FINNISSY AND THE GUITAR – Complete Works (1966–2022)
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FINNISSY AND THE GUITAR – Complete Works (1966–2022)

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Michael Finnissy’s output for the guitar spans almost 60 years of his career and represents an enormous contribution to the repertoire of the instrument from one of Britain’s most significant composers. Published a few days before Finnissy’s 80th birthday, this bold and ambitious album celebrates this day by bringing together all of his works for solo guitar and guitar ensemble for the first time in performances by Finnissy’s collaborators and led by new music virtuoso and tireless guitar explorer Sam Cave.

Released 13 March 2026
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Released on a limited edition DigiSleeve CD and on all digital platforms: 13 March 2026

FINNISSY AND THE GUITAR – Complete Works (1966–2022)

Michael Finnissy (b. 1946)
Two Cut-Ups of Three Fantasias by Alonso Mudarra (1966–67) *
1. I.
2. II.

3. Song 17 (1976) *
Sam Cave guitar

4. Albion on the Road to Hell (2019) *
Mela Guitar Quartet
(Matthew Robinson, George Tarlton, Daniel Bovey, Zahrah Hutton)

5. Nasiye (1982 rev. 2002)
Diego Castro Magas guitar

6. Felix Namque (2012 and 2021) *
Sam Cave guitar

7. Normal Deviates (2017) †
Vickers Bovey Guitar Duo
(Julian Vickers, Daniel Bovey)

8. Outcast (2020–22) †
Sam Cave guitar

* Première recording
† First commercial recording

Recorded at the Church of the Ascension, Plumstead, London, UK,
23 May 2025 (Normal Deviates)
1 June 2025 (Albion on the Road to Hell)
3 June 2025 (Nasiye, Two Cut-Ups of Three Fantasias by Alonso Mudarra, Felix Namque, Song 17)
19 June 2025 (Outcast)

Recorded, edited and mastered by John Croft (Chiaro Audio)
Produced by Sam Cave, John Croft, Michael Finnissy and Johan Lofving (Outcast)

Press Quotes

‘Such music needs realising with the dedication and imagination it gets from these guitarists…. Recording and annotations enhance a release deserving of the warmest recommendation and the widest dissemination.’ (Gramophone)

‘ ‘Finnissy And The Guitar: Complete Works 1966-2022′ is an especially rewarding compendium both for bringing these works to light and for displaying the great clarity in Finnissy’s compositional voice… he’s [Sam Cave] done a superb job in conception and execution… It’s a pleasure to learn this music is now not so overlooked.’ (Cookylamoo.com)

‘Instigated by guitarist Sam Cave, and featuring alongside him a host of outstanding contemporary-music guitarists, Finnissy and the Guitar is a rich and fascinating retrospective of veteran English composer Michael Finnissy’s complete oeuvre for the instrument…
The album, recorded with great clarity by John Croft, is a serious and demanding listen, somehow bringing to mind the experience of a whole Romantic song cycle: solitary, introspective and poetic, full of shifts in atmosphere, unstable identities crumbling and reforming, knotty complexities and flashes of revelation.’ (TEMPO magazine)