Julian Bream – Alto CD

Bach ..to Guitar / Legendary Guitarists

amuletts — Wed, 31 Jan 2024 23:46:18 +0000

“The great Segovia is the link here as the man who popularised classical guitar, showing also how well arrangements of Bach’s music are suited to it, and those stars who followed since. Segovia was so impressed by Bream the child prodigy at age 15, that he offered to take him on tour …‘A prince of the guitar has arrived’, claimed Segovia when he first heard young John Williams”.

Julian Bream

[1] Prelude, Fugue & Allegro. 13:22

Andrés Segovia

[2] Prelude (Cello Suite #1 BWV 1007) 2:16

[3] Loure (Cello Suite #3 BWV 1009) 3:40

[4] Siciliano (Violin Sonata #1 BWV 1001) 3:15

[5] Gavotte en Rondeau (Violin Partita #3 BWV 1006) 2:54

[6] Fugue (Violin Sonata #1 BWV 1001) 5:05

[7] Prelude for Lute (BWV 999) 1:15

[8] Bourrée (Lute Suite #1 BWV 996) 1:29

[9] Gavottes (Cello Suite #6 BWV 1012) 3:48

[10] Chaconne (Violin Partita #2 BWV 1004) 13:52

John Williams

Cello Suite #3 (BWV 1009 trans. Duarte) [21:55]

[11] Prelude 3:56 [12] Allemande 4:02 [13] Courante 3:24

[14] Sarabande 2:47 [15] Bourrées 4:09 [16] Gigue 3:35

Julian Bream plays J S Bach & Spanish Guitar Music

amuletts — Wed, 31 Jan 2024 23:46:18 +0000

“The Classical guitarist who as a performer and developer of repertory was a towering figure in the history of the instrument: Julian Bream’s love affair with the classical guitar began after he heard a recording of Andrés Segovia. His debut at the Wigmore Hall, London, in 1951 proclaimed the arrival of a seminal figure in the history of the instrument around the world” (John Duarte, John Amis / The Guardian)

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

[1] Partita for Violin No.2 in D Minor, BWV 1004 – Chaconne 15:41

[2] Prelude in C Minor BWV 999 (played in D Minor) –1:42

Suite in E Minor, BWV 996: [3] Sarabande 4:15 [4] Bourrée 1:35

From: Partita for Lute in C Minor, BWV 997 (played in A Minor) –

[5] Prelude 2:51 [6] Fugue 6:37

Fernando Sor (1778-1839)

from Estudios [7] Estudio No.5 (Op.35,No.22) 2:03

[8] No.12 (Op.6,No.6) 4:33 [9] No.9 (Op.31,No.20) 1:11

[10] Minuetto from Sonata, Op.22 3:45

[11] Largo from Fantasia No.2, Op.7 4:31

[12] Rondo Allegretto, From Sonata, Op. 22 1:44

[13] Andante largo, Op.5, No.5 6:23

Joaquín Turina (1882-1949) Homenaje a Tárrega, Op.69

[14] Garrotín 2:27 [15] Soleares 2:08

[16] Fandanguillo, Op.36 5:20

[17] Andante from Sonata in D Minor Op.61 4:47

[18] Ráfaga, Op.53 2:47

Manuel de Falla (1876-1946)

[19] Homenaje ‘Le Tombeau de Claude Debussy’ 3:45

Lute Music – the Golden Age

amuletts — Wed, 31 Jan 2024 23:43:19 +0000

“Bream is a natural lutenist and marvellously sensitive in this repertoire … matched by expressive feeling. Dowland is shown in more extrovert mood than in many of his lute songs and the programme has plenty of variety” (Penguin Guide) “this anthology of English lute music, is mostly of dances whose harmonic and melodic richness shows how seriously their composers took such things. ..a musical goldmine.” (Gramophone)

[1] Two Almaines – Robert Johnson (c1582-1633) 2:18
[2] Fantasia – John Johnson (c1540-1595?) 4:13
[3] Walsingham – Francis (?) Cutting (c1550-1596) 3:27
[4] Mignarda (Galliard) – John Dowland (1563-1626) 4:13
[5] Almaine – Francis (?) Cutting 1:20
[6] Galliard – Philip Rosseter (1568-1623) 3:18
[7] Greensleeves – Francis (?) Cutting 2:56
[8] Galliard upon a Galliard of Daniel Batchelar – John Dowland 3:01
[9] Pavan – Thomas Morley (1557-c1603) 2:57
[10] Carman’s Whistle – Robert Johnson 2:37
[11] Pavan – Baruch ? Bulman (fl c1600) 4:05
[12] Mounsiers Almaine – Daniel Batchelar (1572-1619) 2:23
[13] Pavan – Anthony Holborne (- 1602?) 3:21
[14] Batell Galliard (King of Denmark’s Galliard) – John Dowland 2:39
[15] Galliard – Anthony Holborne 2:37

John Dowland: (1563-1626)

[16] Queen Elizabeth’s Galliard 1:30
[17] Lachrimae Antiquae Pavan 2:56
[18] Mrs White’s Nothinge 1:03
[19] Mrs Vaux’s Gigge 1:07
[20] Orlando Sleepeth 2:03
[21] Fantasia 5:02
[22] Melancholy Galliard 3:46
[23] My Ladye Hunsdon’s Puffe 1:48
[24] Semper Dowland, Semper Dolens 3:34
[25] An Unnamed Piece 1:30
[26] Sir Henry Umpton’s Funerall 3:01
[27] Forlorne Hope Fancy 3:49

Julian Bream …. in Concerto

amuletts — Wed, 31 Jan 2024 23:39:13 +0000

“Julian Bream does everything, it goes without saying… emotional depth is in the second movement of the Arnold, the slow movement—a threnody for Django Reinhardt—most imaginative. This concerto was written for Julian Bream and he plays it magnificently, as do the Melos Ensemble. The recording is first-rate—clear but not at all clinical….The Giuliani demonstrates Bream’s technique and musicianship.” (Gramophone) “Berkeley: Sonatina -an enjoyably amiable piece; Ravel: Pavane -very relaxed account; Roussel: Segovia- a characteristic touch of acerbity; the two sonatas of Cimarosa both very personable” (Penguin Guide)

Giuliani: Concerto in A for Guitar and Strings

1. 1st mvt. Allegro Maestoso 9:08
2. 2nd mvt. Andantino Siciliano 6:23
3. 3rd mvt. Alla polacca 7:39

Malcolm Arnold*: Guitar Concerto Op.67

4. 1st mvt. Allegro 6:03
5. 2nd mvt. Lento 11:31
6. 3rd mvt. Con brio 4:18

Lennox Berkeley: Sonatina Op.51 Rec.1960

7. (i) Allegretto 3:55
8. (ii) Lento 3:28
9. (iii) Rondo 3:17
10. Ravel: Pavane pour une infante défunte Rec.1960 6:47
11. Roussel: Segovia Op.29 Rec.1960 2:23
12. Cimarosa: Sonata in C sharp minor Rec.1960 3:00
13. Cimarosa: Sonata in A Rec.1960 1:48