{"product_id":"various-artists-novecento-guitar-sonatinas-cd","title":"Various Artists - Novecento Guitar Sonatinas (CD)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDetails: \u003c\/strong\u003eThis survey is the sequel to comparably comprehensive Brilliant Classics collections of 20th-century guitar preludes and sonatas. The sonatinas included take their place as part of a long process of study conducted by Cristiano Porqueddu over the past few years. The high percentage of world premiere recordings - more than half of the entire tracklist - should give a good idea of how the research was conducted: as with the two previous releases, space has been given to those works that rarely appear either in concert or on record, in order to give voice to a considerable amount of excellent music almost completely ignored. Porqueddu made a longlist of over 60 sonatinas by 20th-century and by living composers, before narrowing down the final choice to the 17 performed here. Before Porqueddu, of course, there was the pioneer of modern guitar performance a century ago, Andres Segovia, who commissioned and inspired countless composers to write for him. One of those was the English composer Cyril Scott, and while Segovia expressed some misgivings about the result - 'I'm not head over heels about it', he wrote to his friend Manuel Ponce - the three-movement Sonatina makes a fine test of any guitarist's musicianship and effectively inhabits the Spanish guitar tradition with it's mysterious slow introduction and hypnotic central, Flamenco-style slow movement. The sonatinas by Mark Delpriora, Carlos Surinach and Albert Harris are no less compressed in expression, using the sonatina form to pack ideas into ten minutes that would occupy half an hour in the hands of lesser composers. The seven works of Angelo Gilardino are more expansive, though full of character, testifying to the unique relationship between composer and performer: Porqueddu himself. The pieces by Alberto Franco and Franco Cavallone were also composed with Porqueddu in mind, while the Sonatina Lirica by Segovia's English pupil John Duarte is a hidden gem. 'a most compelling collection from five composers, none of whom were guitarists... coruscating variety, fine recorded sound and lovingly shaped playing.' (MusicWeb International). 'Porqueddu's work is once more of excellent quality and shows how he is able to create individual interpretations of contemporary repertoire.' (Seicorde).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracklist: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCyril Scott: Sonatina for Guitar: I. Adagio quasi introduzione molto moderato\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Cyril Scott: Sonatina for Guitar: II. Allegretto pensoso\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Cyril Scott: Sonatina for Guitar: III. Finale\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Mark Delpriora: Le canzoni dell’acqua – Sonatina for Guitar: I. Allegro\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Mark Delpriora: Le canzoni dell’acqua – Sonatina for Guitar: II. Andante\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Mark Delpriora: Le canzoni dell’acqua – Sonatina for Guitar: III. Intermezzo\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Mark Delpriora: Le canzoni dell’acqua – Sonatina for Guitar: IV. Allegro\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Mark Delpriora: Pocket Sonata: I. Allegro\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Mark Delpriora: Pocket Sonata: II. Largo\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Mark Delpriora: Pocket Sonata: III. Allegro molto\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Carlos Surinach: Sonatina: I. Allegretto\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Carlos Surinach: Sonatina: II. Allegretto pensoso\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Carlos Surinach: Sonatina: III. Finale\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Virgilio Mortari: Sonatina Miniature\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Albert Harris: Sonatina: I. Allegro moderato\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Albert Harris: Sonatina: II. Aria\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Albert Harris: Sonatina: III. Rondo\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Angelo Gilardino: Parthenicum - Sonatina for Guitar: I. Allegro vivo\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Angelo Gilardino: Parthenicum - Sonatina for Guitar: II. Non troppo lentamente\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Angelo Gilardino: Parthenicum - Sonatina for Guitar: III. Allegretto\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Angelo Gilardino: Cantico di gubbio - Sonatina for Guitar: I. Andantino un poco mosso semplice\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Angelo Gilardino: Cantico di gubbio - Sonatina for Guitar: II. Aria\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Angelo Gilardino: Cantico di gubbio - Sonatina for Guitar: III. Apoteosi\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Angelo Gilardino: Sonatina degli Angeli: I. Il loro giorno\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Angelo Gilardino: Sonatina degli Angeli: II. Aria\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Angelo Gilardino: Sonatina degli Angeli: III. Apoteosi\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Angelo Gilardino: Catskill Pond: I. Trees\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Angelo Gilardino: Catskill Pond: II. Heavens\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Angelo Gilardino: Catskill Pond: III. Waters\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Angelo Gilardino: La casa del faro: I. Andantino semplice\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Angelo Gilardino: La casa del faro: II. Barcarola\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Angelo Gilardino: La casa del faro: III. Andantino scherzoso\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Angelo Gilardino: Sonatina de valparaiso: I. Andantino grazioso\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Angelo Gilardino: Sonatina de valparaiso: II. Barcarola\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Angelo Gilardino: Sonatina de valparaiso: III. Andantino scherzoso\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Angelo Gilardino: Sonatina des fleurs et des oiseaux: I. Allegretto spigliato\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Angelo Gilardino: Sonatina des fleurs et des oiseaux: II. Air\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Angelo Gilardino: Sonatina des fleurs et des oiseaux: III. Rondeau capricieux\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Alfredo Franco: Sonatina III - Il flauto nel bosco\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e John Duarte: Sonatina lirica Op. : I. Felice e con grazia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e John Duarte: Sonatina lirica Op. : II. Lento e poco mesto\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e John Duarte: Sonatina lirica Op. : III. Giocoso e molto ritmico\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Vitaly Kharisov: Sonatina for Guitar: I. Allegretto\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Vitaly Kharisov: Sonatina for Guitar: II. Andante rubato\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Franco Cavallone: Anime gementi - Sonatina for Guitar: I. Andante deciso\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Franco Cavallone: Anime gementi - Sonatina for Guitar: II. Lento\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Franco Cavallone: Anime gementi - Sonatina for Guitar: III. Allegretto\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Franco Cavallone: Sonatina for Guitar: I. Liberamente non troppo lento allegretto\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Franco Cavallone: Sonatina for Guitar: II. Adagio\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Franco Cavallone: Sonatina for Guitar: III. Allegretto\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e","brand":"Alliance Entertainment","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50553809568018,"sku":"5028421955582","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/various-artists-novecento-guitar-sonatinas-cd","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}