hoping ogmor or sund4r see this:
i'm currently getting into leo brouwer's compositions for solo guitar, particularly the "estudios"
curious to know if anyone has a recommended interpretation. would be particularly grateful for something with good / extensive liner notes. brouwer is kind of an enigma to me; i think there's maybe just a lack of information on him in english?
― budo jeru, Wednesday, 9 March 2022 15:46 (two years ago) link
Hey, oddly, I'm not really that well-versed on Brouwer. I remember liking Alvaro Pierri's disc a lot: https://www.analekta.com/en/albums/pierri-brouwer-el-decameron-negro-autres-oeuvres-pour-guitare/ . I listened to it all the time way back when I was doing my MA. Not sure about good recordings of the Estudios. At the last local guitar society Zoom meet, someone played a few of these and someone else did Rio de los Orishas!
Incidentally, the version of the Prelude from BWV 1006a at 1:42 here is dazzling:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZh8rcIkNEY
― The sensual shock (Sund4r), Thursday, 10 March 2022 23:53 (two years ago) link
thanks!
― budo jeru, Saturday, 12 March 2022 19:10 (two years ago) link
Just came across this, don’t know how i missed it before:https://classicalguitarmagazine.com/sharon-isbin-and-isabel-leonards-alma-espanola-is-overflowing-with-iberian-spirit/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLFvMWsB2Yk
― Johnny Thunderwords (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 7 May 2022 11:53 (one year ago) link
Since it seems like something I might like, but maybe not.
― Johnny Thunderwords (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 7 May 2022 12:11 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89zM9pZzt0U
― xzanfar, Saturday, 7 May 2022 12:39 (one year ago) link
That one is…more amusing than some.
― Johnny Thunderwords (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 7 May 2022 13:13 (one year ago) link
I don't know how it's regarded in the context of modern classical guitar, but years ago I was struck while listening to the radio in the middle of the night by the Prince's Toys suite by Nikita Koshkin. I wouldn't have thought that a solo guitar could create such expressionistic and surreal atmospheres.
― Halfway there but for you, Saturday, 7 May 2022 14:25 (one year ago) link
Not a piece I've ever played but it's pretty exceptional in its integration of that range of extended techniques and works well as a large-scale programmatic composition. I hadn't listened in a long time but put on Mikulka's recording tonight. There's not that much that goes as far with extended techniques but if you don't know the Ginastera Sonata, I would definitely recommend it. Koshkin's Usher Waltz is a popular one at Halloween.
― No purposes. Sounds. (Sund4r), Sunday, 8 May 2022 03:46 (one year ago) link