Russian Guitar Music of the 20th & 21st Centuries

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Release Date: 19th May 2017
Catalogue No: 95385
Label: Brilliant Classics
Length: 2 hours 59 minutes

Asafyev: Etude No. 1

Work length2:00

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Cristiano Porqueddu (guitar)

Asafyev: Etude No. 2

Work length1:32

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Cristiano Porqueddu (guitar)

Asafyev: Prélude Et Valse

Work length5:46

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Cristiano Porqueddu (guitar)
Recorded: 13 June 2015, 14 January 2017
Recording Venue: Chiesa della Solitudine, Nuoro, Italy

Prelude et Valse: Prelude

Track length2:32

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Prelude et Valse: Valse

Track length3:14

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Asafyev: 12 Preludes

Work length19:22

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Cristiano Porqueddu (guitar)
Recorded: 13 June 2015, 14 January 2017
Recording Venue: Chiesa della Solitudine, Nuoro, Italy

12 Preludes: Prelude No. 1

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12 Preludes: Prelude No. 2

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12 Preludes: Prelude No. 3

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12 Preludes: Prelude No. 4

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12 Preludes: Prelude No. 5

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12 Preludes: Prelude No. 6

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12 Preludes: Prelude No. 7

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12 Preludes: Prelude No. 8

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12 Preludes: Prelude No. 9

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12 Preludes: Prelude No. 10

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12 Preludes: Prelude No. 11

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12 Preludes: Prelude No. 12

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Asafyev: 6 Romances in Old Style

Work length10:16

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Cristiano Porqueddu (guitar)
Recorded: 13 June 2015, 14 January 2017
Recording Venue: Chiesa della Solitudine, Nuoro, Italy

6 Romances in Old Style: I. Andante

Track length1:56

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6 Romances in Old Style: II. In Memory of Varlamov

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6 Romances in Old Style: III. Adagio

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6 Romances in Old Style: IV. Andante

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6 Romances in Old Style: V. Tempo di Valzer, mosso

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6 Romances in Old Style: VI. Epilogue

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Asafyev: Theme with Variations after Tchaikovsky

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Cristiano Porqueddu (guitar)

Victor Kozlov: Dedication to the Russian Land

Work length10:21

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Cristiano Porqueddu (guitar)

Kikta: Guitar Sonata

Work length11:45

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Cristiano Porqueddu (guitar)
Recorded: 13 June 2015, 14 January 2017
Recording Venue: Chiesa della Solitudine, Nuoro, Italy

Guitar Sonata: I. Moderato, intimo

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Guitar Sonata: II. Allegro, drammatico

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Ivanov-Kramskoi: Prelude in D Minor

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Cristiano Porqueddu (guitar)

Ivanov-Kramskoi: Prelude in E Minor

Work length1:46

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Cristiano Porqueddu (guitar)

Gubaidulina: Serenade

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Cristiano Porqueddu (guitar)

Gubaidulina: Toccata

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Cristiano Porqueddu (guitar)

Poplyanova: Guitar Sonata

Work length11:23

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Cristiano Porqueddu (guitar)
Recorded: 13 June 2015, 14 January 2017
Recording Venue: Chiesa della Solitudine, Nuoro, Italy

Guitar Sonata: I. Moderato

Track length4:41

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Guitar Sonata: II. Andantino

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Guitar Sonata: III. Presto

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Denisov: Guitar Sonata

Work length14:00

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Cristiano Porqueddu (guitar)
Recorded: 13 June 2015, 14 January 2017
Recording Venue: Chiesa della Solitudine, Nuoro, Italy

Guitar Sonata: I. Toccata

Track length5:12

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Guitar Sonata: II. Berceuse

Track length5:09

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Guitar Sonata: III. Souvenir d'Espagne

Track length3:39

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Kharisov: 4 Preludes for Guitar

Work length6:37

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Cristiano Porqueddu (guitar)
Recorded: 13 June 2015, 14 January 2017
Recording Venue: Chiesa della Solitudine, Nuoro, Italy

4 Preludes for Guitar: Prelude No. 1

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4 Preludes for Guitar: Prelude No. 2

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4 Preludes for Guitar: Prelude No. 3

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4 Preludes for Guitar: Prelude No. 4

Track length2:31

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Kharisov: Guitar Sonatina

Work length6:45

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Cristiano Porqueddu (guitar)
Recorded: 13 June 2015, 14 January 2017
Recording Venue: Chiesa della Solitudine, Nuoro, Italy

Guitar Sonatina: I. Andante rubato

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Guitar Sonatina: II. Allegretto

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Dzhaparidze: 2 Visions in White (in a cold winter morning)

Work length5:55

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Cristiano Porqueddu (guitar)
Recorded: 13 June 2015, 14 January 2017
Recording Venue: Chiesa della Solitudine, Nuoro, Italy

2 Visions in White (in a cold winter morning): I. Andante

Track length3:23

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2 Visions in White (in a cold winter morning): II. Rhythmically free

Track length2:32

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Rudnev: Lipa vekovaia (The Old Lime Tree)

Work length8:22

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Cristiano Porqueddu (guitar)

trad.: Dark Eyes (Ochi chyornye) (arr. S. Rudnev for guitar)

Work length4:10

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Cristiano Porqueddu (guitar)

Baev: 5 Stichera for Guitar

Work length15:58

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Cristiano Porqueddu (guitar)
Recorded: 13 June 2015, 14 January 2017
Recording Venue: Chiesa della Solitudine, Nuoro, Italy

5 Stichera for Guitar: Sticheron No. 1

Track length3:04

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5 Stichera for Guitar: Sticheron No. 2

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5 Stichera for Guitar: Sticheron No. 3

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5 Stichera for Guitar: Sticheron No. 4

Track length2:22

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5 Stichera for Guitar: Sticheron No. 5

Track length3:43

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Baev: Guitar Sonata No. 1

Work length8:14

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Rudnev: Guitar Sonata No. 2

Work length10:23

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Cristiano Porqueddu (guitar)
Recorded: 13 June 2015, 14 January 2017
Recording Venue: Chiesa della Solitudine, Nuoro, Italy

Guitar Sonata No. 2: I. Allegro

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Guitar Sonata No. 2: II. Lento

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Guitar Sonata No. 2: III. Alla marcia

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Baev: Guitar Sonata No. 3

Work length12:20

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Cristiano Porqueddu (guitar)
Recorded: 13 June 2015, 14 January 2017
Recording Venue: Chiesa della Solitudine, Nuoro, Italy

Guitar Sonata No. 3: I. Agitato

Track length3:37

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Guitar Sonata No. 3: II. Andante

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Guitar Sonata No. 3: III. Maestoso

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Of all Cristiano Porqueddu’s adventurous guitar-music surveys on record for Brilliant Classics, the latest may be the most invaluable and enlightening for listeners who may never even have suspected that Russia had a rich guitar tradition of its own.

As a detailed booklet essay complementing this new recording explains, the guitar flourished during the first half of the 19th century in Russia. Towards the turn of the 20th century, it became more of a folk instrument, a trend further exaggerated by the cultural demands of the Russian revolution which repurposed both instruments and musicians to vernacular ends for songs and marches to raise the spirits. However, a renaissance took place in classical guitar composition following the triumphant tour of Andres Segovia across Soviet Russia in 1926.

The impact of that event may be felt not only in the work of Boris Asafiev, who saw Segovia play, but even two generations later in the Hispanic flair of Edison Denisov’s Sonata, with its edgy opening Toccata, gently swaying Berceuse and picture-postcard ‘Souvenir d’Espagne’; in itself this revives the kind of naturalistic love-affair of Russian artists with the country that had produced Glinka’s Jota aragonesa and Rimsky-Korsakov’s Capriccio Espagnol.

But there is much more here than picture-postcard imitation and love in a cold climate. Local Georgian rhythms and traditions may be savoured in the sonata of Gherman Dzhaparidze; there are two early, vibrant miniatures of Sofia Gudaidulina; the work of more guitar-specialised composers such as Vitaly Kharisov, Valeri Kikta and Viktor Kozlov is much less well-known outside their native land.

To all of them Cristiano Porqueddu brings the technical mastery and interpretative conviction which has distinguished his work for Brilliant Classics, in boxes such as the set of 20th-century guitar sonatas (BC9455) which includes an earlier recording of the First Sonata by Evgeny Baev.

Although one would not automatically associate the guitar with Russia, the history of the Russian guitar goes far back, as early as 1790 the tradition starts with a 7-string instrument, continuing to flourish in the 19th century as a salon instrument, and gaining the status of a serious concert instrument in the 20th century.

This 4CD set offers a fascinating musical journey presenting known and lesser known composers Asafiev, Baev, Dzhaparidze, Denisov, Ivanov-Kramskoi, Kharisov, Gubaidulina, Kikta, Kozlov, Poplyanova, Rudnev.

Another innovating and stimulating issue by great Italian guitarist Cristiano Porqueddu, who already issued more than 50 CD’s with Brilliant Classics covering a vast amount of great and neglected guitar repertoire.

The excellent and extensive liner notes are written by renowned guitarist Oleg Timofeyev.

Russian Guitar Music of the 20th & 21st Centuries

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