VA - The Art Of The Guitar (2016)

The guitar weaves its subtle and irresistible magic in each of the 35 tracks on The Art of the Guitar. This essential collection, embracing composers from Vivaldi and Bach to the Spanish and Latin American masters of the instrument, includes the entire Concierto de Aranjuez by Joaquín Rodrigo, renowned above all for its haunting and poetic slow movement. Among the guitarists featured are such players as Andrés Segovia, Julian Bream, Sharon Isbin, Manuel Barrueco and Ángel Romero.

TRACKLIST

CD1

01. Turibio Santos – 24 Exercices très faciles, Op. 35: No. 22
02. Pierre Laniau – Romance Anónimo (from Jeux Interdits)
03. Ernesto Bitetti – Preludio in E Major, "Lágrima"
04. Ernesto Bitetti – Mazurka in E Minor, "Adelita"
05. Ernesto Bitetti – Preludio in D Minor, "Endecha"
06. Wulfin Lieske – El Testament d'Amelia
07. Alexandre Lagoya – Fantasie
08. Manuel Barrueco – Scherzino Mexicano
09. Sharon Isbin, Zürcher Kammerorchester & Howard Griffiths – Concerto in D Major, RV 93: II. Largo
10. Manuel Barrueco – I. Preludio saudade
11. Manuel Barrueco – II. Andante religioso
12. Manuel Barrueco – III. Allegro solemne
13. Andrés Segovia – Recuerdos de la Alhambra
14. Sharon Isbin – El Decamerón Negro: III. Balada de la doncella enamorada
15. Turibio Santos – Mallorca, Op. 202
16. Manuel Barrueco – Canción de Cuna (Berceuse)
17. Manuel Barrueco – Homenaje, "Le tombeau de Claude Debussy"
18. Manuel Barrueco & Thomas Müller-Pering – 12 Danzas Españolas: No. 2, Oriental
19. Andrés Segovia – Prelude in C Minor, BWV 999
20. Manuel Barrueco – Violin Partita No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1004: V. Chaconne

CD2

21. Turibio Santos – Suite Española No. 1, Op. 47: V. Asturias (Leyenda)
22. Sharon Isbin – 12 Danzas Españolas, Op. 37: No. 5, Andaluza
23. Turibio Santos – Chôros No. 1 in E Minor, W. 161
24. Dario Rossetti Bonell – 8 Valses Poeticos: No. 1, Vivace molto and Melodico - No. 6, Quasi ad libitum (sentimental) - No. 8, Presto
25. Andrés Segovia – Sonatina in A Major: III. Allegretto
26. Eliot Fisk – 12 Tonadillas en Estilo Antiguo, H. 136: VIII. La Maja de Goya
27. Turibio Santos – Vals Venezolano No. 3
28. Ernesto Bitetti – Homenaje a Tarrega, Op. 69: I. Garrotin - II. Soleares
29. Julian Bream – Sonata in D Major, Op. 77 "Omaggio à Boccherini": III. Tempo di minuetto. Cerimonioso con grazia - Trio - Tempo I
30. Andrés Segovia – Suite Española No. 1, Op. 47: I. Granada
31. Manuel Barrueco – La Muerte del Angel
32. Dario Rossetti-Bonell – 5 Preludes, W. 419: No. 1 in E Minor
33. Angel Romero, London Symphony Orchestra & André Previn – I. Allegro con spirito
34. Angel Romero, London Symphony Orchestra & André Previn – II. Adagio
35. Angel Romero, London Symphony Orchestra & André Previn – III. Allegro gentile