Novecento Guitar Preludes

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Release Date: 12th Nov 2012
Catalogue No: 9292
Label: Brilliant Classics
Length: 1 hour 57 minutes

Asafyev: 12 Preludes

Work length19:23

$12.00

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Cristiano Porqueddu

Prelude No. 1

Track length0:48

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Prelude No. 2

Track length0:41

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Prelude No. 3

Track length1:23

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Prelude No. 4

Track length1:10

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Prelude No. 5

Track length1:09

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Prelude No. 6

Track length2:31

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Prelude No. 7

Track length1:17

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Prelude No. 8

Track length0:52

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Prelude No. 9

Track length2:15

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Prelude No. 10

Track length1:43

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Prelude No. 11

Track length1:36

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Prelude No. 12

Track length3:58

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Ponce, M: Twenty Four Preludes

Work length26:39

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Cristiano Porqueddu

Prelude No. 1 in C Major

Track length1:06

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Prelude No. 2 in A Minor

Track length0:59

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Prelude No. 3 in G Major

Track length0:45

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Prelude No. 4 in E Minor

Track length0:51

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Prelude No. 5 in D Major

Track length1:09

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Prelude No. 6 in B Minor

Track length0:56

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Prelude No. 7 in A Major

Track length0:56

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Prelude No. 8 in F-Sharp Minor

Track length1:54

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Prelude No. 9 in E Major

Track length0:41

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Prelude No. 10 in C-Sharp Minor

Track length1:46

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Prelude No. 11 in B Major

Track length0:47

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Prelude No. 12 in G-Sharp Minor

Track length1:15

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Prelude No. 13 in F-Sharp Major

Track length1:22

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Prelude No. 14 in D-Sharp Minor

Track length1:10

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Prelude No. 15 in D-Flat Major

Track length0:56

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Prelude No. 16 in B-Flat Minor

Track length1:01

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Prelude No. 23 in F Major

Track length1:04

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Prelude No. 24 in D Minor

Track length1:38

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Prelude No. 21 in B-Flat Major

Track length1:11

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Prelude No. 22 in G Minor

Track length0:53

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Prelude No. 19 in E-Flat Major

Track length0:43

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Prelude No. 20 in C Minor

Track length1:11

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Prelude No. 17 in A-Flat Major

Track length0:50

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Prelude No. 18 in F Minor

Track length1:35

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Badings: 12 Preludes

Work length26:50

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Cristiano Porqueddu

Prelude No. 1, Intrada

Track length3:26

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Prelude No. 2, Interludio

Track length1:39

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Prelude No. 3, Canon

Track length3:26

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Prelude No. 4, Yaya

Track length1:32

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Prelude No. 5, Tricinium

Track length3:04

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Prelude No. 6, Utopia

Track length2:20

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Prelude No. 7, Fuga

Track length2:43

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Prelude No. 8, Bicinium

Track length2:13

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Prelude No. 9, Scherzo

Track length1:23

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Prelude No. 10, Arpeggio

Track length0:54

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Prelude No. 11, Canzonetta

Track length2:38

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Prelude No. 12, Rasgueado finale

Track length1:32

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Sauguet: 3 Preludes

Work length10:58

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Cristiano Porqueddu

Prelude No. 1, Prelude la melancolie

Track length3:44

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Prelude No. 2, Prelude au souvenir

Track length2:53

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Prelude No. 3, Prelude aux gestes

Track length4:21

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Farkas: Exercitium Tonale

Work length33:12

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Cristiano Porqueddu

No. 1, Intrada. Moderato, maestoso

Track length1:42

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No. 2, Siciliana: Andante

Track length1:54

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No. 3, Cavatina. Allegro

Track length0:45

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No. 4, Etude: Allegro

Track length1:08

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No. 5, Sarabande. Allegro

Track length0:56

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No. 6, Andante sostenuto

Track length2:41

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No. 7, Una melodia semplice: Andante cantabile

Track length2:30

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No. 8, Andante moderato

Track length1:55

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No. 9, Gigue. Allegro molto

Track length1:07

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No. 10, Andante meditativo, piùttosto lento

Track length1:43

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No. 11, Allegro

Track length0:35

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No. 12, Cavatina, "omaggio a Donizetti": Andante

Track length1:55

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No. 13, Allegro

Track length1:03

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No. 14, Allegro leggero

Track length0:55

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No. 15, Tempo di minuetto

Track length1:19

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No. 16, Moto perpetuo: Allegro

Track length0:51

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No. 17, Canone: Allegro moderato

Track length0:47

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No. 18, In modo romatico, "omaggio a Schumann": Andante

Track length1:56

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No. 19, Meditazione: Liberamente, improvvisando

Track length1:27

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No. 20, Andante moderato

Track length1:25

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No. 21, Allegro

Track length1:27

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No. 22, Andante

Track length1:28

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No. 23, Allegro

Track length0:47

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No. 24, Tempo di gavotta

Track length0:56

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A fascinating survey of 20th century Preludes for guitar solo.

The prelude, originally an introduction to a more complex form (for instance a fugue), started living its own independent life with J.S. Bach, and developed in the 19th century into a relatively short (roughly between half and five minutes) character piece in free form. Famous examples are the preludes of Chopin.

The composers featured here are Asafiev, Ponce, Badings, Farkas and Sauguet, offering a wide stylistic and emotional range. The latter three composer’s works receive their World Premiere here.

Cristiano Porqueddu is one of the world’s best and most adventurous guitarists, his previous recordings for Brilliant Classics of Barrios (BC 9204), Gilardino (BC 8886) and Sor (BC 9205) having won high praise from the international press.

This collection brings together guitar preludes by Asafiev and Ponce, and includes world premiere recordings of Badings’s 12 Preludes, Sauget’s 3 Preludes and Farkas’s Exercitium Tonale. Despite their very different styles, these composers are all linked together by a single trait: none of them were guitarists. Originally bemoaned by patron Andrés Segovia for their fiendish difficulty, Ponce’s 24 Preludes begin the compilation.

Cast in each of the major and minor keys, and arranged in a circle of fifths, they are followed by Asafiev’s 12 Preludes – which, written in a single day, were probably intended as a single piece. This is also true of Bading’s ensuing 12 Preludes, as confirmed by the same harmonic progression with which the work begins and ends. From the use of contrasts that appear throughout the movements, as exemplified in the strong, primitive rhythms of ‘Yaya’, to the air of mystery and timelessness that pervades Sauguet’s offering, the compilation continues its stylistic journey, ending with Farkas’s Exercitium tonale of 1982 – a work which hints at a composer unafraid to push the performer to their limits or to be unpredictable in his use of harmony and counterpoint.

Cristiano Porqueddu, described as ‘a point of reference for the new generation of guitarists’, graduated from the Lorenzo Perosi International Academy in Biella, Italy. With an extensive knowledge of the technique and interpretation of 19th and 20th century music, he has won numerous international awards and now sits on the jury of several major guitar competitions. This is Porqueddu’s second recording for Brilliant Classics.

Novecento Guitar Preludes

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