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Julian Bream urged several British composers to compose for the guitar, to expand both the repertoire and the instrument's possibilities beyond the styles and conventions of Spanish guitar music. Yet it is odd to note how they turned, almost reflexively, to Spanish music for inspiration, and how many of their pieces retained its most salient features. Despite the modernist touches, the Bagatelles (5) by William Walton are not that far removed from the moods or techniques found in flamenco music or in modern concert works by Spanish composers. The same may be said for the pieces by Lennox Berkeley -- the Sonatina, the Theme and Variations, and Pièces (4) -- and Richard Rodney Bennett's Impromptus (5); if played in a blindfold test, it is likely that the average listener would mistake these pieces for Rodrigo or Ponce, so strong are the similarities. Exceptions to this stylistic imitation may be found in the folk-ish Farewell to Stromness by Peter Maxwell Davies, and in the fairly abstract Elegy by Alan Rawsthorne; but these short works do not represent significant departures, and do little to alter the strong Iberian flavor of this CD. Guitarist Graham Anthony Devine plays the works with sensitivity and great technical control, and Naxos offers its usual fine sound quality.
© TiVo
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5 Bagatelles
William Walton, Composer - Graham Anthony Devine, Performer
2005 Naxos 2005 Naxos
William Walton, Composer - Graham Anthony Devine, Performer
2005 Naxos 2005 Naxos
William Walton, Composer - Graham Anthony Devine, Performer
2005 Naxos 2005 Naxos
William Walton, Composer - Graham Anthony Devine, Performer
2005 Naxos 2005 Naxos
William Walton, Composer - Graham Anthony Devine, Performer
2005 Naxos 2005 Naxos
The Yellow Cake Revue: Farewell to Stromness (arr. T. Walker for guitar) (Peter Maxwell Davies)
TIMOTHY WALKER, Composer - Peter Maxwell Davies, Composer - Graham Anthony Devine, Performer
2005 Naxos 2005 Naxos
Elegy* (Alan Rawsthorne)
Alan Rawsthorne, Composer - Graham Anthony Devine, Performer
2005 Naxos 2005 Naxos
Guitar Sonatina, Op. 52, No. 1 (Lennox Berkeley)
Lennox Berkeley, Composer - Graham Anthony Devine, Performer
2005 Naxos 2005 Naxos
Lennox Berkeley, Composer - Graham Anthony Devine, Performer
2005 Naxos 2005 Naxos
Lennox Berkeley, Composer - Graham Anthony Devine, Performer
2005 Naxos 2005 Naxos
Theme and Variations, Op. 77 (Lennox Berkeley)
Lennox Berkeley, Composer - Graham Anthony Devine, Performer
2005 Naxos 2005 Naxos
4 Pieces pour la guitare, Op. posth. (Lennox Berkeley)
Lennox Berkeley, Composer - Graham Anthony Devine, Performer
2005 Naxos 2005 Naxos
Lennox Berkeley, Composer - Graham Anthony Devine, Performer
2005 Naxos 2005 Naxos
Lennox Berkeley, Composer - Graham Anthony Devine, Performer
2005 Naxos 2005 Naxos
Lennox Berkeley, Composer - Graham Anthony Devine, Performer
2005 Naxos 2005 Naxos
Impromptus (Sir Richard Rodney Bennett)
Richard Rodney Bennett, Composer - Graham Anthony Devine, Performer
2005 Naxos 2005 Naxos
Richard Rodney Bennett, Composer - Graham Anthony Devine, Performer
2005 Naxos 2005 Naxos
Richard Rodney Bennett, Composer - Graham Anthony Devine, Performer
2005 Naxos 2005 Naxos
Richard Rodney Bennett, Composer - Graham Anthony Devine, Performer
2005 Naxos 2005 Naxos
Richard Rodney Bennett, Composer - Graham Anthony Devine, Performer
2005 Naxos 2005 Naxos
Album review
Julian Bream urged several British composers to compose for the guitar, to expand both the repertoire and the instrument's possibilities beyond the styles and conventions of Spanish guitar music. Yet it is odd to note how they turned, almost reflexively, to Spanish music for inspiration, and how many of their pieces retained its most salient features. Despite the modernist touches, the Bagatelles (5) by William Walton are not that far removed from the moods or techniques found in flamenco music or in modern concert works by Spanish composers. The same may be said for the pieces by Lennox Berkeley -- the Sonatina, the Theme and Variations, and Pièces (4) -- and Richard Rodney Bennett's Impromptus (5); if played in a blindfold test, it is likely that the average listener would mistake these pieces for Rodrigo or Ponce, so strong are the similarities. Exceptions to this stylistic imitation may be found in the folk-ish Farewell to Stromness by Peter Maxwell Davies, and in the fairly abstract Elegy by Alan Rawsthorne; but these short works do not represent significant departures, and do little to alter the strong Iberian flavor of this CD. Guitarist Graham Anthony Devine plays the works with sensitivity and great technical control, and Naxos offers its usual fine sound quality.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 20 track(s)
- Total length: 01:02:02
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Graham Anthony Devine
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Naxos
- Area: Angleterre
- Genre: Classical
2005 Naxos 2005 Naxos
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