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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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Disc: 1
1. Recuerdos de la Alhambra - Tarrega
2. Capricho �rabe - 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. Bourr�e 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:

Recuerdos de la Alhambra
Composed by Francisco T�rrega
with Andr�s Segovia
Capricho �rabe
Composed by Francisco T�rrega
with Andr�s Segovia
(4) Mazurkas
Composed by Francisco T�rrega
with Andr�s Segovia
Romance de los pinos
Composed by Federico Moreno Torroba
with Andr�s Segovia
Serenata Burlesca
Composed by Federico Moreno Torroba
with Andr�s Segovia
Theme and Variations
Composed by Fernando Sor
with Andr�s Segovia
Homenaje, '(Le) tombeau de Claude Debussy'
Composed by Manuel de Falla
with Andr�s Segovia
Tema variado y final
Composed by Manuel Ponce
with Andr�s Segovia
Canci�n Mexicana No 10
Composed by Manuel Ponce
with Andr�s Segovia
Sevillana
Composed by Joaqu�n Turina
with Andr�s Segovia
Sarabande lointaine
Composed by Joaqu�n Rodrigo
with Andr�s Segovia
Capriccio Diabolico, 'omaggi a Paganini'
Composed by Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
with Andr�s Segovia
Tonadilla, sur le nom de Andr�s Segovia
Composed by Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
with Andr�s Segovia
Five Preludes
Composed by Heitor Villa-Lobos
with Andr�s Segovia
Five Preludes
Composed by Heitor Villa-Lobos
with Andr�s Segovia
Guitarreo
Composed by Felipe Pedrell
with Andr�s Segovia
S�govia
Composed by Albert Roussel
with Andr�s Segovia
Frogg galliard
Composed by John Dowland
with Andr�s Segovia
(The) First Book of Songs or Ayres
Composed by John Dowland
with Andr�s Segovia
Solo Cello Suites
Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach
with Andr�s Segovia
(3) Sonatas and 3 Partitas
Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach
with Andr�s Segovia
(3) Sonatas and 3 Partitas
Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach
with Andr�s Segovia
Solo Cello Suites
Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach
with Andr�s Segovia
(Il) Secondo libro di Toccate, Canzone, Versi d'hinni, Magnificat, Gagliarde, Correnti...
Composed by Girolamo Frescobaldi
with Andr�s Segovia
Sonatas for Keyboard Nos. 1-555
Composed by Domenico Scarlatti
with Andr�s Segovia
Pi�ces de clavecin
Composed by Jean-Philippe Rameau
with Andr�s Segovia
Andantino variato
Composed by Manuel Ponce
with Andr�s Segovia
(26) Preludes
Composed by Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin
with Andr�s Segovia
String Quartet No. 1 in E flat
Composed by Felix Mendelssohn
with Andr�s Segovia
(L') Organiste, Volume 1
Composed by C�sar Franck
with Andr�s Segovia
(L') Organiste, Volume 1
Composed by C�sar Franck
with Andr�s Segovia
Pictures at an Exhibition
Composed by Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky
with Andr�s Segovia
Lyric Pieces, Book 4
Composed by Edvard Grieg
with Andr�s Segovia
(24) Pr�ludes
Composed by Claude Debussy
with Andr�s Segovia
(5) Preludes
Composed by Alexander Scriabin
with Andr�s Segovia
Suite espa�ola No. 1
Composed by Isaac Alb�niz
with Andr�s Segovia
(12) Piez�s caracter�sticas
Composed by Isaac Alb�niz
with Andr�s Segovia
Estudio sin luz
Composed by Andr�s Segovia
with Andr�s Segovia
Fantas�a para un gentilhombre
Composed by Joaqu�n Rodrigo
Performed by Symphony of the Air
with Andr�s Segovia
Conducted by Enrique Jord�

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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

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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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