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PROGRAM
Mario CASTELNUOVO TEDESCO (1895-1968)
Side A
Raphaella Smits & David Russell, guitars:
Prelude & Fugue in B minor (Opus 199)
Raphaella Smits & David Russell, guitars:
Prelude & Fugue in E major (Opus 199)
David Russell, guitar solo:
From "24 Caprichos de Goya" (Opus 195):
- Al conde palatino
- Bien tirada esta
Raphaella Smits, guitar & Jos Van Immerseel, piano:
Fantasia (Opus 145)
- Andantino
- Vivacissimo
Side B
Raphaella Smits & David Russell, guitars:
Sonatina Canonica for two guitars (Opus 196, posthumous work for Ida Presti
and Alexandre Lagoya):
- Mosso
- Tempo di Siciliane
- Fandango en Rondeau: ritmico e deciso
David Russell, guitar solo:
From "24 Caprichos de Goya" (Opus 195):
- Nadia se conoce
Raphaella Smits & David Russell, guitars:
Prelude & Fugue in F minor (Opus 199)
Raphaella Smits & David Russell, guitars:
Prelude & Fugue in B flat major (Opus 199)
FEATURES
artists: Raphaella Smits & David Russell, guitars, Jos Van Immerseel,
piano
titel: MARIO
CASTELNUOVO TEDESCO
composers:
Mario Castelnuovo Tedesco
label: Academix Records, BE
LP number: AX850218
recorded: by Andreas Glatt at the Conservatory of Ghent, BE, February
1985
instrument : 8-string guitar by John Gilbert (USA) (1980)
total duration: 47'40"
illustration: by Rene Smits
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MARIO CASTELNUOVO TEDESCO
Raphaella SMITS, David RUSSELL and Jos VAN IMMERSEEL.
PROGRAM
FEATURES
ABOUT THE COMPOSER
WHAT OTHER PEOPLE SAY
This
LP (long playing) is not available anymore. It has become a valuable collectors
item!
ABOUT
THE COMPOSER
Mario Castelnuovo Tedesco was born in Florence (IT) in 1895. Before his
twentieth year he was one of Italy's top-composers, admired throughout
Europe.
When the Fascists launched their anti-semitic campaign in 1939 he emigrated
with his family to the United States. When he died in Los Angeles in 1968
he left us a most impressive body of works, including 6 opera's, 5 oratoria,
many orchestral works including overtures to 11 Shakespearean plays, more
than 100 piano works, more than 400 songs, more than 10 choral works and
an enormous number of chamber works in which he utilised settings of great
diversity.
Tedesco was one of the most succesful composers for the guitar: it started
in 1932 meeting Andres Segovia in Venice. His last work 'Appunti', a series
of preludes, dance suites and studies for the guitar, remainded unfinished.
WHAT OTHER PEOPLE SAY
Arnold Brand wrote:
"Opvallend bij deze opname is
het onbetwistbaar technisch meesterschap en het onberispelijk samenspel van beide gitaristen die, afwisselend,
discant- en baspartij vertolken. De bijdrage van Jos Van Immerseel in de Fantasia verhoogt alleen maar de waarde van deze plaat."
Emma
Scott from <De Nieuwe Gazet> wrote:
"Deze
muziek wordt bijzonder knap gediend door de uitvoerders. De instrumentale
behendigheid en de onderlinge samenhorigheid van het Smits-Russell duo sterken
de illusie dat het om één instrument zou gaan, met wonderlijke
mogelijkheden dan wel."
Gérard
Rebours from <Les Cahiers de la Guitare> wrote:
"Le
programme judicieux de ce disque qui est consacré à Tedesco
a le mérite de bien montrer les aspects de son génie.
Le travail en duo de David et Raphaella est excellent, d'une grande homogénéité
dans sa sonorité, la mise en place et l'expression."
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