Various Artists - Golden Age of the Guitar [COMPACT DISCS] 2 Pack USA import

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Various Artists - Golden Age of the Guitar [COMPACT DISCS] 2 Pack

Artist: Various Artists

Title: Golden Age of the Guitar

Condition: New

Format: COMPACT DISCS

Release Date: 2020

Label: Brilliant Classics

UPC: 5028421961576

Genre: Classical

Album Tracks

DISC 1:
1. Ludovico Roncalli: Sonata No. 2, Quarto Tono in E Minor: I. Preludio
2. Ludovico Roncalli: Sonata No. 2, Quarto Tono in E Minor: II. Alemanda
3. Ludovico Roncalli: Sonata No. 2, Quarto Tono in E Minor: III. Giga
4. Ludovico Roncalli: Sonata No. 2, Quarto Tono in E Minor: IV. Sarabanda
5. Ludovico Roncalli: Sonata No. 2, Quarto Tono in E Minor: V. Gavotta
6. Ludovico Roncalli: Sonata No. 2, Quarto Tono in E Minor: VI. Passacaglia
7. John Dowland: Lachrimae Pavan, P15
8. John Dowland: A Fancy, P73
9. Robert de Visée: Suite in G Major: I. Prélude
10. Robert de Visée: Suite in G Major: II. Allemande
11. Robert de Visée: Suite in G Major: III. Courante
12. Robert de Visée: Suite in G Major: IV. Sarabande
13. Robert de Visée: Suite in G Major: V. Gigue
14. Robert de Visée: Suite in G Major: VI. Chaconne
15. Robert de Visée: Suite in D Minor: I. Prélude
16. Robert de Visée: Suite in D Minor: II. Allemande
17. Robert de Visée: Suite in D Minor: III. Courante
18. Robert de Visée: Suite in D Minor: IV. Sarabande I
19. Robert de Visée: Suite in D Minor: V. Sarabande II
20. Robert de Visée: Suite in D Minor: VI. Gigue
21. Robert de Visée: Suite in D Minor: VII. Menuets I & II
22. Robert de Visée: Suite in D Minor: VIII. Bourrée
23. Robert de Visée: Suite in D Minor: IX. Passacaille
24. Silvius Leopold Weiss: Fantasie in C Minor, Weisssw9
25. Jan Antonín Losy: Partita in a Minor: I. Aria
26. Jan Antonín Losy: Partita in a Minor: II. Allemande
27. Jan Antonín Losy: Partita in a Minor: III. Capriccio
28. Jan Antonín Losy: Partita in a Minor: IV. Sarabande
29. Jan Antonín Losy: Partita in a Minor: V. Gavotte
30. Jan Antonín Losy: Partita in a Minor: VI. Gigue

DISC 2:
1. Luis de Narváez: Mille Regres la Canción Del Rmperador, Del Quarto Tono, de Jusquin
2. Luis de Milán: Fantasia VIII Del Quarto Tono
3. Alonso Mudarra: Fantasia VII
4. Alonso Mudarra: Fantasia X, Que Contrahaze la Harpa en la Manera de Ludovico
5. Alonso Mudarra: Kyrie Primero, de la Missa de Beata Virgine de Josquin Glosado, Primer Tono
6. Luis de Narváez: 6 Diferencias Sobre O Gloriosa Domina, Primer Tono: I. Diferencia I
7. Luis de Narváez: 6 Diferencias Sobre O Gloriosa Domina, Primer Tono: II. Diferencia II, de Dos Tiples Sobre El Tenor
8. Luis de Narváez: 6 Diferencias Sobre O Gloriosa Domina, Primer Tono: III. Diferencia III, a Duo
9. Luis de Narváez: 6 Diferencias Sobre O Gloriosa Domina, Primer Tono: IV. Diferencia IV, de Proporción
10. Luis de Narváez: 6 Diferencias Sobre O Gloriosa Domina, Primer Tono: V. Diferencia V, El Canto Llano Por Tiple
11. Luis de Narváez: 6 Diferencias Sobre O Gloriosa Domina, Primer Tono: VI. Dupla, Diferencia VI, El Canto Llano Por Tiple
12. Enríquez de Valderrábano: 4 Diferencias Sobre la Pavana Por Grados
13. Gaspar Sanz: Instrucción de Música Sobre la Guitarra Española, Libro II: XVIII. Marizápalos
14. Gaspar Sanz: Instrucción de Música Sobre la Guitarra Española, Libro I: XLVII. Fuga I, Por Primer Tono, Al Ayre Español
15. Gaspar Sanz: Instrucción de Música Sobre la Guitarra Española, Libro II: IV. Folias
16. Gaspar Sanz: Instrucción de Música Sobre la Guitarra Española, Libro II: XXII. Pavanas Por la D
17. Gaspar Sanz: Instrucción de Música Sobre la Guitarra Española, Libro I: XXXIII. Passacalles Sobre la D

One of the world's foremost experts on the 10-string guitar, Pascal Boels offers us a cross-section of the finest music for his instrument from around Europe in the Renaissance and the Baroque. He identifies this as the guitar's 'golden age' - rather than the later proliferation of guitar music in pre-Romantic Europe, from Spain and Italy through Paris, London and Vienna, even as far as Moscow - because in the 16th and 17th centuries, the guitar and it's plucked-string ancestors reigned supreme, whereas the later guitar music, although often of great quality, could not compete with the genius poured by the great composers of the day into the fortepiano. Renaissance Spain in particular was a bastion of the art, where the 12-string vihuela inspired an immense corpus of great quality, often enhanced with the mystical qualities of plainchant. The musical range on Disc Two of this set is quite comprehensive: court music, fantasies, variations or glosses on secular melodies (Josquin des Prez's Mille regretz for example) and liturgical music. As the piano did in the 19th century, the vihuela in the Renaissance served as a platform for reductions of works for larger forces, making the great polyphonic music of the time more readily accessible to the masses and to individual players. The artist devotes Disc One to lands further north, where the guitar was often overshadowed by the lute, especially in England and Germany. Yet a portrait of this age in Europe would not be complete without the lute players Dowland (early Baroque) and Weiss (late Baroque) whose music is a perfect match for Boels' instrument. This very personal selection is a small but evocative sample of a vast yet paradoxically little-known repertoire, that nevertheless goes a long way to helping the classical guitar further stand the test of time.