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MusicWeb International Reviews ¡Viva Segovia!
Order Now Great breakdown and review of the latest recording in Roberto Moronn Pérez‘s Andrés Segovia Archive Series from Rob Barnett on MusicWeb International: “This is a successor to the two earlier sievings by Roberto Moronn Pérez of works accumulated in the Segovia Archive: works dedicated to Segovia or commissioned by him. There have already been some surprises and this collection serves up some more. … The English-only booklet is very well designed and substantially…
Lennox Berkeley Society Features ¡Viva Segovia!
Many thanks to the Lennox Berkeley Society for featuring the new Roberto Moronn Pérez ¡Viva Segovia! recording on their website! Lennox Berkeley: Quatre Pièces pour la guitare Order Now If Cyril Scott’s Sonatina deserves to be added to the regular repertoire, another Sonatina which has already achieved this status is Sonatina Op. 52 by Lennox Berkeley (1903-1989) written in 1957 for Julian Bream. It was always thought to be his first piece for solo guitar,…
Aloÿs Fornerod: Prélude
Pre-Order Among the countries where Segovia played most often after his triumphant Paris debut is Switzerland. Since the best place to meet up with compsoers is after recitals, it is in this context that he met the Swiss composer, teacher and critic Aloÿs Fornerod (1890-1965). Coming from a French-speaking heritage, he studied in Lausanne and then in Paris with Vincent d’Indy. On returning to his country, he taught in Lausanne and Fribourg. His only guitar…
Now Playing on Spotify – The Andrés Segovia Archive
Pre-Order The genesis for guitarist Roberto Moronn Pérez’s Andrés Segovia Archive was a collection of pieces recovered in May 2001 at Segovia’s home in Spain. These pieces were dedicated to Segovia or commissioned by him, involving composers from eight countries. They were subsequently published as “The Segovia Archive Series” by Edizione Musicale Bèrben. Pérez researched these newly recovered works and found some pieces that had never been recorded, and those that had were handicapped by…
¡Viva Segovia! Now Available for Pre-Order
Pre-Order ¡Viva Segovia! Now Available for Pre-Order: HDCD 44.1/16bit Downloads 96/24bit Downloads Classical Guitar Works from the Andrés Segovia Archive Following two successful albums featuring Spanish and French composers, Roberto Moronn Pérez performs selected works from the “Andrés Segovia Archive”, this time showcasing the best compositions in the Archive from multiple countries. The genesis for this unique project is a collection of pieces recovered in May 2001 at Segovia’s home in Spain. These pieces were…
Audiophile Audition Recommends Roberto Moronn Pérez
Order Now Audiophile Audition gives a four-star rating to the Roberto Moronn Pérez Andrés Segovia Archive Vol. 2 recording in a new review: “This is the second in a hopefully longer series of recordings featuring music written at the request of Andrés Segovia. … Roberto Morron Pérez is a wonderful guitar virtuoso, having studied in Spain, Italy and the U.K., and toured worldwide… The sound on this disc is marvellous, as one might expect from…
Pérez Segovia Archive Featured on MusicWeb International
The Roberto Moronn Pérez Andrés Segovia Archive recordings get a double-review on MusicWeb International: “Roberto Moronn Pérez never puts a foot wrong in his admirable recitals, and occasionally you wonder if mediocre material is being really sold by his excellent delivery. Not so with especially great discoveries by the likes of Pahissa, Donostia, Presti and Martelli. Pérez deserves great credit for unearthing much of this music. … What an excellent series this is proving to…
Boston Concert Reviews Features Andrés Segovia Archive: Spanish Composers
In a new listing of reviews titled, “Flamenco Inspiration Taken to New Musical Places,” Boston Concert Reviews features the Andrés Segovia Archive: Spanish Composers release by Roberto Moronn Pérez: “One final audiophile recording recommendation that transports Spanish music and dance traditions into a new and beautiful place is Spanish guitarist Roberto Moronn Perez’s recording, Andres Sepovia Archive – Spanish Composers… The recording is excellent and allows the listener to lean into Perez’s quiet artistry: following…
ClassicalNet Reviews Andrés Segovia Archive: French Composers
Brian Wigman reviews the second release in Roberto Moronn Pérez’s Andrés Segovia Archive recordings: “…these pieces will undoubtedly enhance the solo guitar repertoire, a facet of music that has gotten enormous attention and contributions over the last few decades. The works within the Segovia Archive are predictably well-crafted and worth hearing. … I raved about Roberto Moronn Pérez before, and I’ll do it again. This is truly an ambitious and difficult project, but the guitarist…
Guitar Foundation of America’s SoundBoard Magazine with high praise for Roberto Moronn’s André Segovia Archive recordings: “Playing with an assured technique, Perez is very enjoyable – at times, I thought I might be hearing the maestro himself. He has really done his homework: phrasing, contrast, spaciousness, occasional understatement and the sense of hearing a story are all reminiscent of Segovia’s style. This is not to say that this artist has given up his own voice…
Classical Candor Praises the latest Andrés Segovia Archive Installment
John J. Puccio’s Classical Candor blog praises the performances of Roberto Moronn Pérez in the French Composers edition of the Andrés Segovia Archive: “Perez does each man and his work fair justice. He plays with flair but also with nuance and subtlety. His guitar opens up each work and expands it seemingly beyond the limits of a single instrument. …if you are like me you will find each work entertaining, touching, or enlivening as the…
Roberto Moronn Pérez On the Andrés Segovia Archive: French Composers
A note from Roberto Moronn Pérez on his new Andrés Segovia Archive: French Composers recording: The works included in this recording are part of the corpus of the Segovia Archive that contains the manuscripts Segovia received during his career from those composers who had the sensibility to write for him, but which, for a variety of reasons, he did not add to his repertoire. I am not going to speculate why he did not play…
Andrés Segovia Archive: Raymond Petit
Andrés Segovia Archive: French Composers Raymond Petit One year before De Breville’s Fantaisie, another untitled work was written in 1925 by Raymond Petit (1893-1976). Composer, writer and music journalist, he was very active in Paris during the 1920s and 30s. In fact, he praised Segovia in numerous concert reviews. In 1926, Segovia gave a concert that featured the premier of a Petit piece under the title Andantino. A reviewer of that concert described it as…
Andrés Segovia Archive: Pierre de Breville
Andrés Segovia Archive: French Composers Pierre de Breville César Franck’s student Pierre de Breville (1861-1949), wrote an untitled piece for Segovia in 1926. Angelo Gilardino (General Editor of the Andrés Segovia Archive) with great perception, basing his criterion on the form of the work which is neither a sonata nor a suite, neither variations nor a rondo, and because of its changeable character has given it the title Fantaisie. Composed in 3 sections, modally oriented,…
Andrés Segovia Archive: Henri Martelli
Andrés Segovia Archive: French Composers Henri Martelli As a consequence of the tremendous impact that Andrés Segovia had on the French musical world, most of the compositions recorded on this CD were written especially for him. One of the best examples is Quatre Piéces pour guitare, op.32, by the well-known French composer Henri Martelli (1895-1980) who, around 1932, composed this superb piece, a real guitar masterwork. its contrapuntal richness with the use of two and…