Naxos has announced 21st-Century Australian Guitar Music, a recording led by guitarist Hamish Strathdee and featuring Emma-Shay Gallenti-Guilfoyle. The label’s November catalogue presents works by six Australian composers; Naxos Direct lists the release for 27 November 2026 under catalogue number 8.579175.
The programme includes Harry Sdraulig’s Sonata for Solo Guitar, Elizabeth Younan’s Fantasia No. X, Paul Ballam-Cross’s This Wide Quietness, Connor D’Netto’s Tarantism and Olivia Bettina Davies’s In Flow. Holly Harrison’s Bee’s Knees brings in the Contra Guitar Duo, formed by Strathdee and Gallenti-Guilfoyle.
Composers close to the performance
Naxos describes Strathdee’s work with the composers as central to the project and says the booklet includes notes by the composers themselves. The selection gives listeners several different ways into contemporary Australian guitar writing, from solo sonata and suite to a two-guitar work. This is an announcement of the programme, not a review of a recording that has yet to be released.
Naxos’s November catalogue · Naxos Direct release listing.
Programme and release details checked 9 November 2026.
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