Twenty-five years of work, on four records. Stream samples below; we send physical CDs to committees and program directors on request.
Three Detroit Music Awards earned across these recordings. Critically reviewed in Detroit Free Press, Hour Detroit, The Oakland Press, The Windsor Star, and WDET-FM.
Snapshots of South America
Outstanding Classical Recording, 2002 Detroit Music Awards.
The duo's second CD focuses exclusively on the South American repertoire — Astor Piazzolla's four-part History of Tango, Maximo Diego Pujol's Suite Buenos Aires, and Brazilian and Peruvian folk and popular songs by Celso Machado. Recorded at the Tempermill in Ferndale, Michigan in July 2001. Played on radio across North America and the UK; regularly heard on the CBC and WRCJ.
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Heitor Villa-Lobos — Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5: Aria (Cantilena)
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Romanza!
Outstanding Classical Small Ensemble, 2003 Detroit Music Awards.
The duo's third CD introduces Abha Dearing's soprano voice, tracing 20th-century works from Spain, Argentina, and Brazil — Manuel de Falla's Siete Canciones Populares Españolas, Joaquín Rodrigo, Enrique Granados, Heitor Villa-Lobos's celebrated Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5 in a deft arrangement for guitar and voice. Solo guitar works by Maximo Diego Pujol, Francisco Tárrega, and Jorge Morel. Recorded at Solid Sound Studio in Ann Arbor, Michigan in March 2003.
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Manuel de Falla — En Jerez de la Frontera
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Take One
Outstanding Classical Recording nomination, 2000 Detroit Music Awards.
The Dearing Concert Duo's debut CD: a survey of works for flute and guitar from the Renaissance to the contemporary era. John Dowland, Francisco Molino, French Impressionists Faure, Satie, Ravel, and Bizet, and the debut recording of James Lentini's Fantasy for Flute and Guitar. Recorded in Cleveland, Ohio in the winter of 1999. The Windsor Star called it "one of the most beautiful sound recordings I have ever heard."
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Bach (arr.) — Allemande / Courante
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July Recital
Steven Dearing's debut solo recording.
Recorded 7/16/2010, Steven Dearing's solo album surveys 20th-century classical guitar literature: Roland Dyens, Alexandre Tansman, Lennox Berkeley, and Federico Moreno Torroba. Mark Stryker called it "a rewarding set of engaging 20th-Century contemporary works played with charismatic musicianship and clean technique."
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Selection from July Recital
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Need physical CDs for committee review?
We send complimentary CDs to gala committees, foundation program officers, country club Member Experience directors, senior living Activities Directors, and cultural-program selection committees on request. A short note about your event by email or via the contact form is enough — we ship within two business days.