Composer: Joaquín Rodrigo
Performer: Jérémy Jouve
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Naxos
Catalogue: 8572984
Release: 2013
Size: 183 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Toccata
02. Invocacion y danza
03. Zarabanda lejana
04. Pastoral (Arr. J. Jouve for guitar)
05. Pájaros de primavera
06. Tiento antiguo
Tres pequeñas piezas
07. No. 1, Ya se van los pastores
08. No. 2, Por caminos de Santiago
09. No. 3, Pequena sevillana
10. Canconeta (Arr. J. Jouve for guitar)
11. Un tiempo fue Italica famosa
Rodrigo’s music for solo guitar is not extensive but represents an important pillar of the repertoire, ranging from vignettes to sonatas over a six-decade period. The 1933 Toccata was rediscovered in 2005 and has since provided an ambitiously virtuosic vehicle for today’s guitarists. Rodrigo flecked his works with elements of fantasy, flamenco and bird song while Un tiempo fue Itálica famosa, one of his very greatest works in the genre, is superbly impassioned.
The tender Pastoral, originally for piano, is here transcribed for guitar by Jérémy Jouve whose first volume in this series (8570286) received a three-star review (“The young French guitarist plays brilliantly”) in the Penguin Guide.