Segovia - The American Decca Recordings Vol 1

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Album Summary

Performer

• Andrés Segovia (Guitar)

Composers

• Francisco Tárrega (1852 - 1909)
• Manuel Ponce (Composer) (1882 - 1948)
• Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847)
• Mauro Giuliani (1781 - 1829)
• Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714 - 1787)
• Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897)
• Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895 - 1968)
• Louis Couperin (circa 1626 - 1661)
• Edvard Grieg (1843 - 1907)
• Isaac Albéniz (1860 - 1909)
• Sebastián de Aguirre (fl. 18th Century)
• Gaspar Sanz (1640 - 1710)
• Federico Moreno Torroba (1891 - 1982)
• Robert de Visée (circa 1655 - circa 1732)
• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)
• Franz Schubert (Vienna) (1797 - 1828)
• Manuel de Falla (1876 - 1946)
• Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849)
• Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583 - 1643)
• Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683 - 1764)
• Silvius Leopold Weiss (1686 - 1750)
• Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714 - 1788)
• Enriqué Granados (1867 - 1916)
• Carlos Pedrell (1878 - 1941)
• Anonymous, Italian
• Miguel Llobet (Guitar) (1878 - 1938)
• Alonso de Mudarra (circa 1510 - 1580)
• Fernando Sor (1778 - 1839)
• George Frederick Handel (1685 - 1759)
• Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887 - 1959)
• Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856)
• Alexandre Tansman (1897 - 1986)
• Franz Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809)
• César Franck (1822 - 1890)
• Joaquin Malats (1872 - 1912)
• Anonymous
• Luis de Milán (Renaissance Composer) (circa 1500 - circa 1561)
• Andrés Segovia (1893 - 1987)

Notes & Reviews:

Andres Segovia, the acclaimed guitarist, recorded a series of highly-prized albums for the American Decca label in the 1940s and 50s. This box offers the first six albums in this now legendary series, presented for the first time with their original couplings and their original LP-sleeve artwork. These CDs are newly mastered, with a minimum of intervention, from original tapes or tape copies of the original glass masters. The results reveal a new intimacy and delicacy that is completely captivating.

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Works Details

Isaac Albéniz (1860 - 1909) : Suite española no 1, for piano, Op. 47, B. 7 :: 1. Grenada

• Performer: Andrés Segovia (Guitar)
• Running Time: 4 min. 11 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1886

Enriqué Granados (1867 - 1916) : Colección (7) de canciones amatorias :: 7. La maja de Goya

• Performer: Andrés Segovia (Guitar)
• Running Time: 4 min. 3 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Vocal

Enriqué Granados (1867 - 1916) : Danse espagnole, Op. 37/5 :: 2

• Performer: Andrés Segovia (Guitar)
• Running Time: 3 min. 45 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1888-1890

Isaac Albéniz (1860 - 1909) : Piezas características (12), Op. 92 :: 12. Torre Bermeja (serenata)

• Performer: Andrés Segovia (Guitar)
• Running Time: 3 min. 34 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1888-1889

Enriqué Granados (1867 - 1916) : Danse espagnole, Op. 37/5 :: 2

• Performer: Andrés Segovia (Guitar)
• Running Time: 3 min. 42 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1888-1890

Isaac Albéniz (1860 - 1909) : Suite española no 1, for piano, Op. 47, B. 7 :: no 3. Sevilla (sevillanas)

• Performer: Andrés Segovia (Guitar)
• Running Time: 3 min. 55 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1886

Luis de Milán (Renaissance Composer) (circa 1500 - circa 1561) : Pavan for vihuela No 1

• Performer: Andrés Segovia (Guitar)
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Written: 1536

Luis de Milán (Renaissance Composer) (circa 1500 - circa 1561) : Pavan for vihuela No 2

• Performer: Andrés Segovia (Guitar)
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Written: 1536

Sanz, Gaspar : Pavanas for guitar

• Performer: Andrés Segovia (Guitar)
• Running Time: 1 min. 21 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1674

Anonymous, Italian : Canzone

• Performer: Andrés Segovia (Guitar)
• Running Time: 1 min. 30 sec.

Anonymous : Salterello, instrumental dance :: Saltarello

• Performer: Andrés Segovia (Guitar)

Torroba, Federico Moreno : Burgalesa for guitar in F sharp minor

• Performer: Andrés Segovia (Guitar)
• Running Time: 1 min. 45 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic

Torroba, Federico Moreno : Characteristic Pieces, for guitar, no 5, Albada

• Performer: Andrés Segovia (Guitar)
• Running Time: 1 min. 20 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic

Torroba, Federico Moreno : Suite castellana for guitar :: Arada

• Performer: Andrés Segovia (Guitar)
• Running Time: 2 min. 47 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic

Llobet, Miguel [Guitar] : Canciones Populares Catalanas (13), folksong arrangements for guitar :: El noi de la mare (The Son of

• Performer: Andrés Segovia (Guitar)
• Running Time: 1 min. 15 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic

Llobet, Miguel [Guitar] : Canciones Populares Catalanas (13), folksong arrangements for guitar :: El testamento de Amelia (Ameli

• Performer: Andrés Segovia (Guitar)
• Running Time: 1 min. 47 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic

Francisco Tárrega (1852 - 1909) : Danza Mora for guitar

• Performer: Andrés Segovia (Guitar)
• Running Time: 1 min. 27 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: circa 1880-1905

Francisco Tárrega (1852 - 1909) : Minuet

• Performer: Andrés Segovia (Guitar)
• Running Time: 1 min. 45 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic

Robert de Visée (circa 1655 - circa 1732) : Entrada y Giga, for guitar

• Performer: Andrés Segovia (Guitar)
• Running Time: 3 min. 4 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque

Robert de Visée (circa 1655 - circa 1732) : Work(s) :: Suite in D minor

• Performer: Andrés Segovia (Guitar)
• Period Time: Baroque

Robert de Visée (circa 1655 - circa 1732) : Work(s) :: Suite in D minor

• Performer: Andrés Segovia (Guitar)
• Running Time: 1 min. 53 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque

Mudarra, Alonso de : Tres libros de musica en cifras

• Performer: Andrés Segovia (Guitar)
• Running Time: 2 min. sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Written: by 1546

Ponce, Manuel [Composer] : Preludio, for guitar (in the style of Weiss)

• Performer: Andrés Segovia (Guitar)
• Notes: New York, NY (03/21/1952/04/02/1952)
• Running Time: 2 min. 5 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: by 1926

Ponce, Manuel [Composer] : Balletto for guitar

• Performer: Andrés Segovia (Guitar)
• Notes: New York, NY (03/21/1952/04/02/1952)
• Running Time: 2 min. 44 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 19th Century

Ponce, Manuel [Composer] : Gigue for guitar

• Performer: Andrés Segovia (Guitar)
• Notes: New York, NY (03/21/1952/04/02/1952)
• Running Time: 4 min. 42 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Suite for solo cello no 1 in G major, BWV 1007 :: Prélude

• Performer: Andrés Segovia (Guitar)
• Running Time: 2 min. 18 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1720

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Suite for solo cello no 6 in D major, BWV 1012 :: Prélude

• Performer: Andrés Segovia (Guitar)
• Running Time: 3 min. 51 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1720

Sor, Fernando : Sonata for guitar in C Minor, Op. 25 :: Allegro non troppo

• Performer: Andrés Segovia (Guitar)
• Running Time: 5 min. 31 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic

Mendelssohn, Felix : Song Without Words for piano no 6 in G minor ("Venetianisches Gondellied"), Op. 19b/6

• Performer: Andrés Segovia (Guitar)
• Notes: Composition written: 10/16/1830.
• Running Time: 2 min. 53 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 10/16/1830

Schubert, Franz : Sonata for Piano in G major, D 894/Op. 78 :: Menuetto

• Performer: Andrés Segovia (Guitar)
• Running Time: 5 min. 40 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 10/1826

Torroba, Federico Moreno : Sonatina for guitar

• Performer: Andrés Segovia (Guitar)
• Running Time: 11 min. 23 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1926

Isaac Albéniz (1860 - 1909) : Suite española no 1, for piano, Op. 47, B. 7 :: 5. Asturias (leyenda)

• Performer: Andrés Segovia (Guitar)
• Running Time: 6 min. 24 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1886

Luis de Milán (Renaissance Composer) (circa 1500 - circa 1561) : Fantasia, No 16

• Performer: Andrés Segovia (Guitar)
• Running Time: 3 min. 3 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance

Robert de Visée (circa 1655 - circa 1732) : Work(s) :: Suite in D minor

• Performer: Andrés Segovia (Guitar)
• Notes: New York, NY (04/18/1952/04/22/1952)
• Period Time: Baroque

Robert de Visée (circa 1655 - circa 1732) : Work(s) :: Suite in D minor

• Performer: Andrés Segovia (Guitar)
• Notes: New York, NY (04/18/1952/04/22/1952)
• Running Time: 2 min. 28 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque

Robert de Visée (circa 1655 - circa 1732) : Work(s) :: Suite in D minor

• Performer: Andrés Segovia (Guitar)
• Notes: New York, NY (04/18/1952/04/22/1952)
• Period Time: Baroque

Robert de Visée (circa 1655 - circa 1732) : Work(s) :: Suite in D minor

• Performer: Andrés Segovia (Guitar)
• Notes: New York, NY (04/18/1952/04/22/1952)
• Running Time: 1 min. 44 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque

Robert de Visée (circa 1655 - circa 1732) : Work(s) :: Suite in D minor

• Performer: Andrés Segovia (Guitar)
• Notes: New York, NY (04/18/1952/04/22/1952)
• Period Time: Baroque

Robert de Visée (circa 1655 - circa 1732) : Work(s) :: Suite in D minor

• Performer: Andrés Segovia (Guitar)
• Notes: New York, NY (04/18/1952/04/22/1952)
• Running Time: 1 min. 14 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque

Sor, Fernando : Variations for Guitar on a theme from Mozart's "Magic Flute", Op. 9

• Performer: Andrés Segovia (Guitar)
• Notes: New York, NY (03/24/1952/04/29/1952)
• Running Time: 7 min. 6 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: circa 1820-1823

Handel, George Frideric : Suite for keyboard in G minor, HWV 453 :: Minuet 1 & 2. Allegretto grazioso

• Performer: Andrés Segovia (Guitar)
• Notes: New York, NY (03/24/1952/04/02/1942)
• Running Time: 2 min. 52 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: circa 1705

Handel, George Frideric : Gavotte for keyboard in G major, HWV 491

• Performer: Andrés Segovia (Guitar)
• Notes: New York, NY (03/24/1952/04/02/1942)
• Running Time: 1 min. 23 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: circa 1705

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Partita for Violin solo no 1 in B minor, BWV 1002 :: Bourrée

• Performer: Andrés Segovia (Guitar)
• Notes: New York, NY (03/31/1952/04/29/1952)
• Running Time: 3 min. 33 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1720

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Suite for Cello solo no 3 in C major, BWV 1009 :: Courante

• Performer: Andrés Segovia (Guitar)
• Notes: New York, NY (03/31/1952/04/29/1952)
• Running Time: 2 min. 54 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1720

Giuliani, Mauro : Sonata for guitar in C major, Op. 15 :: 1. Allegro spiritoso

• Performer: Andrés Segovia (Guitar)
• Running Time: 5 min. 40 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic

Falla, Manuel de : Homenaje - M. de Falla

• Performer: Andrés Segovia (Guitar)
• Notes: Composition written: 1920.
• Running Time: 2 min. 37 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1920

Villa-Lobos, Heitor : Etudes (12) for Guitar, W 235

• Performer: Andrés Segovia (Guitar)
• Running Time: 3 min. 48 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1929

Luis de Milán (Renaissance Composer) (circa 1500 - circa 1561) : Pavanes for guitar

• Performer: Andrés Segovia (Guitar)
• Running Time: 1 min. 33 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance

Handel, George Frideric : Suite for Harpsichord in D minor, HWV 437 :: Sarbande

• Performer: Andrés Segovia (Guitar)
• Running Time: 4 min. sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: circa 1705

Handel, George Frideric : Minuet for keyboard in G major, HWV 531

• Performer: Andrés Segovia (Guitar)
• Running Time: 2 min. 26 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: circa 1710-1720

Gluck, Christoph Willibald : Orfeo :: Dance of the Blessed Spirits

• Performer: Andrés Segovia (Guitar)
• Running Time: 2 min. 51 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Opera/Operetta

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Sonata for Violin solo no 1 in G minor, BWV 1001 :: Sicilienne

• Performer: Andrés Segovia (Guitar)
• Running Time: 3 min. 21 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1720

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Suite for lute in E minor, BWV 996 :: Bourrée

• Performer: Andrés Segovia (Guitar)
• Running Time: 1 min. 33 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: after 1712

Sor, Fernando : Sonata for guitar in C Minor, Op. 25 :: Minuetto

• Performer: Andrés Segovia (Guitar)
• Running Time: 2 min. 47 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic

Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849) : Prelude for piano no 7 in A major, Op. 28/7, CT. 172

• Performer: Andrés Segovia (Guitar)
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1838-1839

Schumann, Robert : Lieder Album für die Jugend, Op. 79 :: 4. Frühlingsgruá

• Performer: Andrés Segovia (Guitar)
• Running Time: 2 min. 27 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1849

Ponce, Manuel [Composer] : Andantino variato, for guitar (after Paganini)

• Performer: Andrés Segovia (Guitar)
• Running Time: 7 min. 39 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Brahms, Johannes : Waltz for piano, 4 hands in B flat major, Op. 39/8

• Performer: Andrés Segovia (Guitar)
• Running Time: 1 min. 41 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Waltz
• Written: 1865

Torroba, Federico Moreno : Madroños

• Performer: Andrés Segovia (Guitar)
• Running Time: 2 min. 53 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1954

Villa-Lobos, Heitor : Chôro no 1 for Guitar

• Performer: Andrés Segovia (Guitar)
• Notes: Composition written: 1940.
• Running Time: 4 min. 21 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1940

Frescobaldi, Girolamo : Aria with Variations, for guitar (music by Frescobaldi arranged by Segovia)

• Performer: Andrés Segovia (Guitar)
• Running Time: 5 min. 20 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque

Andrés Segovia (1893 - 1987) : Corrente, for guitar (after Frescobaldi's "Aria detta la Frescobalda")

• Performer: Andrés Segovia (Guitar)
• Running Time: 1 min. 20 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Mario : Capriccio diabolico, for guitar ("Omaggio a Paganini"), Op. 85

• Performer: Andrés Segovia (Guitar)
• Running Time: 9 min. 11 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1935

Ponce, Manuel [Composer] : Preludes (24) for guitar :: no 7 in A major

• Performer: Andrés Segovia (Guitar)
• Running Time: 1 min. 27 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Ponce, Manuel [Composer] : Preludes (24) for guitar :: no 2 in A minor

• Performer: Andrés Segovia (Guitar)
• Running Time: 1 min. 17 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Ponce, Manuel [Composer] : Preludes (24) for guitar :: no 9 in E major

• Performer: Andrés Segovia (Guitar)
• Period Time: Modern

Ponce, Manuel [Composer] : Preludes (24) for guitar :: no 8 in F sharp minor

• Performer: Andrés Segovia (Guitar)
• Running Time: 1 min. 13 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Ponce, Manuel [Composer] : Preludes (24) for guitar :: no 13 in F sharp major

• Performer: Andrés Segovia (Guitar)
• Running Time: 1 min. 36 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Ponce, Manuel [Composer] : Preludes (24) for guitar :: no 11 in B major

• Performer: Andrés Segovia (Guitar)
• Period Time: Modern

Rameau, Jean-Philippe : Nouvelles suites de pièces de clavecin :: Minuet in G major

• Performer: Andrés Segovia (Guitar)
• Running Time: 3 min. 38 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1727

Tansman, Alexander : Cavatina Suite

• Performer: Andrés Segovia (Guitar)
• Running Time: 14 min. 25 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1950

Torroba, Federico Moreno : Nocturno for guitar in A minor

• Performer: Andrés Segovia (Guitar)
• Running Time: 3 min. 31 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1926

Couperin, Louis : Passacaille for harpsichord in C major (Pièces de clavecin, no 27)

• Performer: Andrés Segovia (Guitar)
• Running Time: 5 min. 58 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque

Ponce, Manuel [Composer] : Preludio, for guitar (in the style of Weiss)

• Performer: Andrés Segovia (Guitar)
• Running Time: 2 min. 5 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: by 1926

Weiss, Silvius Leopold : Allemande

• Performer: Andrés Segovia (Guitar)
• Running Time: 2 min. 38 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque

Haydn, Franz Joseph : Symphony no 96 in D major, H 1 no 96 "Miracle" :: Minuet and Trio

• Performer: Andrés Segovia (Guitar)
• Running Time: 4 min. 40 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1791

Grieg, Edvard : Lyric Pieces (7), Book 4, Op. 47 :: 3. Melodie

• Performer: Andrés Segovia (Guitar)
• Running Time: 3 min. 29 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1886-1888

Ponce, Manuel [Composer] : Canciones populares (3) for guitar :: La Valentina

• Performer: Andrés Segovia (Guitar)
• Notes: Composition written: Spain.
• Running Time: 1 min. 30 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Vocal

Torroba, Federico Moreno : Burgalesa

• Performer: Andrés Segovia (Guitar)
• Running Time: 2 min. 54 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic

Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel : Keyboard Sonata in B minor, H. 73 :: Siciliana in F sharp minor

• Performer: Andrés Segovia (Guitar)
• Running Time: 3 min. 35 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1753

César Franck (1822 - 1890) : L' organiste Vol.1, for organ (or harmonium), M. 41 :: Quasi lento (Preludio)

• Performer: Andrés Segovia (Guitar)
• Running Time: 1 min. 8 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1889-1890

César Franck (1822 - 1890) : L' organiste Vol.1, for organ (or harmonium), M. 41 :: Andantino poco Allegretto

• Performer: Andrés Segovia (Guitar)
• Running Time: 3 min. 3 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1889-1890

Ponce, Manuel [Composer] : Thème, Varié et Finale for guitar

• Performer: Andrés Segovia (Guitar)
• Notes: New York, NY (05/21/1954/05/25/1954)
• Running Time: 7 min. 56 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1926

Sebastián de Aguirre (fl. 18th Century) : Canción, for guitar

• Performer: Andrés Segovia (Guitar)
• Running Time: 1 min. 6 sec.
• Period Time: Classical

Pedrell, Carlos : Guitarreo, for guitar

• Performer: Andrés Segovia (Guitar)
• Running Time: 1 min. 24 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Malats, Joaquin : Serenata española for piano in F major

• Performer: Andrés Segovia (Guitar)
• Running Time: 3 min. 42 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: circa 1895-1910