Julian Bream: The Ultimate Guitar Collection-Volume 2

Julian Bream: The Ultimate Guitar Collection-Volume 2

Julian Bream: The Ultimate Guitar Collection-Volume 2
List Price: $7.99
Our Price: $4.60
You Save: $3.39 (42%)
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Buy Used: from $2.44 (click here)
Category: Music CD
See more CD details
Listen soundtracks from this album



(Click here)
Buy this Music CD at online store in your country
Canadian Music Store

CD Details

Composer: Federico Moreno Torroba
Composer: Francisco Tarrega
Composer: John Dowland
Composer: Heitor Villa-Lobos
Composer: Joaquin Turina
Composer: Lennox Berkeley
Composer: George Frederick Handel
Composer: William [Composer] Byrd
Composer: Luigi Boccherini
Composer: Albert Roussel
Composer: Luis de Milan
Composer: Antonio Vivaldi
Composer: Federico Mompou
Composer: Fernando Sor
Composer: Alonso de Mudarra
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
Composer: Dionysio Aguado
Composer: Joaquin Rodrigo
Conductor: John Eliot Gardiner
Conductor: Leo Brouwer
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2000-08-08
Music Label: RCA
Soundtracks:
  1. I: Allegretto
  2. Capricho Arabe
  3. A Fancy
  4. Etude No. 5 In C
  5. I. Allegretto
  6. I. Allegretto
  7. I. Allegro
  8. The Wood So Wild
  9. Adante; Molto Adagio; Adante
  10. Fandango
  11. Segovia, Op. 29
  12. Fantasia XXII
  13. II. Andante
  14. Preludio
  15. II. Andantino Grazioso
  16. Fantasia
  17. Bourree
  18. Gigue
  19. Polonaise, Op.2, No.2
  20. Canario

Music reviews of Julian Bream: The Ultimate Guitar Collection-Volume 2

Music Review: Not ultimate- but wonderful, none-the-less
Rating: 5 Stars

As good a guitarist as Julian Bream is, one must begin by acknowledging that the title of this 2-CD set containing 32 admittedly seminal pieces written for hand-played strings ( primarily, the lute) is a tad hyperbolistic. An "Ultimate" collection of anything would have to be more complete, by definition, than any two CDs can be and, again, it almost goes without saying that no two people are apt to be in total agreement about what should or should not have been included in any such collection. All caveats considered and aside, this is, indeed, a thoughtfully selected and masterfully performed collection of what is, unarguably, some of the very best classical pieces ever written for the lute. Bream plays some of them on the guitar and others on a renaissance lute - the latter giving a somewhat truer indication of the stylings and musical nuances intended by the various composers. But, even the pieces he plays on the guitar - an instrument that, in it's current form, did not exist when many of the pieces were originally composed - are sensitive and lyrical interpretations that sound as if they MIGHT have been composed for the guitar.

Without spending space here reiterating the specific pieces, their titles and lengths, I will simply list the composers whose works Bream presents so nicely in this collection. They span a range of about five centuries beginning in the time of England's Elizabeth I and spanning the years through to the 20th Century's premier Spanish and Brazilian classical guitar composers. The list reads like a `Whose Who" of classical plucked-string instrument music and of composers whose keyboard compositions work particularly well on the strings of a lute or guitar, and includes;
- John Dowland
- Francis Cutting
- Antonio Vivaldi
- Gaspar Sanz (*)
- Mateo Albeniz (*)
- Manuel de Falla
- Enrique Granados (*)
- Hector Villa-Lobos, and
- Joaquin Rodrigo
(*) = Pieces originally written for keyboard play.

Every classical guitarist has his own recognizable style and approach to the instrument and the material. An experience listener would not confuse Bream's work with that of Andres Segovia, for example: but it is not that one is better than the other. Each, in his own distinctive way, is simply superb. Though the Spanish influence is clearly audible with both musicians, Bream's stylings have a more contemporary lilt and inflection than do those of Segovia; he makes each piece his own. One suspects that each time he plays a piece it comes out differently according to the moment, his mood, the instrument and God knows what else. Segovia, on the other hand, was well known for his constancy once he had found a version of each piece that fully suited his own ear and temperament.
While I am admittedly a Segovia fan, I find Bream's renditions to be noticeably fresher and each infused with an aura of presence in the here-and-now which I find especially enjoyable.

The collection is neither complete not `ultimate', but it is VERY good and well worth having in any collection of classical guitar music. In fact, for audiophiles not familiar with this genre, it is a fair place to begin to develop an ear for and a listener's knowledge of and experience with the classical guitar.
More Julian Bream: The Ultimate Guitar Collection-Volume 2 free music reviews:
1 2

Description of Julian Bream: The Ultimate Guitar Collection-Volume 2

All products are BRAND NEW and factory sealed. Fast shipping and 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed.

Classical CDs

Music Genres
Bestsellers in Classical CDs
Winterscapes ImageWinterscapes
by London Philharmonic
Prophetic Voice; Published: 2000-07; Audio CD; Book
Best price: $2.75
Price in other shops: $6.99
The Queen, the Bear, & the Bumblebee ImageThe Queen, the Bear, & the Bumblebee
by Dini Petty
Children's Group; Published: 2001-03; Audio CD; Book
Best price: $13.38
Price in other shops: $13.98
Beethoven Lives Upstairs Cdr ImageClassical Kids - Beethoven Lives Upstairs Cdr
Release date: 2000-04-05; Music CD
Best price: $24.98
Tchaikovsky (Life and Works (Naxos)) ImageTchaikovsky (Life and Works (Naxos))
by Malcolm Sinclair, Jeremy Siepmann
Naxos; Published: 2003-11; Audio CD; Book
Best price: $35.99
Jose Carreras - Jubileum Concert [VHS] ImageJose Carreras - Jose Carreras - Jubileum Concert [VHS]
Sling Shot; Release date: 2000-04-18; VHS Tape; VHS Video
Best price: $5.86
Price in other shops: $9.99
Tchaikovsky - The Nutcracker / Nureyev, Park, Royal Ballet [VHS] ImageTchaikovsky - The Nutcracker / Nureyev, Park, Royal Ballet [VHS]
Kultur Video; Release date: 1997-09-09; VHS Tape; VHS Video
Best price: $29.89
Price in other shops: $29.95
Lonely Town Lonley Street / Sergeant's Early Dream [VHS] ImageRambert Dance Company - Lonely Town Lonley Street / Sergeant's Early Dream [VHS]
Kultur Video; Release date: 1997-10-28; VHS Tape; VHS Video
Best price: $14.99
Price in other shops: $29.95
Winter Music: Composing the North ImageWinter Music: Composing the North
by John Luther Adams
Wesleyan; Published: 2004-11-10; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $25.21
Price in other shops: $25.95
Puccini - La Fanciulla del West / Santi, Domingo, Neblett, Royal Opera Covent Garden [VHS] ImagePuccini - La Fanciulla del West / Santi, Domingo, Neblett, Royal Opera Covent Garden [VHS]
Kultur Video; Release date: 1999-05-25; VHS Tape; VHS Video
Best price: $6.38
Price in other shops: $29.95
Verdi - Falstaff / Giulini, Bruson, Ricciarelli, Nucci, Royal Opera Covent Garden [VHS] ImageVerdi - Falstaff / Giulini, Bruson, Ricciarelli, Nucci, Royal Opera Covent Garden [VHS]
Kultur Video; Release date: 1999-05-25; VHS Tape; VHS Video
Best price: $12.95
Price in other shops: $29.95
Similar CDs
John Williams: The Baroque Album ImageJohn Williams: The Baroque Album
Release date: 1990-10-25; Music CD
Best price: $6.24
Price in other shops: $8.99
Granados/Albeniz: Music of Spain (Julian Bream Edition, Vol. 25) ImageJulian Bream - Granados/ Albeniz: Music of Spain (Julian Bream Edition, Vol. 25)
Release date: 1994-04-12; Music CD
Best price: $4.54
Price in other shops: $7.99
Together/Julian Bream & John Williams ImageTogether/ Julian Bream & John Williams
Release date: 1993-05-25; Music CD
Best price: $4.57
Price in other shops: $7.99
Spanish Guitar Music ImageSpanish Guitar Music
Release date: 2002-01-29; Music CD
Best price: $3.48
Price in other shops: $6.98
Art of Segovia ImageAndres Segovia - Art of Segovia
SEGOVIA,ANDRES; Release date: 2002-10-08; Music CD
Best price: $10.43
Price in other shops: $17.98
Essential Guitar: 33 Guitar Masterpieces ImageEssential Guitar: 34 Guitar Masterpieces - Essential Guitar: 33 Guitar Masterpieces
ESSENTIAL GUITAR: 34 GTR MASTERPIECES; Release date: 2002-08-13; Music CD
Best price: $6.71
Price in other shops: $11.98
Together Again/ Julian Bream & John Williams ImageTogether Again/ Julian Bream & John Williams
Release date: 1993-05-25; Music CD
Best price: $4.79
Price in other shops: $7.99
The Ultimate Guitar Collection ImageJohn Williams - The Ultimate Guitar Collection
Release date: 2005-03-29; Music CD
Best price: $13.37
Price in other shops: $15.99
Baroque Guitar ImageBaroque Guitar
Release date: 1991-06-21; Music CD
Best price: $3.19
Price in other shops: $6.98
Julian Bream Ultimate Guitar Collection ImageJulian Bream Ultimate Guitar Collection
Release date: 1999-03-09; Music CD
Best price: $6.56
Price in other shops: $9.99
Compare prices and find music notes for more than one million Music CD titles