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Danish composer Vagn Holmboe was so captivated by the guitar he wrote two beautiful sonatas and a number of solo pieces as well as duets for guitar and other instruments, combining his love of simple, transparent structures and organic musical development with the folklore of foreign cultures and his own Nordic roots. His solo and chamber works for guitar are heard on this CD, Canto e Danze and Folk Ballads in world première recordings.
Vagn Holmboe: Guitar Sonata No. 1, Op. 141
I. Preludio: Allegro rubato
II. Adagio
III. Fugato: Allegro giocoso
IV. Intermezzo: Tempo giusto
V. Rondo: Allegro moderato
Vagn Holmboe: Guitar Sonata No. 2, Op. 142
I. Moderato
II. Allegro giocoso
III. Andante
IV. Allegro rubato
V. Poco adagio
VI. Allegro
Vagn Holmboe: 5 Intermezzi, Op. 149
I. Rubato
II. Allegro
III. Andante
IV. Allegro piacevole
V. Andante - Allegro - Andante
Vagn Holmboe: Duo Concertato, Op. 167
I. Liberamente: Animato
II. Liberamente: Andante con moto
III. Liberamente: Allegro con brio
Vagn Holmboe: Parlare del piu e del meno (To Talk About This and That), Op. 176
I. Andantino
II. Moderato
III. Brioso
IV. Poco adagio
V. Lento - Allegro - Lento - Allegro
Vagn Holmboe: Cancion y danza, Op. 191a
Cancion de siega: Tranquillo - con moto
Cancion de siega: Allegro leggiero
Cancion de siega: Adagio - tempo primo
Danza: Allegro piacevole - meno mosso - tempo primo
Vagn Holmboe: 7 Folk Ballads
No. 1. The Three Ravens (England)
No. 2. Allegro (Israel)
No. 3. L'etait une goelette (It was a schooner) (France)
No. 4. Dans les prisons de Nantes (In the prisons of Nantes) (France)
No. 5. Andante (Ukraine)
No. 6. J'ai descendu dans mon jardin (I went down into my Garden) (France)
No. 7. Mi fa'r han ga mae femten far (My father, he gave me fifteen sheep) (Denmark)
Encore: Moi j'ai cinq sous (I got me five sous) (France)
May 2013
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