Archive for French Composers
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…
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…
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…
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…
New Release — Andrés Segovia Archive: French Composers Featuring Robert Moronn Pérez
Now Available — Andrés Segovia Archive: French Composers Roberto Moronn Pérez, Guitar Following his successful debut album of Spanish composers, Roberto Moronn Pérez performs selected works from the “Andrés Segovia Archive”, this time showcasing the French composers. The genesis for this unique project is 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…
Stream a Track from Andrés Segovia Archive: French Composers Today!
Stream a track from the new Roberto Moronn Pérez recording, Andrés Segovia Archive: French Composers, on RR Radio today! Pre-Order Now!
What Critics said about the André Segovia Archive Vol. 1
Have a look back at what critics were saying about the first volume of the André Segovia Archive by Roberto Moronn Pérez: “Using his fingers as a painter manipulates colors, he (Roberto Moronn Pérez) creates an infinite spectrum of sound…” —Jean-Fraçois Sanchez, Tutti “Andrés Segovia is regarded as the savior of the classical guitar and its literature…Spanish-born Perez is an accomplished guitarist…outstanding recording…” —John Sunier, Audiophile Audition “The music is simply magnificent…Perez is a fine,…