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The Art of Segovia [Box set] [Original recording remastered]

~ Andres Segovia
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  • Audio CD (2 Sep 2002)
  • SPARS Code: A-D
  • Number of Discs: 2
  • Format: Box set, Original recording remastered
  • Label: Decca (UMO)
  • ASIN: B00006B66L
  • Other Editions: MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 10,554 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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    #15 in  Music > Classical Instrumental > Chamber Music > String Quartets

Disc: 1
1. Recuerdos de la Alhambra - Tarrega
2. Capricho árabe - Tarrega
3. Marieta - Tarrega
4. Romanzo de los pinos - Torroba
5. Madronos - Torroba
6. Serenata burlesca - Torroba
7. Variations on a theme by Mozart - Sor
8. Homenaje pour le tombeau de Debussy - Falla
9. Theme, Variations and Finale - Ponce
10. Mexican Folksong - arr. Segovia
See all 18 tracks on this disc
Disc: 2
1. Song (Lachrymae) and Galliard - Dowland
2. Sarabande from Harpsichord Suite in D minor - Handel
3. Prelude from Cello Suite No.1 - Bach
4. Bourrée from Violin Partita No.1 - Bach
5. Courante from Cello Suite No.3 - Bach
6. Gavotte en Rondeau from Violin Partita No.3 - Bach
7. Aria and Corrente - Frescobaldi
8. Sonata L.352 - Scarlatti
9. Minuet - Rameau
10. Andantino variato - Paganini-Ponce
See all 22 tracks on this disc

On this CD:
  1. Recuerdos de la Alhambra
    Composed by Francisco Tárrega
    with Andrés Segovia

  2. Capricho árabe
    Composed by Francisco Tárrega
    with Andrés Segovia

  3. (4) Mazurkas
    Composed by Francisco Tárrega
    with Andrés Segovia

  4. Romance de los pinos
    Composed by Federico Moreno Torroba
    with Andrés Segovia

  5. Serenata Burlesca
    Composed by Federico Moreno Torroba
    with Andrés Segovia

  6. Theme and Variations
    Composed by Fernando Sor
    with Andrés Segovia

  7. Homenaje, '(Le) tombeau de Claude Debussy'
    Composed by Manuel de Falla
    with Andrés Segovia

  8. Tema variado y final
    Composed by Manuel Ponce
    with Andrés Segovia

  9. Canción Mexicana No 10
    Composed by Manuel Ponce
    with Andrés Segovia

  10. Sevillana
    Composed by Joaquín Turina
    with Andrés Segovia

  11. Sarabande lointaine
    Composed by Joaquín Rodrigo
    with Andrés Segovia

  12. Capriccio Diabolico, 'omaggi a Paganini'
    Composed by Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
    with Andrés Segovia

  13. Tonadilla, sur le nom de Andrés Segovia
    Composed by Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
    with Andrés Segovia

  14. Five Preludes
    Composed by Heitor Villa-Lobos
    with Andrés Segovia

  15. Five Preludes
    Composed by Heitor Villa-Lobos
    with Andrés Segovia

  16. Guitarreo
    Composed by Felipe Pedrell
    with Andrés Segovia

  17. Ségovia
    Composed by Albert Roussel
    with Andrés Segovia

  18. Frogg galliard
    Composed by John Dowland
    with Andrés Segovia

  19. (The) First Book of Songs or Ayres
    Composed by John Dowland
    with Andrés Segovia

  20. Solo Cello Suites
    Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach
    with Andrés Segovia

  21. (3) Sonatas and 3 Partitas
    Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach
    with Andrés Segovia

  22. (3) Sonatas and 3 Partitas
    Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach
    with Andrés Segovia

  23. Solo Cello Suites
    Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach
    with Andrés Segovia

  24. (Il) Secondo libro di Toccate, Canzone, Versi d'hinni, Magnificat, Gagliarde, Correnti...
    Composed by Girolamo Frescobaldi
    with Andrés Segovia

  25. Sonatas for Keyboard Nos. 1-555
    Composed by Domenico Scarlatti
    with Andrés Segovia

  26. Pièces de clavecin
    Composed by Jean-Philippe Rameau
    with Andrés Segovia

  27. Andantino variato
    Composed by Manuel Ponce
    with Andrés Segovia

  28. (26) Preludes
    Composed by Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin
    with Andrés Segovia

  29. String Quartet No. 1 in E flat
    Composed by Felix Mendelssohn
    with Andrés Segovia

  30. (L') Organiste, Volume 1
    Composed by César Franck
    with Andrés Segovia

  31. (L') Organiste, Volume 1
    Composed by César Franck
    with Andrés Segovia

  32. Pictures at an Exhibition
    Composed by Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky
    with Andrés Segovia

  33. Lyric Pieces, Book 4
    Composed by Edvard Grieg
    with Andrés Segovia

  34. (24) Préludes
    Composed by Claude Debussy
    with Andrés Segovia

  35. (5) Preludes
    Composed by Alexander Scriabin
    with Andrés Segovia

  36. Suite española No. 1
    Composed by Isaac Albéniz
    with Andrés Segovia

  37. (12) Piezás características
    Composed by Isaac Albéniz
    with Andrés Segovia

  38. Estudio sin luz
    Composed by Andrés Segovia
    with Andrés Segovia

  39. Fantasía para un gentilhombre
    Composed by Joaquín Rodrigo
    Performed by Symphony of the Air
    with Andrés Segovia
    Conducted by Enrique Jordá


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Amazon.co.uk Review

DG has put together a fascinating compilation The Art of Segovia that reminds us what a protean figure he was. Segovia single-handedly put the instrument on the map by making classical guitar concerts popular events, broadening the instrument's repertory through commissions and transcriptions, and convincing even doubters that it could be a vehicle for serious music. He's heard here in brief pieces recorded between 1952 and 1969. Even in those made when he was well into his 70s, his fingers remain nimble and interpretations lively. Listening straight through, one hears many all-time Segovia favourites as Turina's Sevillana and Albeniz's Asturias and Zambra Granadina and renews appreciation for path-breaking composers such as Castelnuovo-Tedesco. He wrote extensively for Segovia and his Capriccio diabolico and Tonadilla are pieces of real substance. Disc two is largely made up transcriptions and it's amazing how well so many of them work on the guitar, at least under Segovia's magic fingers. Thus the transformations of Bach's violin music and even a Chopin Prelude sound idiomatic, and the gorgeous melodies of the Canzonetta from Mendelssohn's Op. 12 String Quartet are irresistible here. It's an entrancing set. --Dan Davis

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5.0 out of 5 stars Strings of (later) life, 13 Jun 2009
By Colin Mccartney (Manchester, Lancashire United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
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The tracks on this double LP span the period 1952-1969 which means that Andres Segovia was as old as 76 when he made some of these recordings. Impressive.

Tuned-in fans of guitar music of all genres from the mid-twentieth century onwards will, I have little doubt, hear just how pervasive the man's influence is. For my part, I can hear echoes of Segovia in the works of Vini Reilly and Mark Kozelek.

There's also a timeless minimalism to these pieces. It is after all, just one man and a guitar (except for the last track) and many of the recordings are in mono (incidentally the quality of the remaster is second to none).

Every home should have at least one Segovia album and "The Art of Segovia" is, I suspect, an ideal starting point especially for those whose staple musical diet, like this reviewer's, does not regularly consist of classical music.
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