Gubaidulina / Tanenbaum / Viloteau / Psarras - Complete Works for Guitar - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

It was a pivotal meeting in the mid-1920s that marked the beginning of an enduring musical and personal friendship between Alexandre Tansman and the Spanish virtuoso guitarist Andres Segovia. Tansman's legacy for the instrument ranges over a 57-year period, inaugurated by a dazzling Mazurka and represents Segovia's 'most advanced commitment to modern music.' This first volume presents suites and dances inspired by Italy, Poland and Eastern Europe, and includes Suite in modo polonico, heard here in it's original version, not the Segovia-authorized collage. Andrea de Vitis has meticulously researched the original manuscripts to resolve any doubts and omissions in published editions.

Album Tracks 1. The Old Lime Tree 2. I. Tranquillamente 3. II. Allegro Rubato 4. III. Lento 5. Elegy 6. Étude (Rondo Fantastico) 7. Gloucester 8. The Old Oak 9. Snowdrop 10. Dance of the Forest Ghost

Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco was one of Italy's most influential and important composers during the 20th century. He was inspired to write for the guitar after meeting Andrés Segovia, and in the years that followed he wrote over one hundred works for the instrument. The Quintet for Guitar and String Quartet, a rare combination, reveals perfect sonority and construction with a serene Iberian mood. The Sonatina for Flute and Guitar contrasts joyfulness with poignant melodies, while the Eclogues are bucolic and lively. Written for Segovia and his wife Paquita Madriguera, the Fantasia for guitar and piano presents an expertly blended texture for this combination of instruments. Guitarist Leonard Becker is the Second Prize winner of the International Hannabach Guitar Competition 2020, held in Augsburg, Germany. He has performed with orchestras including the Pilsen Philharmonic Orchestra, with which he performed Rodrigo Concierto de Aranjuezin 2019. Alongside Louis Vandory, Valerie Steenken, Elisabeth Buchner and Márton Braun he is the founder of the Tedesco-Quintett (guitar and string quartet), which won First Prize at the International Chamber Music Competition 'Gerhard Vogt' in 2019.