Various Artists - Novecento Guitar Sonatinas [COMPACT DISCS] 4 Pack USA import

Brilliant Classics

Various Artists - Novecento Guitar Sonatinas [COMPACT DISCS] 4 Pack

Artist: Various Artists

Title: Novecento Guitar Sonatinas

Condition: New

Format: COMPACT DISCS

Release Date: 2019

Label: Brilliant Classics

UPC: 5028421955582

Genre: Pop

Album Tracks

DISC 1:
1. Cyril Scott: Sonatina for Guitar: I. Adagio Quasi Introduzione, Molto Moderato
2. Cyril Scott: Sonatina for Guitar: II. Allegretto Pensoso
3. Cyril Scott: Sonatina for Guitar: III. Finale
4. Mark Delpriora: Le Canzoni Dell'acqua - Sonatina for Guitar: I. Allegro
5. Mark Delpriora: Le Canzoni Dell'acqua - Sonatina for Guitar: II. Andante
6. Mark Delpriora: Le Canzoni Dell'acqua - Sonatina for Guitar: III. Intermezzo
7. Mark Delpriora: Le Canzoni Dell'acqua - Sonatina for Guitar: IV. Allegro
8. Mark Delpriora: Pocket Sonata: I. Allegro
9. Mark Delpriora: Pocket Sonata: II. Largo
10. Mark Delpriora: Pocket Sonata: III. Allegro Molto
11. Carlos Surinach: Sonatina: I. Allegretto
12. Carlos Surinach: Sonatina: II. Allegretto Pensoso
13. Carlos Surinach: Sonatina: III. Finale
14. Virgilio Mortari: Sonatina Miniature
15. Albert Harris: Sonatina: I. Allegro Moderato
16. Albert Harris: Sonatina: II. Aria
17. Albert Harris: Sonatina: III. Rondo

DISC 2:
1. Angelo Gilardino: Parthenicum - Sonatina for Guitar: I. Allegro Vivo
2. Angelo Gilardino: Parthenicum - Sonatina for Guitar: II. Non Troppo Lentamente
3. Angelo Gilardino: Parthenicum - Sonatina for Guitar: III. Allegretto
4. Angelo Gilardino: Cantico Di Gubbio - Sonatina for Guitar: I. Andantino Un Poco Mosso, Semplice
5. Angelo Gilardino: Cantico Di Gubbio - Sonatina for Guitar: II. Aria
6. Angelo Gilardino: Cantico Di Gubbio - Sonatina for Guitar: III. Apoteosi
7. Angelo Gilardino: Sonatina Degli Angeli: I. Il Loro Giorno
8. Angelo Gilardino: Sonatina Degli Angeli: II. Aria
9. Angelo Gilardino: Sonatina Degli Angeli: III. Apoteosi

DISC 3:
1. Angelo Gilardino: Catskill Pond: I. Trees
2. Angelo Gilardino: Catskill Pond: II. Heavens
3. Angelo Gilardino: Catskill Pond: III. Waters
4. Angelo Gilardino: La Casa Del Faro: I. Andantino Semplice
5. Angelo Gilardino: La Casa Del Faro: II. Barcarola
6. Angelo Gilardino: La Casa Del Faro: III. Andantino Scherzoso
7. Angelo Gilardino: Sonatina de Valparaiso: I. Andantino Grazioso
8. Angelo Gilardino: Sonatina de Valparaiso: II. Barcarola
9. Angelo Gilardino: Sonatina de Valparaiso: III. Andantino Scherzoso
10. Angelo Gilardino: Sonatina Des Fleurs Et Des Oiseaux: I. Allegretto Spigliato
11. Angelo Gilardino: Sonatina Des Fleurs Et Des Oiseaux: II. Air
12. Angelo Gilardino: Sonatina Des Fleurs Et Des Oiseaux: III. Rondeau Capricieux

DISC 4:
1. Alfredo Franco: Sonatina III - Il Flauto Nel Bosco
2. John Duarte: Sonatina Lirica, Op. : I. Felice E Con Grazia
3. John Duarte: Sonatina Lirica, Op. : II. Lento E Poco Mesto
4. John Duarte: Sonatina Lirica, Op. : III. Giocoso E Molto Ritmico
5. Vitaly Kharisov: Sonatina for Guitar: I. Allegretto
6. Vitaly Kharisov: Sonatina for Guitar: II. Andante Rubato
7. Franco Cavallone: Anime Gementi - Sonatina for Guitar: I. Andante Deciso
8. Franco Cavallone: Anime Gementi - Sonatina for Guitar: II. Lento
9. Franco Cavallone: Anime Gementi - Sonatina for Guitar: III. Allegretto
10. Franco Cavallone: Sonatina for Guitar: I. Liberamente Non Troppo Lento, Allegretto
11. Franco Cavallone: Sonatina for Guitar: II. Adagio
12. Franco Cavallone: Sonatina for Guitar: III. Allegretto

This survey is the sequel to comparably comprehensive Brilliant Classics collections of 20th-century guitar preludes and sonatas. The sonatinas included take their place as part of a long process of study conducted by Cristiano Porqueddu over the past few years. The high percentage of world premiere recordings - more than half of the entire tracklist - should give a good idea of how the research was conducted: as with the two previous releases, space has been given to those works that rarely appear either in concert or on record, in order to give voice to a considerable amount of excellent music almost completely ignored. Porqueddu made a longlist of over 60 sonatinas by 20th-century and by living composers, before narrowing down the final choice to the 17 performed here. Before Porqueddu, of course, there was the pioneer of modern guitar performance a century ago, Andres Segovia, who commissioned and inspired countless composers to write for him. One of those was the English composer Cyril Scott, and while Segovia expressed some misgivings about the result - 'I'm not head over heels about it', he wrote to his friend Manuel Ponce - the three-movement Sonatina makes a fine test of any guitarist's musicianship and effectively inhabits the Spanish guitar tradition with it's mysterious slow introduction and hypnotic central, Flamenco-style slow movement. The sonatinas by Mark Delpriora, Carlos Surinach and Albert Harris are no less compressed in expression, using the sonatina form to pack ideas into ten minutes that would occupy half an hour in the hands of lesser composers. The seven works of Angelo Gilardino are more expansive, though full of character, testifying to the unique relationship between composer and performer: Porqueddu himself. The pieces by Alberto Franco and Franco Cavallone were also composed with Porqueddu in mind, while the Sonatina Lirica by Segovia's English pupil John Duarte is a hidden gem. 'a most compelling collection from five composers, none of whom were guitarists... coruscating variety, fine recorded sound and lovingly shaped playing.' (MusicWeb International). 'Porqueddu's work is once more of excellent quality and shows how he is able to create individual interpretations of contemporary repertoire.' (Seicorde).