Many great Spanish composers, including Albéniz, Tarrega, Turina, Granados and Rodrigo were inspired by the countryside and folk traditions of their native land. Likewise, several French composers from Bizet to Ravel were influenced by the dances of southern Spain in particular. The captivating 10-CD set ‘Spanish Classical Guitar’ gathers together music by all these composers and many more that reflects the colour and spirit of Spain.
Alongside composers especially well-known for the guitar, among them Rodrigo and Giuliani, this extensive collection also includes many pieces by less familiar names such as Emilio Serrano, Roland Dyens, Ruperto Chapi and Jesus de Monasterio while the music by non-Spanish composers ranges from Domenico Scarlatti via Paganini and Debussy to Leo Brouwer. The artists featured include the renowned Spanish Art Guitar Quartet, the Andrès Segovia Quartet, London-born Carlos Bonell, Siegfried Behrend, Magdalena Kaltcheva, and Klaus and Rainer Feldmann.
DISC 1 “La Maja de Goya”
Enrique GRANADOS
Coleccion de Tonadillas, Escritas en Estilo Antiguo, Letra de F. Periquet
1. La Maja De Goya
2. El Majo Discreto
3. El Tra La La Y El Punteado
4. El Majo Timido
5. El Mirar De La Maja
6. Amor Y Odio
7. Callejeo
8. Las Currutacas Modestas
9. Intermezzo (from the opera Goyescas)
Coleccion de Tonadillas, Escritas en Estilo Antiguo, Letra de F. Periquet
10. La Maja Dolorosa No. 3
11. La Maja Dolorosa No. 2
12. La Maja Dolorosa No. 1
Doce Danzas Espanolas, Daraus
13. Nr. 5 – Andaluza
14. Nr. 2 – Oriental
15. Nr. 3 – Villanesca
16. Nr. 4 – Fandango
Cancione Amatorias, Daraus:
17. Nr. 3 – Llorad, Corazon, Que Teneis Razon
18. Nr. 2 – Mananica Era
19. No. 6 – Iban Al Pinar
Klaus and Rainer Feldman, guitar duo
Janet Whitmore-Johnson; Marina Bollain Perez-Minguez, sopranos (track 8)
Gudrun Reschke, oboe (tracks 17-19); English horn (track 12)
Isabel Morey Suau, violin (tracks 9, 17-19)
DISC 2
Emilio Serrano
Narraciones de la Alhambra
1. Camino De Granada = Los Arrieras
2. Camino De Granada = Una Noche En La Venta
3. La Torre De Las Tres Princesas
4. Danza Moruna
5. Boabdil = Ultima Noche En La Alhambra
Isaac Albeniz
6. En la Alhambra (Recuerdos De Viaje Op. 71, Nr. 4)
Ruperto Chapi
7. La Ronda De Los Gnomos
8. La Fiesta De Los Espiritus
Francisco Tarrega
9. Recuerdos De La Alhambra
Joaquin Turina
10. Generalife (Cinco danzas gitanas, Nr. 4)
11. Sacro-monte (Cinco danzas gitanas, Nr. 1)
Isaac Albeniz
12. El Albaicin (from Iberia)
Jesus de Monasterio
13. Adios a La Alhambra (Cantiga morisca)
The Spanish Guitar Art Quartet
DISC 3
Georges BIZET: Carmen Suite
1. Prelude
2. Havanaise
3. Seguedille
4. Entr’Acte II (Andantino quasi Allegretto)
5. Entr’Acte III (Allegro Vivo)
6. Danse Bohemienne
Camille SAINT-SAENS
7. Havanaise, Op. 83
Claude DEBUSSY
8. Soiree dans Grenade
9. Prelude IX (La sernade interrumpue)
Maurice RAVEL
10. Piece En Forme De Habanera
11. Bolero
The Spanish Art Guitar Quartet (Klaus Jackie, Heike Mattheisen, Arndt Werner Bethke, Klaus Feldman)
DISC 4
Ruperto CHAPI
1. Preludio De La Revoltosa
Federico Morena Torroba
Estampas
2. Bailando Un Fandango Charro
3. Remanso
4. La Siega
5. Fiesta En El Pueblo
6. Amanecer
7. La Boda
8. Camino Del Molino
9. Juegos Infantiles
Tomas BRETON
10. Jota De La Dolores
11. Preludio De La Verbena De La Paloma
Manuel DE FALLA
12. Danza Del Molinero
13. Danza De Los Vecinos
14. Danza De La Molinera
Geronimo GIMENEZ
15. Intermedio De El Baile De Luis Alonso
16. Intermedio De La Boda De Luis Alonso
Andre Segovia Quartet (Klaus Jackel, Arndt Werner Bethke, Klaus and Rainer Feldmann)
DISC 5
Joaquin RODRIGO
1. Aranjuez, Ma Penee (Tema del adagio from Concierto de Aranjuez)
Cuatro Madrigales Amatorios
2. Con Que La Lavare?
3. Vos Me Matasteis
4. De Donde Venis, Amore?
5. De Los Alamos Vengo, Madre
Set Cancons Valencianes (Excerpts)
6. Allegretto
7. Andante Moderato
8. Andante Moderato E Molto Cantabile
9. Andantino
10. Tempo Di Bolero
11. Pastorcito Santo
12. Coplillas De Belen
13. Coplas Del Pastor Enamorado
Sonata Giocosa
14. Allegro Moderato
15. Andante Moderato
16. Allegro
Liricas Castellanas
17. San Juan Y Pascua
18. Despedida Y Soledad
19. Espera Del Amado
20. En Aranjuez Con Tu Amor (Tema del adagio del “Concierto de Aranjuez”)
Janet Whitmore-Johnson, soprano
David Johnson, violin
Klaus and Rainer Feldman, guitar duo
DISC 6
Joaquin RODRIGO
Elogio de La Guitarra
1. Allegro
2. Andante
3. Allegro
Isaac ALBENIZ
4. Torre Bermeja (from 12 piezas caracteristicas, Op. 92)
5. Cuba (from Suite Espagnola, Op. 47)
Domenico SCARLATTI
6. Sonata in a Major, K209
7. Sonata in D Minor, K213
Mauro GIULIANI
8. Grande Overture, Op. 61
9. Rossiniana No. 6, Op. 124
Magdalena Kaltcheva, guitar
Toni Muller, guitar
DISC 7
Leo BROUWER
1. Fandangos Y Boleros
2. Sarabanda De Scriabin
3. La Toccata De Pasquini
Domenico SCARLATTI
4. Sonata in G Major, L387
5. Sonata in a Major, L238
6. Sonata in G Major, L349
Johann Kaspar MERTZ
7. Fantasie
Niccolo PAGANINI
Grand Sonata for Guitar, Solo
8. Allegro Risoluto
9. Romanze
10. Andantino Variato
Roland DYENS
Libra Sonatine
11. India
12. Largo
13. Fuoco
Magdalena Kaltcheva, guitar
DISC 8
Joaquin RODRIGO
Concierto de Aranjuez
1. Allegro Con Spirito
2. Adagio
3. Allegro Gentile
Fantasia Para Un Gentilhombre
4. Villano Y Ricercare
5. Espanoleta E Fanfare De La Caballeria De Napoles
6. Danza De Las Hachas
7. Canario
8. Pequena Sevillana
9. En Los Trigales
Sonata a La Espanola
10. Adagio
11. Allegro Moderato
12. Allegro Assai
Carlos Bonell, guitar
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Jacek Kaspszyk, conductor
DISC 9
1. Spanish Dance
2. Malaguena from “Impressions of a Journey to Spain”, Suite espagnola No. 5
3. Burgalesa, for Guitar and Orchestra
4. Spanish Sketches: Alegrias De Pueblo; Fandango De Grotta; Granadinas Para Franz
5. Farruca from The Three-Cornered Hat by M. deFalla, arr. Behrend
6. Stierkampfmusik (Bullfight Music)
7. Spanischer Tanz No. 5 (Granados, arr. Behrend)
8. Bulerias arr. Behrend
9. Die Gitarren Von Quimet (The Guitars of Quimet from Moor Impressions)
10. Asturias Fur Gitarre Und Orchester (Albeniz, arr. Behrend)
11. Tonadilla (Segovia)
12. Por Siguiriyas Und Allegrias (from Impressions on a Journey to Spain)
13. Catalanisches Volkslied (Catalan Folksong)
14. Alt Spanischer Tanz Mit Variationen (Early Spanish Dance with Variations “Las Folias de Espana by Sor, arr. Behrend)
Siegfried Behrend, guitar
Siegried Fink, darabuka
Symphonie-Orchester Graunke
DISC 10
Enrique GRANADOS
From “Doce Danzas Espanolas”
1. Andaluza
2. Oriental
3. Villanesca
4. Fandango
Joaquin RODRIGO
5. Aranjuez, Ma Pensee
Sonata Giocosa
6. Allegro Moderato
7. Andante Moderato
8. Allegro
Isaac ALBENIZ
from Suite Espanola, Op. 47
9. Cuba
10. Sevilla
11. Castilla
Rainer and Klaus Feldman, guitar duo