Niklas Johansen - Platero Y Yo - An Andalusian Fantasy [CD]
Niklas Johansen - Platero Y Yo - An Andalusian Fantasy [CD]
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco's 36-year collaboration with the legendary guitarist Andres Segovia resulted in 35 works featuring the guitar, including three concertos, several large cycles and numerous shorter pieces. Castelnuovo-Tedesco first met Segovia at a festival in Venice in 1932 and composed a new work for the legendary guitarist almost every year afterwards. Among the towering masterpieces in guitar literature is Castelnuovo-Tedesco's Platero y Yo (Platero and I), a cycle of consisting of 28 settings, arranged into four groups of seven-movement suites with a total playing time of 1 hour and 49 minutes. Originally conceived as an accompaniment for a recitation of selectionsfrom the Nobel Prize-winning Catalan poet Juan Ramon Jimenez's collection of poetic sketches of the same name, the composer gave his permission for the work to be performed without spoken text, which is how it is performed here. You can read Jimenez's texts in English translation while listening to the music and enjoying the wonderful illustrations for each movement by the award-winning artist Halfdan Pisket, especially commissioned for this recording.In preparation for bringing this masterwork to life, internationally acclaimed, multi prize-winning Danish guitarist Niklas Johansen not only studies the Spanish language to appreciate Jimenez'sprose-poems in their native language, but travelled to Spain, not far from Jimenez's hometown of Moguer. The close relationship with the language and culture has lent Johansen's interpretationsa personal resonance.This album was recorded in Fredensborg Palace Chapel by the Danish masters of sound, Preben Iwan and Mette Due who beautifully captured the exceptional acoustics. We wish to express our sincere thanks to His Majesty King Frederik X, who personally granted us permission to record in Fredensborg Palace Chapel.
Tracklist:
- Platero y Yo, an Andalusian Elegy~Platero (Platero)
- Platero y Yo, an Andalusian Elegy~Angelus (Angelus)
- Platero y Yo, an Andalusian Elegy~Return (Retorno)
- Platero y Yo, an Andalusian Elegy~Spring (La primavera)
- Platero y Yo, an Andalusian Elegy~The Well (El pozo)
- Platero y Yo, an Andalusian Elegy~Sparrows (Gorriones)
- Platero y Yo, an Andalusian Elegy~Melancholy (Melancolia)
- Platero y Yo, an Andalusian Elegy~Friendship (Amistad)
- Platero y Yo, an Andalusian Elegy~The Moon (La luna)
- Platero y Yo, an Andalusian Elegy~Twilight Games (Juegos del anochecer)
- Platero y Yo, an Andalusian Elegy~Ronsard (Ronsard)
- Platero y Yo, an Andalusian Elegy~The Crazy Man (El loco)
- Platero y Yo, an Andalusian Elegy~The Consumptive Girl (La tÃsica)
- Platero y Yo, an Andalusian Elegy~Nostalgia (Nostalgia)
- Platero y Yo, an Andalusian Elegy~White Butterflies (Mariposas blancas)
- Platero y Yo, an Andalusian Elegy~April Idyll (Idilio de abril)
- Platero y Yo, an Andalusian Elegy~The Canary's Flight (El canario vuela)
- Platero y Yo, an Andalusian Elegy~Lullaby (La arrulladora)
- Platero y Yo, an Andalusian Elegy~The Canary Dies (El canario se muere)
- Platero y Yo, an Andalusian Elegy~November Idyll (Idilio de noviembre)
- Platero y Yo, an Andalusian Elegy~Death (La muerte)
- Platero y Yo, an Andalusian Elegy~Convalescence (Convalecencia)
- Platero y Yo, an Andalusian Elegy~Swallows (Golondrinas)
- Platero y Yo, an Andalusian Elegy~Wayside Flower (La flor del camino)
- Platero y Yo, an Andalusian Elegy~Sunday (Domingo)
- Platero y Yo, an Andalusian Elegy~The Gypsies (Los gitanos)
- Platero y Yo, an Andalusian Elegy~Carnival (Carnaval)
- Platero y Yo, an Andalusian Elegy~To Platero (A Platero en el cielo de Moguer)
UPC: 0636943693025
Label: Our Recordings
Release Date: 10.3.25
Format: CD
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