1950s American Recordings, Vol. 2

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1950s American Recordings, Vol. 2
Andres Segovia (guitar)

[ Naxos Historical Segovia Edition Vol 4 / CD ]

Release Date: Thursday 1 November 2007

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Andrés Segovia, who was self-taught, played his first public recital at the age of 16. He is credited with elevating the guitar to the highest levels of the international concert stage. This fourth release in the Naxos Segovia Edition is the second of six discs devoted to the great guitarist's 1950s American recordings. It celebrates Segovia's performances of original works and transcriptions from the nineteenth-century, including music by Fernando Sor and Mauro Giuliani, two of the early great masters of the guitar. The transcriptions from Schubert, Mendelssohn, and Chopin are by Segovia but based on similar arrangements by Francisco Tárrega, guitarist, composer and inspired teacher who laid the foundations of the twentieth-century renaissance of the guitar.

Tracks:

Fernando Sor:
Grande Guitar Sonata No. 2 in C major, Op. 25 (excerpts) Variations on a theme by Mozart, Op. 9
Grande Guitar Sonata No. 1 in C major, Op. 22: III. Menuetto
6 Divertimentos, Op. 2: No. 3. Andantino
Theme varies et 12 Minuets, Op. 11: Minuet No. 5 in D major
Guitar Sonata No. 1 in D major, Op. 14, "Grand solo" Folies d'Espagne et un menuet, Op. 15a: Menuet in E major Theme varies et 12 Minuets, Op. 11: Minuet No. 6 in A major
12 Studies, Op. 6: No. 12 in A major
12 Studies, Op. 29: No. 11 in G major
24 Studies, Op. 35, "Exercises": No. 22 in E minor
12 Studies, Op. 6: No. 6 in A major

Mauro Giuliani:
Guitar Sonata, Op. 15: I. Allegro spiritoso

Manuel Maria Ponce:
Andantino variato on a theme by Paganini

Franz Schubert:
Piano Sonata No. 18 in G major, Op. 78, D. 894: III. Menuetto (arr. A. Segovia for guitar)

Felix Mendelssohn:
Songs without Words, Book 1, Op. 19: No. 6, "Venetian Gondola Song" (arr. A. Segovia for guitar)

Fryderyk Chopin:
Prelude No. 7 in A major, Op. 28, No. 7 (arr. A. Segovia for guitar)

Felix Mendelssohn:
String Quartet No. 1 in E flat major, Op. 12: II. Canzonetta (arr. A. Segovia for guitar)