Segovia- The Ramirez Years with Guitarist John Mills

Description

Segovia-The Ramirez Years is a tribute to the profound legacy of Andres Segovia and The House of Ramirez. In 1912, a youthful Segovia was given a guitar by Manuel Ramirez, thus beginning an illustrious partnership between the most famous guitarist and guitar maker in the world. Legendary British classical guitarist John Mills presents a double CD recording in which he performs a selection of celebrated works written for and transcribed by Andres Segovia. To promote an authenticity of tone, this album has been recorded on a 2012 664 mm cedar top- Ramirez 1a "Tradicional" concert guitar. Presented with an extended booklet containing interviews with Alexandre Tansman's daughter Mireille and Cecilia Rodrigo, this album captures the timeless magic and beauty of the Segovian-repertoire and Ramirez guitars.

Track Listing:
CD 1

Alexander Tansman (1897-1986)
Suite in Modo Polonico
1. Entree
2. Gaillarde
3. Kujawiak (Mazurka Lente)
4. Tempo de Polonaise
5. Kolysanka No.1 (Berceuse d'Orient)
6. reverie
7. Alla Polacca
8. Kolysanka No. 2
9. Oberek (Mazurka Vive)

Hans Haug (1900-1967)
10. Alba

Federico Moreno Torroba (1891-1982)
Suite Castellana
11. Fandanguillo
12. Arada
13. Danza

Mario Castelnuovo-Tesdesco (1895-1968)
14. Tonadilla on the name of Andres Segovia

John W. Duarte (1919-2004)
English Suite
15. Prelude
16. Folk-Song
17. Round Dance

Joaquin Rodrigo (1901-1999)
18. Zarabanda Lejana

Manuel Ponce (1886-1948)
Sonata Mexicana
19. Allegro moderato
20. Andantino affetuoso
21. Allegretto, quasi serenata
22. Allegretto un poco vivace

Total duration 68:40

CD 2

Henry Purcell (1659-1695)
1. Prelude
2. Minuet
3. A new Irish Tune
4. Jig
5. Rondeau

Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764)
6. Minuet

J.S. Bach (1685-1750)
7. Siciliana

George Frederic Handel (1685-1759)
8. Minuet

Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757)
9. Sonata K322

Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714-1787)
10. Ballet

Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
11. Minuet

Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849)
12. Prelude No. 7

Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
13. Romance

Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
14. Venetian Gondola Song, Op.19, No.6
15. Song Without Words, Op. 30, No.3

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
16. Waltz, Op.39, No.8

Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)
17. Chant du Paysan, Op. 65, No.2
18. Valse, Op. 12, No. 2

Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
19. La Fille aux Cheveux de Lin

arr. Miguel Llobet (1878-1938)
Two Catalan Folk-Songs
20. El Noy de la Mare
21. El Mestre

Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915)
22. Prelude, Op.16, No.4

Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881)
23. The Old Castle

Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
24. Mazurka Op. 39, No.11

Isaac Albeniz (1860-1909)
25. Capricho Catalan

Maria Esteban de Valera (1910-1992)
26. Nana
27. Intermezzo

Total duration 65:57