Live / Julian Bream & John Williams (2008)

Julian Bream is one of the most famous classical guitarists of the twentieth century and he has achieved worldwide fame not only for the guitar but also for his work with the Renaissance Lute. He is considered to be one of the most important ambassadors of the classical guitar and has formed a solid bridge between the music of the past with the technology of today. He helped usher the classical guitar into the modern age.



He was born in 1933 and took up the classical guitar on his eleventh birthday when he received one as a present. He was already an accomplished musician having studied piano and cello but with the classical guitar and lute he excelled.

His Many Significant Contributions

In 1960 he formed a group called the Julian Bream Consort. It was an Elizabethan period ensemble for which Bream played the lute. This Consort brought about a revival in interest of the Elizabethan era which is considered to be a period of time that was the absolute pinnacle of the English Renaissance. His work with this group earned him a Grammy award for best chamber music performance. This award would be the first of many awards which include three more Grammy awards.

One of the most important contributions he made to the world of the classical guitar was his development of a complete repertoire for performance. His transcriptions of works for guitar and lute span five centuries and he has particularly focused on lute works from the Elizabethan era and Spanish guitar works from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. He has also had many composers create works specifically for him.

Ambassador to the media of the Twentieth Century

Bream has embraced television and radio and used these media to bring classical guitar and lute to a mass audience. His 2003 DVD video profile Julian Bream: My Life in Music, which is a three hour long piece, includes interviews and performances and is considered to be one of the finest contributions ever made to the world of Classical Guitar. He has also created a British television series entitled Guitarra! It charts a musical journey across Spain.


Grammy Awards

1964 - Grammy for the Best Chamber Music Performance - Work: Evening of Elizabethan Music performed by the Julian Bream Consort
1967 - Grammy for Best Classical Performance for instrumental soloist or soloist with or without orchestra. Work: Baroque Guitar - Works by Bach, Sanz, and Weiss -
1972 - Grammy for Best Instrumental Soloist performance with orchestra - Work: London Symphony Orchestra Villa-Lobos Concerto for Guitar.
1973 - Grammy for best Chamber Music Performance - Work: Julian and John Works by Lawes, Carulli, ALbeniz, Granados











Tracklisting:

01. Pavane and Gailliard/Pavane and Gailliard - |3:39|
02. Partie polonaise/Georg Philip Telemann - |12:37|
03. Fantasie, Op.54/Fernando Sor - |11:14|
04. Theme and Variations, Op.18/Johannes Brahms - |9:08|
05. Dolly, Op.56 Berceuse/Gabriel Faure - |3:19|
06. Dolly, Op.56 Mi-a-ou/Gabriel Faure - |2:00|
07. Dolly, Op.56 Le jardin de Dolly/Gabriel Faure - |3:24|
08. Dolly, Op.56 Kitty-valse/Gabriel Faure - |2:25|
09. Dolly, Op.56 Tendresse/Gabriel Faure - |3:43|
10. Dolly, Op.56 Le pas espagnol/Gabriel Faure - |3:00|
11. Reverie - Claude Debussy - |4:42|
12. Golliwog's Cakewalk (Claude Debussy) - |3:00|
13. Clair de Lune - Claude Debussy - |5:11|
14. Castilla (Seguidillas)/Isaac Albeniz - |4:08|

Recorded 15 and 18 October 1978
in Boston and New York respectively
Released 1979 (LP), 1985 (CD)



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