Canciones: Spanish Guitar Music
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Performer: Marc TeicholzPerformer: Sharon O'Connor
Composer: JOAQUIN MALATS
Composer: ISAAC ALBENIZ
Composer: JOAQUIN TURINA
Composer: FEREDICO MOMPOU
Composer: ENRIQUE GRANADOS
Composer: ERNESTO HALFFTER
Composer: FRANCISCO TARREGA
Composer: MANUEL DE FALLA
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
Published: 1992
Music Label: Menus and Music
Music reviews of Canciones: Spanish Guitar Music
Music Review: Spanish guitar music at its best
Rating: 5 Stars
To clarify: the primary artist here is the guitarist Marc Teicholz, who is joined on 'cello by Ms O'Connor for pieces 11-13. "La vida breve" (apparently double-tracked) is in fact the famous "Spanish Dance No. 1", not the entire opera. The Mompou piece is from the "Suite Compostelana", recorded in its entirety by Segovia and others. There is only one Catalan folk song.
My attention was initially drawn to this CD by its inclusion of Halffter's "Danza de la Pastora"; I saw Narciso Yepes play this many years ago, but he never recorded it, and I've been searching for a good recording ever since.
Marc Teicholz is a winner of the Guitar Foundation of America competition, and this album show clearly why. My wife -- a musician but not particularly a fan of classical guitar, although exposed to it by long association with me -- exclaimed "My God, he's terrific! He's got everything!"
And indeed he has. The pieces here range from fairly easy to fiendish, but Mr Teicholz negotiates them all with equally effortless authority and beautiful tone. The well-known "Asturias", which some prefer to start quietly and build up, is treated here more like a flamenco piece (which indeed it may be regarded as, being based on a Granadina); the notorious "big chord", which causes so many guitarists to falter, is played with rock-solid rhythm, as is everything else. Likewise, I have never heard the Turina pieces played with greater command; but lyricism seems to come just as easily, as in the beautiful "Capricho Catalán".
There are many young guitarists today with excellent technique. What separates Mr Teicholz from the herd is his musicality. His version of "Danza de la Pastora" is much more exciting than that of Messrs Parkening & Brandon, even though they have twice as many guitars; furthermore, he observes all the repeats, which they do not. In fact, this piece alone would be worth the price of the CD to me.
But even ignoring that, this is a thoroughly worthwhile album, even if you already have some of the familiar pieces: the guitar and 'cello transcriptions work extremely well, all the music is accessible to the average listener, and the recording is excellent.
The total time is 50'57".
Description of Canciones: Spanish Guitar Music
Classical guitarist, Marc Teicholz, was the first prize winner of the 1989 International Guitar Foundation of America Competition. He has toured extensively throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, and Asia receiving critical acclaim for his recitals and master classes. In 1995, he toured New Zealand, Fiji, the Phillippines and Singapore as an Artistic Ambassador for the United States. He has appeared as a soloist with orchestras in Russia, Spain, Portugal, Hawaii, and California. He has recorded several solo CDs for Naxos, Sugo, and Menus and Music, as well as the pilot soundtrack for George Lucas' "Young Indiana Jones." Currently, under the auspices of Community Concerts, he plays over 60 concerts a year with the quartet "A Festival of Four." He is on the faculty of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and at the California State University of Hayward. Mr. Teicholz graduated Magna Cum Laude from Yale University, received a Master's degree from the Yale School of Music, and a J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley at the Boalt School of Law.CONTENTS: 1. JOAQUIN MALATS: Serenata Espanola 2. ISAAC ALBENIZ: Capricho Catalan 3. JOAQUIN TURINA: Sevillana, op. 29 4. FEREDICO MOMPOU: Preludio 5. ENRIQUE GRANADOS: La Maja de Goya 6. ERNESTO HALFFTER: Danza de la Pastora 7. Traditional Catalan Foldsong: El Noy de la Mare 8. ISAAC ALBENIZ: Asturias (Leyenda) 9. JOAQUIN TURINA: Fandanguillo, op. 36 10. FRANCISCO TARREGA: Recuerdos de la Alhambra MANUEL DE FALLA: 11. Asturiana 12. Nana 13. Cancion 14. La Vida Breve
Tracks 11-13 with Sharon O'Connor, cello
Recorded in Menlo Park, CA for "Menus and Music", 1992.
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