Audio CD review:
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, John Dowland, Oscar Espla, George Frideric Handel, Antonio Lauro, Luis de Milan, Luys de Narvaez, Manuel Ponce, Domenico Scarlatti, Alexandre Tansman - Segovia: The Great Master

Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, John Dowland, Oscar Espla, George Frideric Handel, Antonio Lauro, Luis de Milan, Luys de Narvaez, Manuel Ponce, Domenico Scarlatti, Alexandre Tansman - Segovia: The Great Master

Band: Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, John Dowland, Oscar Espla, George Frideric Handel, Antonio Lauro, Luis de Milan, Luys de Narvaez, Manuel Ponce, Domenico Scarlatti, Alexandre Tansman Title: Segovia: The Great Master Rating: Release Date: 28 September, 2004 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: 1. Platero 2: 2. Melancolia 3: 3. Angelus 4: 4. Golondrinas 5: 5. La Arrulladora 6: 1. Allegro, Vivo E Schietto 7: 2. Andante Mesto 8: 3. Scherzo: Allegro Con Spirito Alla Marcia 9: 4. Finale: Allegro Con Fuoco 10: Modere 11: Allegro Non Troppo 12: Albada 13: Allegretto 14: Andante 15: Allegro 16: Andante 17: Andante 18: Valse Criollo 19: No.2. Cancion 20: Cancion Y Paisaje 21: Pavana No.6 22: Pavana No.5 23: Passacaille 24: Cancion Del Emperador 25: Variations On 'Guardame Las Vacas' 26: Song (Captain Digorie Piper's Galliard) 27: Allemande 28: Preambulo 29: Gavotta 30: Sonata In G Major, K.391/L.79 31: Fantasie 32: Prelude 33: Ballet 34: Gigue 35: Allegreto Grazioso 36: Gavotte In G Major, HWV 491 37: Minuet In G Major, HWV 531 38: Branle 39: Gaillarde 40: Kujawiak 41: Polonaise 42: Kolisanka No.1 43: Mazurka 44: Reverie 45: Alla Polacca 46: Kolisanka No.2 47: Oberek 48: No.1 In A Major 49: No.2 In A Minor 50: No.3 In E Major 51: No.4 In F Sharp Minor 52: No.5 In F Sharp Major 53: No.6 In B Major 54: Valse

Customer Reviews Essential! I'll keep this short. . if you love the guitar you need this recording along with the other Deutsche-Grammaphon complilations (The Art of Segovia and the boxed set). The recordings are beautifully remastered! They didn't see fit to put the recitation of the poem on "Platero & I," just Segovia's guitar work, understandably. You can find it with the recitation on one of the MCA Classics releases from the late 80's/early 90's (The Segovia Collection, Vol. 8), which are brilliant for their organization of the Maestro's catalogue by category. Clear Recording Most of the pieces were recorded in the 1950's, however the quality of the recording would lead you to beleive it was recorded twenty years later. I recieved this Deutcshe Grammaphon CD for Christmas, and let me say I was impressed as much by Segovia still in his prime as I was the quality of the recording. Though I would not place the quality of the recording as high as a currently recorded digital CD, it is incredible. This holds true for both discs, though the German recordings are better than the New York recordings. This CD shows a side of Segovia quite different from the recordings and performances years later. Segovia's interpretations are much less embellished and considerably more nimble. Honestly, I feel this is the recording that backs up the reviews of those who listened to Segovia years ago and do not feel the later recordings capture just how great he was. This recording towers over other similarly dated Segovia compilations. I strongly suggest it. . . You can see a complete list of all Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, John Dowland, Oscar Espla, George Frideric Handel, Antonio Lauro, Luis de Milan, Luys de Narvaez, Manuel Ponce, Domenico Scarlatti, Alexandre Tansman discography, or go back to the Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, John Dowland, Oscar Espla, George Frideric Handel, Antonio Lauro, Luis de Milan, Luys de Narvaez, Manuel Ponce, Domenico Scarlatti, Alexandre Tansman tabs