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Golden Age Of The Guitar / Various 2pk- Golden Age of the Guitar

SKU: 5028421961576
¥127.00
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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.

Tracklist:

  1. Sonata No. 2, Quarto Tono In E Minor: I. Preludio
  2. Sonata No. 2, Quarto Tono In E Minor: II. Alemanda
  3. Sonata No. 2, Quarto Tono In E Minor: III. Giga
  4. Sonata No. 2, Quarto Tono In E Minor: IV. Sarabanda
  5. Sonata No. 2, Quarto Tono In E Minor: V. Gavotta
  6. Sonata No. 2, Quarto Tono In E Minor: VI. Passacaglia
  7. Lachrimae Pavan, P15
  8. A Fancy, P73
  9. Suite In G Major: I. Prélude
  10. Suite In G Major: II. Allemande
  11. Suite In G Major: III. Courante
  12. Suite In G Major: IV. Sarabande
  13. Suite In G Major: V. Gigue
  14. Suite In G Major: VI. Chaconne
  15. Suite In D Minor: I. Prélude
  16. Suite In D Minor: II. Allemande
  17. Suite In D Minor: III. Courante
  18. Suite In D Minor: IV. Sarabande I
  19. Suite In D Minor: V. Sarabande II
  20. Suite In D Minor: VI. Gigue
  21. Suite In D Minor: VII. Menuets I & II
  22. Suite In D Minor: VIII. Bourrée
  23. Suite In D Minor: IX. Passacaille
  24. Fantasie In C Minor, Weisssw9
  25. Partita In A Minor: I. Aria
  26. Partita In A Minor: II. Allemande
  27. Partita In A Minor: III. Capriccio
  28. Partita In A Minor: IV. Sarabande
  29. Partita In A Minor: V. Gavotte
  30. Partita In A Minor: VI. Gigue
  31. Mille Regres La Canción Del Rmperador, Del Quarto Tono, De Jusquin
  32. Fantasia VIII Del Quarto Tono
  33. Fantasia VII
  34. Fantasia X, Que Contrahaze La Harpa En La Manera De Ludovico
  35. Kyrie Primero, De La Missa De Beata Virgine De Josquin Glosado, Primer Tono
  36. 6 Diferencias Sobre O Gloriosa Domina, Primer Tono: I. Diferencia I
  37. 6 Diferencias Sobre O Gloriosa Domina, Primer Tono: II. Diferencia II, De Dos Tiples Sobre El Tenor
  38. 6 Diferencias Sobre O Gloriosa Domina, Primer Tono: III. Diferencia III, A Duo
  39. 6 Diferencias Sobre O Gloriosa Domina, Primer Tono: IV. Diferencia IV, De Proporción
  40. 6 Diferencias Sobre O Gloriosa Domina, Primer Tono: V. Diferencia V, El Canto Llano Por Tiple
  41. 6 Diferencias Sobre O Gloriosa Domina, Primer Tono: VI. Dupla, Diferencia VI, El Canto Llano Por Tiple
  42. 4 Diferencias Sobre La Pavana Por Grados
  43. Instrucción De Música Sobre La Guitarra Española, Libro II: XVIII. Marizápalos
  44. Instrucción De Música Sobre La Guitarra Española, Libro I: Xlvii. Fuga I, Por Primer Tono, Al Ayre Espa&nti
  45. Instrucción De Música Sobre La Guitarra Española, Libro II: IV. Folias
  46. Instrucción De Música Sobre La Guitarra Española, Libro II: XXII. Pavanas Por La D
  47. Instrucción De Música Sobre La Guitarra Española, Libro I: XXXIII. Passacalles Sobre La D
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Golden Age Of The Guitar / Various 2pk- Golden Age of the Guitar

SKU: 5028421961576
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Release Date: 12.11.2020

 
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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.

Tracklist:

  1. Sonata No. 2, Quarto Tono In E Minor: I. Preludio
  2. Sonata No. 2, Quarto Tono In E Minor: II. Alemanda
  3. Sonata No. 2, Quarto Tono In E Minor: III. Giga
  4. Sonata No. 2, Quarto Tono In E Minor: IV. Sarabanda
  5. Sonata No. 2, Quarto Tono In E Minor: V. Gavotta
  6. Sonata No. 2, Quarto Tono In E Minor: VI. Passacaglia
  7. Lachrimae Pavan, P15
  8. A Fancy, P73
  9. Suite In G Major: I. Prélude
  10. Suite In G Major: II. Allemande
  11. Suite In G Major: III. Courante
  12. Suite In G Major: IV. Sarabande
  13. Suite In G Major: V. Gigue
  14. Suite In G Major: VI. Chaconne
  15. Suite In D Minor: I. Prélude
  16. Suite In D Minor: II. Allemande
  17. Suite In D Minor: III. Courante
  18. Suite In D Minor: IV. Sarabande I
  19. Suite In D Minor: V. Sarabande II
  20. Suite In D Minor: VI. Gigue
  21. Suite In D Minor: VII. Menuets I & II
  22. Suite In D Minor: VIII. Bourrée
  23. Suite In D Minor: IX. Passacaille
  24. Fantasie In C Minor, Weisssw9
  25. Partita In A Minor: I. Aria
  26. Partita In A Minor: II. Allemande
  27. Partita In A Minor: III. Capriccio
  28. Partita In A Minor: IV. Sarabande
  29. Partita In A Minor: V. Gavotte
  30. Partita In A Minor: VI. Gigue
  31. Mille Regres La Canción Del Rmperador, Del Quarto Tono, De Jusquin
  32. Fantasia VIII Del Quarto Tono
  33. Fantasia VII
  34. Fantasia X, Que Contrahaze La Harpa En La Manera De Ludovico
  35. Kyrie Primero, De La Missa De Beata Virgine De Josquin Glosado, Primer Tono
  36. 6 Diferencias Sobre O Gloriosa Domina, Primer Tono: I. Diferencia I
  37. 6 Diferencias Sobre O Gloriosa Domina, Primer Tono: II. Diferencia II, De Dos Tiples Sobre El Tenor
  38. 6 Diferencias Sobre O Gloriosa Domina, Primer Tono: III. Diferencia III, A Duo
  39. 6 Diferencias Sobre O Gloriosa Domina, Primer Tono: IV. Diferencia IV, De Proporción
  40. 6 Diferencias Sobre O Gloriosa Domina, Primer Tono: V. Diferencia V, El Canto Llano Por Tiple
  41. 6 Diferencias Sobre O Gloriosa Domina, Primer Tono: VI. Dupla, Diferencia VI, El Canto Llano Por Tiple
  42. 4 Diferencias Sobre La Pavana Por Grados
  43. Instrucción De Música Sobre La Guitarra Española, Libro II: XVIII. Marizápalos
  44. Instrucción De Música Sobre La Guitarra Española, Libro I: Xlvii. Fuga I, Por Primer Tono, Al Ayre Espa&nti
  45. Instrucción De Música Sobre La Guitarra Española, Libro II: IV. Folias
  46. Instrucción De Música Sobre La Guitarra Española, Libro II: XXII. Pavanas Por La D
  47. Instrucción De Música Sobre La Guitarra Española, Libro I: XXXIII. Passacalles Sobre La D