Eric Cathan, Guitar Passion, 1 June 2019

There is wonderful music on this CD, the works are intimate, delicate in execution, evocative… The music ‘sends you day dreaming’, the tone is superb, warm and beautiful…Oliver establishes his own unique ‘guitar voice’, reminding me of the intimacy achieved by guitarists such as Francis Klenyjans and a rare few ….

Fanfare magazine, USA, issue May/June 2019, Dave Saemann

This is music that combines atmosphere with self-revelation. Even in its most extrovert moments, Fartach-Naini mines the intimate gestures that explain the hold that the guitar has on our imaginations. As Duke Ellington would have said, he is an artist ‘beyond category.’ … The CD’s sound engineering is superb, warm and colorful. Oliver Fartach-Naini is an artist we all should come in contact with. He is an essential conduit for some of today’s best music. Highly recommended.

Limelight Magazine Australia, Angus McPherson, 2 May 2019

Haunting, mellow sonority …. Fartach-Naini’s high register is exquisitely crisp and rounded.

All in all, this release is an interesting exploration of the myriad forms and styles that have become so much a part of the modern guitar repertoire – and with warm, confident performances from Fartach-Naini, it’s also a very pleasant way to spend an hour. 4 Stars

The Australian, 26 January 2019 by Graham Strahle

His technique enables him to produce a remarkably wide and nuanced expressive palette of sounds. Suite Latina, his first solo album, reveals a musician of the very top order.    …    Fartach-Naini captures the spirit of this music with effortless verve and joy. Beautifully recorded in Incheon, South Korea, it is an inspired album. 

5/5 Stars

Read the full review here.

ClassikON by Heath Auchinachie

Oliver Fartach-Naini makes the guitar sing in ‘Suite Latina’ recording

Oliver Fartach-Naini has created an album that demonstrates not only his technical prowess on the guitar, but his ability to produce a tasteful recording that flows organically from piece to piece. … An album featuring a vast array of beautiful tone colours and pieces that make the guitar sing, this will be a recording that I come back to many times, and I’m sure every listener will feel the same.

Read the full review here.

GREAT NEWS! Oliver Fartach-Naini’s recent album SUITE LATINA made the list of “Top Ten Classical Guitar Albums of 2019!” in US magazine CLASSICAL GUITAR. Read the magazine’s initial album review here.

On this Ethnoclassics release Oliver Fartach-Naini plays four Suites for guitar by Hector Ayala, Richard Charlton and Máximo Diego Pujol, including two works specifically composed for Oliver Fartach-Naini. Suite Latina is available to stream and download on most digital service providers, physical CDs can be purchased through Ethnoclassics HERE or at retail stores.

“Dear Oliver, Can’t tell how much I enjoyed your new CD, great sound and with an easy “laid-back” approach in true South American style. The Ayala piece is a little gem and I love both of Maximo’s suites. The interpretation of my suite is perfectly judged, you have really taken the time to bring out every nuance. Congratulations!”
Richard Charlton

Oliver Fartach-Naini’s passion for Argentinian music and the art of tango is well-documented on many of his recordings. This solo album is Fartach-Naini’s very personal homage to the rich musical cultures of South America, blending the music of Argentina with a Latin inspired composition from Australia.

“To record Ayala’s highly evocative Serie Americana has been a long-held interest of mine ever since I heard my teacher Laurie Randolph’s beautiful EMI recording of this piece in Berlin many years ago. It’s has been an immense honour to have composers of the calibre of Richard Charlton in Sydney and Máximo Diego Pujol in Buenos Aires write pieces for me and I think they blend very well with Ayala’s composition,” says Fartach-Naini.

Hector Ayala’s seminal Serie Americana with its musical journey across various South American styles is here complemented by Máximo Diego Pujol’s Seis revelaciones alongside Richard Charlton’s title work Suite Latina and Máximo Diego Pujol’s Suite Adelaires, both composed for Oliver Fartach-Naini specifically.

For more information about Oliver Fartach-Naini and this project please visit oliverfartachnaini.com