Album Notes

The sound of glass music is unmistakably unique. Ever since this art has been performed,
the audience has always found it surprisingly intriguing. The inventor of the
glass armonica,Benjamin Franklin, after listening to the sound of musical glasses, wrote
with much enthusiasm "...it's tones are incomparably sweet beyond those of any other".
Robert Tiso is a classical guitarist and has been playing glass music since 2002.
His instrument is known as the glass harp or more commonly musical glasses, and
consists of 39 stem glasses of different sizes and shapes, fixed to a wooden base and
tuned by adjusting the quantity of water each one contains. The sound is produced
simply by rubbing the moistened fingertips along the rims, this friction causes
the vibration that makes the glasses resonate.
With this ethereal sound Robert Tiso performs a wide repertoire that includes many
classical masterpieces by Bach, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky.... and more contemporary
compositions by Morricone, Pink Floyd... All carefully chosen to suit the sound and
arranged to express the potential possibilities of the glass harp. An exciting and
curious concert for all kinds of audiences that gives the opportunity to see a live
performance of a 300 year old musical tradition almost forgotten by modern times