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Segovia and his Contemporaries Vol. 10 --2 CD and DVD set $59.95 Featuring the early-recordings of the legendary Cuban-American guitarist, Jose Rey de la Torre. This release comprises Rey's first three long-playing recordings (1945-1950) in their entirety, along with Andres Segovia's complete rare 1955 Decca issue "Masters of the Guitar". All of the performances are devoted to the works of Fernando Sor and Francisco Tarrega, the two seminal figures in the development of the modern classical guitar. The works of these guitarist-composers have formed the backbone of the technical and artistic formation of guitarists for well over a century. Rey's recordings are particularly significant. His recording of many of Sor's most important etudes was by far the earliest and his performances of them remain musically among the most beautiful and accomplished ever set to disc. Equally important are his renderings of the little-performed Tarrega preludes "exquisite miniatures" and the ubiquitous warhorses (Recuerdos, Lagrima, Adelita, and the like), not only for their artistic merit, but also for the fact that his interpretations come in a direct line of descent from Tarrega himself by way of Rey's maestro, Miguel Llobet, Tarrega's finest student. These recordings also allow listeners a clear contrast between the two dominant traditions of classical guitar performance in the twentieth century -one line descending directly from Tarrega, the other from Segovia. Also included is a DVD of extremely rare television appearances made in 1957 and 1962 by Rey de la Torre. The titles are listed below: |
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CD1 FERNANDO SOR (Source: SMC-517) FERNANDO SOR (Source: Allegro LEG-9013)
ANDRES SEGOVIA - (Source: Decca DL 9794) FERNANDO SOR FRANCISCO TARREGA DVD 1957and 1962: The guitar used on this film is the last Francisco Simplicio made in 1932, in Barcelona. Rey de la Torre: Variations on a Theme from the Magic Flute (Sor);
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