SEGOVIA, Andres: 1950s American Recordings, Vol. 3

Volume 3 of Segovia’s 1950s American recordings focuses on music by Francisco Tárrega (1852-1909), the great nineteenth-century pioneer of the guitar, as well as a noted composer and arranger, and Manuel Ponce (1882-1948), founding father of twentieth-century Mexican music and a close friend of Segovia. The great guitarist himself commented: ‘From the time I first became acquainted with Ponce in Mexico in 1923... he composed more than eighty works for the guitar; large or small, they are, all of them, pure and beautiful.’ Pieces by Albéniz, Aguirre, Malats and Esplá are also included. With such composers (four Spanish and two from Latin-America), Segovia was in his element, expressing cultural affinities which matched the natural idioms of the Spanish guitar.

JEAN-DELPHIN ALARD (1815-1888): Ten Artistic Studies for Violin, Op. 19: No. 2: Study in A (arr. Tárrega)

FRANCISCO TÁRREGA (1852-1909):
Marieta (Mazurka)

Preludio No. 5
Preludio No. 2
María (Gavota)
Mazurka in G
Adelita (Mazurka)
Capricho árabe
Recuerdos de la Alhambra

ISAAC ALBÉNIZ (1860-1909): Suite española, Op. 47: No. 5: Asturias (Leyenda)

JULIÁN AGUIRRE (1868-1924): Canción

JOAQUÍN MALATS (1872-1912): Serenata española

MANUEL PONCE (1882-1948): Preludes:
No. VI
No. VII
No. IX
No. I
No. III
No. IV

PONCE: Tres canciones populares mexicanas: Mexican Folksong No. 3: La Valentina

PONCE: Thème varié et Finale

PONCE: Sonata III

from Four Pieces: Mazurka, Valse

OSCAR ESPLÁ (1886-1976): Levantine Impressions, Nos 2 & 5

All selections recorded in New York