Various Artists - Essential Guitar / Various - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Featuring some of the most beautiful melodies of all time, played on one of the most popular instruments of all time by masters including Julian Bream, Andres Segovia and John Williams, this is a no-risk collection. The latest volume in the Billboard best-selling InchEssentialInch series is full of gorgeous, romantic music. Album Tracks 1. 1. Allegro Con Spirito - Pepe Romero, the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner 2. 2. Adagio - Pepe Romero, Christine Pendrill, the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner 3. 3. Allegro Gentile - Pepe Romero, the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner 4. Tango, Op.165, No.2 - Pepe Romero, Celin Romero 5. Cavatina - Gã¶Ran Sã¶Llscher 6. 1. Praeludium - Eduardo Fernandez 7. Asturias (Leyenda) - Pepe Romero 8. Recuerdos de la Alhambra - Eduardo Fernandez 9. Spanish Dance No.1 - Nicola Hall 10. 2. Torija (Elegã-A) - Andrã©S Segovia 11. 5. Alcaã±Iz (Festiva) - Andrã©S Segovia 12. 1. Prã©Lude - John Williams 13. 2. Largo - Eduardo Fernandez, English Chamber Orchestra, George Malcolm 14. Romance de los Pinos - Pepe Romero 15. No. 1 in E minor - Julian Bream 16. Danza Paraguaya No.1 - Revised Jesãºs Benites R. - Eduardo Fernandez 17. Malagueã±A - Pepe Romero 18. Ayer y Hoy (Guajiras) - Paco Peã±A 1. Jeux Interdits (Romance) - Pepe Romero 2. No.3 Sevilla - Eduardo Fernandez 3. Spanish Dance Op.37, No.5 - InchAndaluzaInch - Pepe Romero, Celin Romero 4. Granada (Serenata) - Pepe Romero 5. 2. Andante Sostenuto - Alexandre Lagoya, the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Kenneth Sillito 6. Sonata in E, K. 380 - Trans. A. Lagoya - Alexandre Lagoya, Ida Presti 7. 3. Courante - Pepe Romero 8. Fantasie Hongroise, Op.65, No.1 - Edited Simon Wynberg - Nicola Hall 9. Bachianas Brasileiras No.5 for Soprano and Cellos - Alexandre Lagoya, the Academy of

This album pays homage to the guitar. While the casual listener may recognize many of these works as favorites from the guitar canon, the majority of the repertoire wasn't originally written for the instrument. Only the Sor and the Brouwer were originally guitar compositions. The other works started life in a different form, and stand testament to the strength and versatility of the guitar to not only play such a diverse range of repertoire, but to truly embrace it. With it's polyphonic capabilities and roots in popular music around the world, the guitar is singularly capable of such a traverse of styles. This album is not, as the title may imply, a collection of the most beloved or greatest hits from the classical guitar repertoire, but instead a demonstration of the power and ability of the guitar to perform and assume ownership of such beloved repertoire. New York-based Australian classical guitarist Rupert Boyd has been described by The Washington Post as Inchtruly evocativeInch, by Gramophone as a Inchfine guitaristInch, and by Classical Guitar Magazine as Incha player who deserves to be heardInch. He has performed across four continents, from New York's Carnegie Hall, to festivals in Europe, China, India, Nepal, the Philippines, New Zealand and Australia. Active as both a soloist and chamber musician, Rupert Boyd regularly performs throughout the world in Boyd Meets Girl, with cellist Laura Metcalf, and as part of the Australian Guitar Duo with guitarist Jacob Cordover. Album Tracks 1. 1. Miss Saigon Sun and Moon - Aladdin A Whole New - Les Miserables I Dreamed a Dream - on My Own - Mulan Reflection (Arr. G. Salonga) 2. 2. Company Another Hundred People (Arr. J. Villanueva) 3. 3. Introduction of Kory Katseanes and the Byu Chamber Orchestra 4. 5. Flower Drum Song I Enjoy Being a Girl (Arr. G. Salonga) 5. 6. Introduction to Reflection 6. 7. M

When they began playing together in 2017, Stefano Cardi and Enrico Pieranunzi went in search of repertoire which would harmonize with their disparate musical backgrounds, that of a classical guitarist with a passion for jazz and blues, and a jazz pianist with a thorough grounding in the classics. They turned quickly to America, both north and south, and found there a well-stocked but little-known library of pieces by composers who moved easily and skillfully between popular and classical idioms. This unique recital opens with one of Joplin's best-known piano rags, The Easy Winners, and follows it with a pair of waltzes, also in arrangements for guitar and piano. Cardi and Pieranunzi then sail down to Buenos Aires for a trio of tangos by Joplin's Argentinian contemporary, Ernesto Nazareth (1863-1934). The juxtaposition of Gershwin and Guastavino is more familiar, none the less beguiling for that, especially played with such easy-going charm. The final pair of North and South American composers is the most ingenious the Prelude and Waltz from Dave Brubeck's 1961 album Points on jazz, answered by two of the Cuatro Danzones by Ignacio Cervantes (1847-1905), the Cuban composer who studied with Alkan at the Paris conservatoire and played an instrumental part in establishing a classically formed voice for Cuban music. Most of the pieces chosen by Cardi and Pieranunzi were originally conceived for solo piano, but these arrangements draw out the particular, nationally accented character of their melodies when transferred to the guitar. Listened through in an hour-long sequence, the album takes the listener on an often nostalgia journey through the waltz as it was played and danced and heard throughout North and South American during the first half of the last century. Album Tracks 1. The Easy Winners 2. Bethena 3. Pleasant Moments 4. Nove de Julho 5. Odeon 6.