| Artist: | Michael Laucke |
| Studio: | 15 |
| Live: | 1 |
| Compilation: | 3 |
| Video: | 8 |
| Music Videos: | 6 |
Michael Laucke (born 29 January1947) is a Canadian classical, new flamenco, and flamenco guitarist, and a music industry entrepreneur. This page is dedicated to CDs, films and atonal works written for, dedicated to and recorded by Laucke.
Laucke has broadened the repertoire of the guitar with over 100transcriptions and twenty-five Canadian composers have written atonal works for him, including a flamenco concierto for guitar with full symphonic orchestra. He has recorded sixteen albums and appeared in six films. His albums have won the Grand Prix du Disque for Best Canadian Recording, the Jules Léger Prize for New Chamber Music and his album Jade Eyes, for CBS records, was reviewed by Guitar and Lute magazine (Hawaii) as the best international classical guitar album of the year. He also created an instructional video series.
Laucke performed in the first IMAX HD film in 48 frames per second, a Super IMAX film called Momentum, produced by the National Film Board of Canada and co-directed by Colin Low. Its premiere took place in the Canadian pavilion during the Universal Exposition of Seville (Expo '92)a world's fair. Laucke's CD Flamenco Road reached number one on video charts across Canada for five consecutive weeks. SOCAN's The Music Scene magazine considered Laucke to be one of "five of Canada's best-known soloists". Music critic emeritus, historian, and musician Eric McLean of the Montreal Gazette avowed, "Laucke is the person who has done more for the guitar in this country than anyone else." After 50 years of concert performances, Laucke continues an active career. In 2015, Laucke was nominated for the Order of CanadaLifetime Achievement Award, which is his country's second-highest civilian honour.
| Title | Year | Label | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flamenco Road | 2001 | Justin-Time Records | ...number one on video charts across Canada for five consecutive weeks | |
| Michael Laucke & Fiesta Flamenco: Live | 1996 | DeMuzik Entertainment Group | ...recorded live at Place des Arts, Montreal, Canada | |
| Spanish Guitar | 1993 | METACOM | ||
| MomentumIMAX Film (the music) | 1992 | NFB Special Edition (National Film Board of Canada) | ...shown in the Canadian pavilion during the Universal Exposition of Seville (Expo '92)a world's fair. Co-directed by Colin Low, it is the first film in 48 frames/sec IMAX HD | |
| Spanish Guitar Stories | 1991 | Intermede Communications | ||
| Light Classics | 1990 | Intermede Communications |
| Title | Year | Label | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Take A Short Cut | 1989 | Intermede Communications | ||
| Canadian Guitar Music | 1987 | MLCO Records | ||
| Music For Jacques Cartier | 1986 | RCI (Radio Canada International) | Commissioned by the Government of Canada | |
| Canadian Guitar Quartet: Live From Montreal | 1985 | MLCO Records | ||
| Com-Possession | 1985 | McGill University Records | Winner of Jules Léger Prize for New Chamber Music | |
| Divergences | 1984 | RCI 583 (Radio Canada International) | ||
| Jade Eyes | 1980 | CBS /Aquitaine | ...best international classical guitar album of the year | |
| Michael Laucke, Guitarist | 1979 | RCI 457 (Radio Canada International) | Grand Prix du Disque, Best Canadian recording | |
| Trio 3 | 1979 | RCI 497 (Radio Canada International) | Members Sayyd Abdul Al-Khabyyr, Pauline Vaillancourt and Michael Laucke | |
| Transcription | 1969 | RCI 367 (Radio Canada International) | includes Départ and Iikkii by François Morel for Guitar and chamber orchestra |
| Title | Year | Corporation | Producer | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Momentum (IMAX film) | 1992 | NFB (National Film Board of Canada) | Mark Zannis | |
| I Won't Dance | 1991 | LaGauchet Productions and Ciné Films Canada | Raymond Gravel | |
| How to Play Solo Classical Guitar | 1985 | Rogers Educational Video Productions | Nick NotarAngelo | |
| Michael Laucke: Guitar recital | 1983 | CBC Winnipeg, Canada(Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) | David Waters | |
| Segovia: Metropolitan museum: a master class | 1982 | PBS (Public Broadcasting System) andMetropolitan Museum of Art, New York co-production | Nathan Kroll | |
| Form & Fire: Michael Laucke | 1981 | Concordia University, Montreal | Robert Frank | |
| Musique instrumentale: La guitare | 1973 | Radio-Québec | Robert Desrosiers |
The following works have been performed by Laucke in Carnegie Hall (performing Jean Papineau-Couture), Wigmore Hall (Michel-Georges Brégent), and National Gallery of Art (Michel Gonneville). In Canada, the SMCQ honoured Laucke's contribution by featuring him in a two-hour-long concert.
Legend:
| Date | Composer | Musical work | Instrumentation | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03/06/70, RCI 367 | Départ | Guitar and chamber orchestra | 9'25 | ||
| 08/04/72, RCI 367 | François Morel | Iikkii | Guitar and chamber orchestra | 16'30 | |
| 05/01/76, CBC | Pour Guitare | Guitar | 5' | ||
| 05/01/76, CBC | Le Cercle gnostique | Voice, flute, guitar (TRIO 3) | 5' | ||
| 02/25/79, RCI 457 | François Morel | Me duele españa | Guitar | 21' | |
| 09/23/80, CBC | David Eagle | Contrastare no 1 | Bass, flute, guitar | 10' | |
| 10/26/81, CBC | Alan Crossman | La Fille du Pecheur | Voice, guitar | 15' | |
| 03/05/81, CBC | Bruno Deschênes | Calme en soi | Guitar | 8' | |
| 02/25/82, CBC | Claude Lassonde |
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| 4' 14' 8'30 4'20 5'20 15'30 | |
| 04/16/82, CBC & MUR 09/28/83 | Com-possession | Guitar, string quartet | 15' | ||
| 04/28/83, CBC | ...ascends at full moon | Guitar, clarinet | 15' | ||
| 11/08/83, CBC | Exploration | Guitar | 12' | ||
| 01/14/83, CBC | Le Sommeil, le Regard, le Choix | Guitar | 21' | ||
| 03/18/83, RCI 497 | Wolfgang Bottenberg | Three Amerindian Songs, Prelude | Voice, flute, guitar (TRIO 3) | 7'30 | |
| 03/18/83, RCI 497 | Michel-Georges Brégent | Sapho | Voice, flute, guitar (TRIO 3) Violin and guitar | 15'9' | |
| 1983, RCI 583 | Divergences | Guitar, violin | 8'30 | ||
| 1983, RCI 583 | Denis Dion | Pas de deux | Guitar, violin | 4'30 | |
| 1983, RCI 583 | Leon Zukert | Cobwebs in my Spanish castle | Guitar | 7' | |
| 09/25/86, CBC | Chamber Concierto for guitar | Guitar, 15 instruments | 20' | ||
| 1991, CBC | Michel-Georges Brégent | Concierto Flamenco | Guitar, orchestra (Montreal Symphony Orchestra) | 20' |