Valerio Celentano - Migot: Complete Works for Guitar (2023) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

Georges Migot (1891–1976) authored a vast oeuvre founded on two principles that in various ways pervade all of his work: a nationalist aesthetic and a link to the past. This emerges and is reinforced in repeated references to the French lutenists of old, as well as troubadours and trouveÌres, folk song and ancient monodic forms, particularly plainchant. Rather than limit himself to copying their external structure, however, Migot sought to extract the spirit, sensitivity, grace and sense of freedom from these historic forms, which he believed better suited the infinite nature of human sensitivity. Despite strong and professed ties to his contemporaries Faureì and Debussy, Migot cannot be placed in any school or branch of 20th-century music.

Pour un Hommage aÌ Claude Debussy (composed May 1924) coincided with the Paris debut of Andreìs Segovia and is dedicated to him. Migot composes lines with a modal flavour supported by rich and resonant arpeggiated chords, with densely packed notes providing a thorough exploration of all the instrument’s colours.

His four-movement Sonate pour guitare, two PreÌludes pour 2 guitares dedicated to the Argentinian Duo Pomponio-ZaÌrate, and a substantial and tricky Sonate pour 2 guitares date to the early 1960s. These pieces have a more clearly defined and linear style, and feature a profound musical idiom, brimming with emotion.

The three movements of the Sonate pour flûte et guitare – dedicated to Brazilian guitarist Turíbio Santos – are stylistically similar to the above compositions. Migot gives both instruments various solo opportunities, and the two accompany each other, both during the more evanescent passages, where the writing is extremely sparse, and in more densely notated sections.

The 3 Chansons de joye et de souci originate in a cycle of 6 PoeÌmes setting Pierre Moussarie for voice and piano. They were arranged for voice and guitar in 1969 by the composer himself. In these, his final works for guitar, Migot provides us with a sample of his highly refined aesthetic, obtaining sounds not commonly heard on the instrument.

Tracklist:
01. Migot: Pour un hommage à Claude Debussy: I. Prélude
02. Migot: Pour un hommage à Claude Debussy: II. Pastorale
03. Migot: Pour un hommage à Claude Debussy: III. Postlude
04. Migot: Sonate pour guitare: I. Prélude
05. Migot: Sonate pour guitare: II. Allant
06. Migot: Sonate pour guitare: III. Andante grave
07. Migot: Sonate pour guitare: IV. Final
08. Migot: Trois chansons de joye et de souci de Pierre Moussarie: I. Chanson à danser
09. Migot: Trois chansons de joye et de souci de Pierre Moussarie: II. Chanson à retenir
10. Migot: Trois chansons de joye et de souci de Pierre Moussarie: III. Ronde
11. Migot: Préludes pour deux guitares: I. Sur le nom de Graciela Pomponio
12. Migot: Préludes pour deux guitares: II. Sur le nom de Jorge Martínez Zárate
13. Migot: Sonate à deux guitares: I. Prélude
14. Migot: Sonate à deux guitares: II. Comme une danse à deux
15. Migot: Sonate à deux guitares: III. Andante
16. Migot: Sonate à deux guitares: IV. Final
17. Migot: Sonate pour flûte et guitare: I. Prélude
18. Migot: Sonate pour flûte et guitare: II. Grave
19. Migot: Sonate pour flûte et guitare: III. Conclusion


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