The Andrs Segovia Archive COMPOSER Various composers FORMAT 7 CD Wallet Clamshell CAT.

NUMBER 9427 EAN CODE 5029365942720 CONDUCTOR Paolo Ferrara ORCHESTRA Orchestra del Conservatorio di Alessandria GUITARS Ermanno Brignolo About this release Complete music written for Andrs Segovia: Andrs Segovia, born in 1893 in Linares, Spain, was one of the most important music ians of the 20th century; a virtuoso guitarist whose contribution to modern-Roma ntic repertoire included both commissions and transcriptions of baroque/classica l works. Until recently, a significant portion of his music library remained eit her unknown or consigned to the depths of history: only in 2001, when the Italia n composer, guitarist and scholar Angelo Gilardino was given permission to open the crates containing the maestro's personal collection of music, did the true e xtent of his vast repertoire come to light. The collection The Andrs Segovia Archive was thus created with the aim of making a vailable to all the works written for Segovia which remained unpublished (and in some cases never performed) during his lifetime, and here it is played by estee med Italian guitarist Ermanno Brignolo -- himself the dedicatee of numerous work s by composers such as Ronca and Porqueddu. From Fenerod Peyrot's Thme et variatio ns to Arregui's Piezas lricas, the compilation touches on a number of countries, r evealing Segovia's immense international stature at that time. Brignolo presents an engaging tribute to a precious heritage, one whose range of styles has only served to further enrich 20th-century guitar music. Other information: Recorded May 2011 -- March 2013. Made in collaboration with Associazione PuntoPr imo, Comune di Costigliole and Costigliole Cultura. - Spanish guitarist Andres Segovia was without doubt one of the most (if not mos t) important and influential guitarists of the 20th century. His role in the pop ularisation of his instrument was immense. - Many 20th century composers wrote and dedicated guitar works for him, works wh ich often remained unknown and unpublished, kept under lock in Segovia's persona l archive. Only in 2001 the archive was disclosed, and it took guitarist and sch olar Angelo Gilardino several years to sort out this vast body of guitar works. - Brilliant Classics is proud to issue the complete archive of works written for Andres Segovia by composers from all over the world, some relatively unknown, s ome of international reputation (Tansman, Moreno-Torroba, Berkeley, Mompou, Cass ado, Castelnuovo-Tedesco). - A treasure trove of unknown guitar works, 20th century gems written for and in spired by that giant of the guitar, Andres Segovia! - Contains extensive notes on the archive as well as biographies on the performe r and conductor. - Brignolo plays Urs Langenbacher (2010) & Fratelli Masetti (1963) guitars. Tracklist: CD1 Alo?s-Henri-Grard Fornerod 1890--1965 1 Prlude 3'00 Fernande Peyrot 1888--1978 Thme et variations

2 Thme: Grave 1'17 3 Variation I: Vivace scherzando 0'58 4 Variation II: Allegro con fuoco 0'53 5 Variation III: Allegretto 0'33 6 Variation IV: Adagio 2'28 7 Variation V: Allegro 1'09 8 Variation VI: Andante 1'29 9 Variation VI bis: Andante 1'29 [alternate (manuscript) version]* Ignace Strasfogel 1909--1994 Prelude, elegie und rondo [manuscript]* 10 I. Prelude 3'09 11 II. Elegie 11'43 12 III. Rondo 6'00 Hans Haug 1900--1967 Complete works for solo guitar 13 tude (Rondo fantastico)* 2'36 14 Passacaglia 4'59 15 Alba 5'03 Prlude, tiento et toccata 16 I. Prlude 4'24 17 II. Tiento 7'22 18 III. Toccata 5'13 19 Preludio 4'50 Ermanno Brignolo, guitar *World premiere recordings Total time 69'02 CD2 Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco 1895--1968 Sonata, Op. 77 'Homage to Boccherini' 1 I. Allegro con spirito 4'25 2 II. Andantino, quasi canzone 5'23 3 III. Tempo di minuetto 3'08 4 IV. Presto furioso 3'54 5 Capriccio diabolico, Op. 85 11'13 6 Tarantella, Aranci in fiore, Op. 87 4'31 Elsa Olivieri Sangiacomo 1894--1996 7 Due canzoni italiane 4'06 Vito Frazzi 1888--1975 Due pezzi 8 I. Intermezzo 5'38 9 II. Baldanzoso 1'53 Total time 44'25 Ermanno Brignolo, guitar

CD3 Ettore Desderi 1892--1974 Sonata in E* 1 I. Preludio 3'43 2 II. Arioso 3'48 3 III. Scherzo 5'40 4 IV. Toccata e fuga 10'55 Ida Presti 1924--1967 5 Segovia* 7'21 Alvaro Company b.1931 6 Piccolo jazz, Op. 16 (Tribute to Duke Ellington) 3'00 7 Preludio, Op. 17 (Tribute to Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky) 1'32 8 Preludio, Op. 19 No.1a (Tribute to Gabriel Faur) 1'22 9 Ninna nanna, Op. 19 No.2 (Tribute to Maurice Ravel) 2'45 10 Un'immagine, Op. 24 for two guitars (Tribute to Franz Schubert) 9'10 11 Preludio, Op. 19 No.1b (Tribute to Gabriel Faur) 2'04 Angelo Gilardino b.1941 12 Colloquio con Andrs Segovia 7'14 Total time 58'57 Ermanno Brignolo, guitars *World premiere recordings CD4 Alexandre Tansman 1897--1986 Posthumous works for solo guitar Inventions (Homage to Bach) 1 I. Passepied 1'57 2 II. Sarabande 3'08 3 III. Sicilienne 2'09 4 IV. Toccata deux voix 2'37 5 V. Aria 4'24 6 Passacaille 5'17 Pices brves* 7 I. Valse caprice 1'35 8 II. Danse populaire 0'50 9 III. Burlesque 1'49 10 IV. Berceuse -- Bo?te musique 1'42 11 V. Studio 1'07 Prlude et interlude 12 I. Prlude 3'57 13 II. Interlude 2'16 Quattro tempi di Mazurka 14 I. Moderato 2'51 15 II. Rond 1'29 16 III. Allegro non troppo 1'52 17 IV. Allegro giocoso 1'13 Sonatine [manuscript; complete work missing]* 18 I. Elegie 5'43 19 II. Fughetta 2'25

Deux chansons populaires [manuscript]* 20 I. Andante 2'56 21 II. Allegretto 2'52 Hommage Manuel de Falla* for guitar and chamber orchestra (orchestration by Angelo Gilardino) 22 I. Notturno 6'36 23 II. Zapateado 2'05 24 III. Improvisacin 3'59 25 IV. Nana 2'33 26 V. Vivo 3'15 Ermanno Brignolo, guitars Orchestra del Conservatorio di Alessandria, Paolo Ferrara (22--26) *World premiere recordings Total time 73'16 CD5 Jaime Pahissa 1880--1969 1 Can? en el mar 3'50 Gaspar Cassad 1897--1966 2 Catalanesca 2'15 Pedro Sanjun 1886--1976 3 Una leyenda 5'53 Raoul Laparra 1876--1943 Cuadros (Scnes d'Espagne) 4 I. Pueblo castellano 1'49 5 II. En Aragn 1'19 6 III. Brujerias 1'42 Vicente Arregui 1871--1925 Piezas lricas 7 I. Cancin lejana 5'07 8 II. Intermedio 2'22 9 III. Campesina 3'52 10 IV. Confidencia 4'37 11 V. Tonada de ronda -- Len 7'04 Jos Antonio de San Sebastin (Padre Donostia) 1886--1956 12 Errimina (Nostalga) 5'15 Joan Mann 1883--1971 13 Fantasia-Sonata, Op. A22 21'00 Jaime Pahissa Tres temas de recuerdos 14 I. Preludio -- Por el viejo camino 2'18 15 II. Dialogo 3'08 16 III. Danza lejana 2'59 Total time 75'00 Ermanno Brignolo, guitars

CD6 Guillermo Uribe Holgun 1880--1971 Peque?a suite, Op. 80 No.1 1 I. Preludio 2'42 2 II. Andante expresivo 4'29 3 III. Allegro 1'52 Gaspar Cassad 1897--1966 4 Cancin de Leonardo 3'35 5 Sardana chighana 3'55 Federico Moreno-Torroba 1891--1982 Sonata-Fantasa 6 I. Lento -- Allegretto 10'54 7 II. Allegretto 1'26 8 III. Allegro -- Allegro moderato -- Andante -- Allegro 5'19 Federico Mompou 1893--1987 Cancin y danza (Based on two songs of King Alfonso X) 9 I. Cancin 2'35 10 II. Danza 1'21 Suite compostelana 11 I. Preludio 3'54 12 II. Coral 4'18 13 III. Cuna 5'32 14 IV. Recitativo 4'36 15 V. Cancin 2'56 16 VI. Mu?eira 2'49 Gaspar Cassad Prembulo y sardano 17 I. Prembulo 1'15 18 II. Sardana 3'28 19 Leyenda catalana 5'14 20 Dos cantos populares finlandeses* 2'09 Total time 74'51 Ermanno Brignolo, guitars *World premiere recording CD7 Henri Collet 1885--1951 1 Briviesca, poema para guitarra, Op. 67 6'56 Raymond Petit 1893--1976 2 Sicilienne* 8'38 Pierre de Brville 1861--1949 3 Fantaisie 6'47 Pierre-Octave Ferroud 1900--1936 4 Spiritual* 2'27

Raymond Moulaert 1875--1962 Suite* 5 I. Preludio 6'40 6 II. Intermezzo 4'33 7 III. Passacaglia 7'29 Cyril Scott 1879--1970 Sonatina 8 I. Adagio quasi introduzione -- Molto moderato 8'09 9 II. Allegretto pensoso 1'51 10 III. Finale: Allegro 2'50 Lennox Berkeley 1903--1989 Four pieces 11 I. Moderato ma con brio 2'15 12 II. Andante con moto 2'36 13 III. Lento (Sarabande) 2'49 14 IV. Allegro, energico 1'52 Henri Martelli 1895--1980 Quatre pices, Op. 32 15 I. Gaiement 2'36 16 II. Vite 1'00 17 III. Lent 6'40 18 IV. Anim 2'48 Total time 79'28 Ermanno Brignolo, guitars *World premiere recordings