A guitar compilation out of the ordinary: full of Mediterranean fire and foot-tapping rhythms, but in the context of a historically informed journey through the cultural landscape of the guitar’s spiritual home in the 19th century, and played on original instruments of the time by a musician who has thoroughly researched the technique and technical developments necessary for performances fully within the idiom. There is even a first recording, most unusually for this often-heard repertoire: the Sonatina by Giuseppe Anelli, a guitarist and composer from Turin who probably published these pieces in 1809.
Works:
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Aguado: Fandango variado, Op. 16
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Anelli: Sonatina
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Coste, N: Le tournoi, Op. 15
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Giuliani, Mauro: Rossiniana No. 1, Op. 119
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Legnani: Caprices (36), Op. 20
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Legnani: Caprices (36), Op. 20 (extracts)
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Sor: Introduction and Variations on a Theme by Mozart, Op. 9
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Sor: La Despedida, Op. 21, "Les Adieux!"