Segovia Archive
The Guitar History of Alirio Diaz = Works of TARREGA, LAURO, ALBENIZ, HAYDN, BACH, SCARLATTI, SPOR & Others – Tuxedo
For fifty minutes we remain enthralled by some dazzling guitar playing from an old master.
Reinventing Guitar = BACH: Lute Suite No. 3 in G minor; GREGORIADOU: Balkan Dances (2); JOSE: Sonata for Guitar; KERTSOPOULOS: Some colour’s rhythms; DOMENICO SCARLATTI: Keyboard Sonata in E major – Smaro Gregoriadou, guitar – Delos
Period guitar playing? Gregoriadou provides a crash course on how it is done.
“Spain Through Strings” = ARRIAGA: String Quartet No. 3 in E flat Major; TURINA: The Toreador’s Prayer; TOLDRA: Sea Views; CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO: Quintet for guitar and string quartet – Zemlinsky Q./Miriam Rodriguez Brüllová, guitar – Praga Digitals
Guitar and string quartet sounds to me even more appropriate than that of piano and string quartet.
Narcisco Yepes: The Beginning of a Legend = Guitar works of RODRIGO, RAMEAU, DE VISEE, SCARLATTI, BACH, MILAND, SANZ – IDIS
Early recordings by the splendid guitar virtuoso Yepes, who evoked controversy about his cool demeanor but never about his flawless technical mastery.