Mesut's award-winning multimedia concert DVD "New Dimensions in Classical Guitar " is released on Turquoise Guitar Editions, featuring solo and duo classical guitar works accompanied by various visual designs. It includes five premiere performances of new works by Benjamin Verdery, Robert Strizich, Pablo Ortiz, Anthony GIlbert, and Deepak Ram (go to Video Clips to watch video excerpts)

Read the DVD Program Notes

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Reviews:

"This is the finest music DVD ever to have come my way at the time of writing...both the sound and the vision are of pristine quality...the quietly authoritative Özgen comes over as being fully in control of the diverse and demanding brief he has set himself...remarkable achievement..."
Classical Guitar (England), April 2008

Mesut's solo CD "Troubadour" is released on Golden Horn Records. It features classical guitar works inspired by various folk traditions, including the premiere of Sonata by Pratorius.

Reviews:

"Özgen’s playing is stunningly versatile and expressive throughout."
Acoustic Guitar (California), June 2005

"a shining example of this guitarist's great talent."
Guitar Review (New York), No.130, Spring 2005

"Mesut Özgen is a highly accomplished and exciting player; he gets the most out of the music he performs... The phrasing is immaculate and his technical capabilities are considerable."
Classical Guitar (England), October 2005

"This CD is an impressive debut for a guitarist who clearly has much to say."
Soundboard (Guitar Foundation of America) Vol. XXX, No. 4, 2004-2005

"Troubadour: Folk inspired classical guitar music"

GHP 023-2 (2004) Playing time: 53:40

• Track 1. Variations on an Anatolian Folk Song by Carlo Domeniconi (9':40") ("Uzun ince bir yoldayım" by Asık Veysel)
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• Track 2. Gigue (from Suite for Guitar) by Anthony Newman (3':57")
• Track 3. Shenandoah by Robert Beaser (10':29"
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• Track 4. Misionera by Fernando Bustamante, arr. Jorge Morel (2':57")
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• Track 5. Fantaisie Hongroise op.65, no.1 by Johann Kaspar Mertz (8':17")
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• (Tracks 6-8) Sonata: Ondas do Mar de Vigo by Christopher Pratorius (18':04")
• Track 6. Introducción y Danza (Sonata movement 1) (6':39")
• Track 7. Canto (Sonata movement 2) (6':04")
• Track 8. Estudio (Sonata movement 3) (5':21")

Mesut Özgen plays a 1995 Simon Marty guitar (spruce top) and a 2003 Gil Carnal guitar (spruce top) on this CD. (Read the program notes)

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