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Stefano Grondona Plays The Guitar Music Of Miguel Llobet

 

Estudio Capricho

Romanza

Estudio

Scherzo-vals

Estilos Argentinos Nos. 1-3

5 Preludes

Canciones Catalanas

 

arrangements from Villar, Bufaletti and Valverde

Stefano Grondona (guitar)

 

The present recording comprises everything Llobet, giant of the modern guitar, is currently known to have composed, beginning with Romanza (1896) and ending with Preludes from 1935. His entire output is unmistakably personal, exploring new directions in guitar playing and the sort of harmonies that would have puzzled any composer-cum-guitarist who came before him.

 

Particularly those compositions written when he was a major successful concert performer show unmatched creative vitality and their positive, enthusiastic character demonstrates that this otherwise saturnine man could also experience and express joy, winning the listener over with warmth and humour.

 

Stradivarius STR33770