Jerry Willard Plays! - Four Centuries of Lute and Guitar

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Album Summary

Performers

• Jerry Willard (Archlute)
• Jerry Willard (Guitar)

Composers

• Santino Garsi (1542 - 1604)
• Gaspar Sanz (1640 - 1710)
• George Gershwin (1898 - 1937)
• Cesare Negri (circa 1535 - after 1604)
• Anonymous, Italian
• Mauro Giuliani (1781 - 1829)
• Oscar Chilesotti
• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)
• Miguel Llobet (Guitar) (1878 - 1938)

Notes & Reviews:

New York-based lute/guitar player Jerry Willard takes us on a masters tour of the development of the most popular stringed instrument in the world, starting in 16th Century Italy with several sumptuous pieces for Archlute. "Unquestionable technical skill and superiority... wonderfully sparkling..." - The New York Times

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Works Details

Negri Milanesi, Cesare : Bianco fiore (from Le gratie d'amore)

• Performer: Jerry Willard (Archlute)
• Running Time: 1 min. 4 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance

Chilesotti, Oscar : Vaghe bellezze et bionde trezze d'oro, for lute or guitar (transcription of anonymous work from 16th

• Performer: Jerry Willard (Archlute)
• Running Time: 1 min. 41 sec.

Garsi, Santino : Galliarda

• Performer: Jerry Willard (Archlute)
• Running Time: 1 min. 47 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance

Anonymous, Italian : Se io m'accorgo

• Performer: Jerry Willard (Archlute)
• Running Time: 2 min. 43 sec.

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

• Performer: Jerry Willard (Archlute)
• Running Time: 20 min. 5 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: after 1712

Sanz, Gaspar : Pavanas for guitar

• Running Time: 2 min. 51 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1674

Sanz, Gaspar : Canarios [I], for guitar (Instrucción de Música sobre la Guitarra Española, Book 1)

• Running Time: 2 min. 16 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1674

Sanz, Gaspar : Clarín de los mosqueteros del rey de Francia, for guitar (from Instrucción de música sobre la guitar

• Running Time: 1 min. 56 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque

Giuliani, Mauro : Sonatinas (3) for Guitar, Op. 71 :: Andantino

• Running Time: 1 min. 57 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic

Giuliani, Mauro : Sonatinas (3) for Guitar, Op. 71 :: Scherzo

• Running Time: 5 min. 54 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic

Giuliani, Mauro : Sonatinas (3) for Guitar, Op. 71 :: Rondo

• Running Time: 3 min. 44 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic

Llobet, Miguel [Guitar] : El Testament d'Amelia (Amelia's Testament), for guitar (from Canciones populares catalanas)

• Performer: Jerry Willard (Guitar)
• Running Time: 2 min. 25 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: circa 1899-1935

Llobet, Miguel [Guitar] : Leonesa, for guitar

• Performer: Jerry Willard (Guitar)
• Running Time: 1 min. 51 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic

Llobet, Miguel [Guitar] : El Maestro (The Master), for guitar (from Canciones populares catalanas)

• Performer: Jerry Willard (Guitar)
• Running Time: 3 min. 38 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic

Gershwin, George : Swanee, song (for Capital Revue, by various composers)

• Performer: Jerry Willard (Guitar)
• Running Time: 2 min. 22 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1919

Gershwin, George : Porgy and Bess

• Performer: Jerry Willard (Guitar)
• Running Time: 3 min. 20 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1935

Gershwin, George : Girl Crazy

• Performer: Jerry Willard (Guitar)
• Running Time: 2 min. 27 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1930