, RCI 583 Leon Zukert[39] Cobwebs in my Spanish castle Guitar 7'
09/25/86, CBC Donald Steven Chamber Concierto for guitar Guitar, 15 instruments 20'
1991, CBC Michel-Georges Brégent Concierto Flamenco[40] Guitar, orchestra (Montreal Symphony Orchestra) 20'

See also

References

  1. ^ Inglis, Alexander (1 September 1980). "Record Reviews". Music Magazine. ...a major talent.
  2. ^ Gingras, Claude (Summer 1980). "In Review". MusiCanada. ...praiseworthy, as are the performer's technique and sensitivity. The recording has already been awarded a Grand Prix du Disque-Canada
  3. ^ a b Culver, Andrew (29 May 1979). "McGill wins recording prize". Montreal Star. The best recorded performance of a Canadian work was the guitarist Michael Laucke... which also took top honors in the jazz recording category for Jazz Canada Montreux 1978.
  4. ^ "Record Reviews". International Musician. May 1980. Michael Laucke's solo classical guitar album won the Grand Prix du Disque-Canada 1979
  5. ^ [1][2][3][4]
  6. ^ "Governor General of Canada Command Performance Program". 29 November 1981. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
  7. ^ Warren, George (October 1981). "Recordings in Brief". Guitar and Lute magazine (Hawaii). Retrieved 20 April 2016. Laucke is a wizard of a player and makes easy work of the hardest stuff... one of the best voice and guitar albums you will ever hear...No kidding there is magic at work here.
  8. ^ a b Warren, George (1 March 1982). "G & L's Dozen Best Recordings of 1981". Guitar and Lute magazine (Hawaii). ...a major contribution to the recorded song literature
  9. ^ Forte, Dan (1 July 1986). "Classical Guitar Instructional Video Series with Michael Laucke". Guitar Player magazine. Retrieved 12 November 2015. (Laucke's) enthusiasm is infectious.
  10. ^ Hanson, Mark (1 May 1987). "How to Play Classical Guitar by Michael Laucke". Frets Magazine. ...thoughtful, and thorough instruction.
  11. ^ "National Film Board of Canada, Momentum". National Film Board of Canada. May 1992.
  12. ^ a b "Bravo! Countdown". Bravo Network. 1 November 2001. Archived from the original on 13 April 2016. Retrieved 12 November 2015. The title track was number one on video charts across Canada for 5 consecutive weeks
  13. ^ "SOCAN music. people. connected". www.socan.ca. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
  14. ^ McLean, Eric (21 May 1988). "Guitarist Laucke bids temporary farewell to Montreal". Montreal Gazette. Both the Canada Council and the Quebec Ministry of Cultural Affairs are giving him full recognition as the person who has done more for the guitar in this country than anyone else
  15. ^ Spanish guitar stories, Intermède, 1 January 1991, OCLC 221246232, retrieved 23 March 2016
  16. ^ "Intermède Music :: INTCD4002". intermedemusic.com. June 1990. Archived from the original on 27 February 2015. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
  17. ^ "Intermède Music :: INTCD1004". intermedemusic.com. April 1989. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
  18. ^ "Music for Jacques Cartier. Waterloo, Ont. : Waterloo Music, c1985. Michael Laucke series for classical guitar". Library and Archives Canada. June 1985. Archived from the original on 30 November 2015.
  19. ^ a b Larose, Anik (7 February 2006). "McGill University Records". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
  20. ^ Rea, John (16 April 1982). "Author Search Results – York University Libraries". yorku.ca. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
  21. ^ "Com-possession (...daemonic afterimages in the theatre of transitory states...) – SMCQ" [Quebec Contemporary Music Society]. SMCQ (Société de musique contemporaine du Québec). 13 April 1980. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  22. ^ Divergences, 18 January 1985, OCLC 31692339, retrieved 26 October 2015
  23. ^ Laucke, Michael; Turofsky, Riki (March 1981). "Jade eyes". Toronto Public Library. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
  24. ^ Bourgouin, François (21 June 2007). "Michael Laucke". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Anthony Wilson-Smith.
  25. ^ Michel-Georges Brégent (30 May 1986). Letter from Michel-Georges Brégent referencing several works written for Laucke.
  26. ^ "SMCQ Concerts / 19th season (1984–85)" [Society of Contemporary Music of Quebec]. SMCQ (Société de musique contemporaine du Québec). 15 November 1984.
  27. ^ Bob Gilmore (1 June 2014). Claude Vivier: A Composer's Life. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data: University of Rochester Press. p. 266. ISBN 978-1-58046-485-7. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
  28. ^ Plant, John (December 1979). "Disq". Virus Montreal. Few instrumentalists devote themselves with such vigor, enthusiasm, daring and mastery to the task of interpreting new literature for guitar. Morel has integrated guitar techniques (all the resources of the guitar) into a long twenty-minute work which, in Laucke's masterly interpretation, becomes very moving. The Bagatelles of Walton are, of course, of a lighter character; but their technical demands are still tremendous. Here again the clearness and élan of Laucke's playing are admirable.
  29. ^ Eagle, David (23 September 1980). "David Eagle, Showcase – Canadian Music Centre – Centre de Musique Canadienne". musiccentre.ca. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
  30. ^ Crossman, Alan (28 October 1981). "Allan Crossman: Showcase – Canadian Music Centre – Centre de Musique Canadienne". musiccentre.ca. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
  31. ^ Deschênes, Bruno (5 March 1981). "Bruno Deschênes – Academia.edu". academia.edu. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
  32. ^ Lassonde, Claude (25 February 1982). "Claude Lassonde: Vitrine – Canadian Music Centre – Centre de Musique Canadienne". centremusique.ca. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
  33. ^ Stubley, Eleanor V. (12 February 2008). Compositional Crossroads: Music, McGill, Montreal. McGill-Queen's Press – MQUP. ISBN 978-0-7735-7743-5.
  34. ^ "Michael Laucke Carnegie Hall Program : World Premiere of "Exploration" by Canadian composer Jean-Papineau Couture". Michael Laucke Carnegie Hall program. 26 October 1983.
  35. ^ Alfred Fisher (1 August 2007). "Wolfgang Bottenberg". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
  36. ^ Annick Poussart (26 August 2008). "Michel-Georges Brégent". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
  37. ^ Claire Métras (7 February 2006). "Denis Dion". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
  38. ^ Nancy McGregor (7 February 2006). "León Zuckert". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
  39. ^ Galloway, Myron (13 March 1991). "Guitarist Michael Laucke brilliant in debut performance". The Suburban. Laucke's solo playing was no less than brilliant