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“La Guitarra Espanola” continues William Carter’s fascinating exploration of little-known baroque guitar repertoire. Carter’s second solo release cheerfully champions the dances of Spanish guitar giant Santiago de Murcia, which were banned and deemed ‘obscene and offensive’ in their day for inspiring lascivious behaviour. Luckily the ban did not eradicate the music completely.
Santiago de Murcia: Folias Espanolas
Folias Espanolas
Santiago de Murcia: Prelude
Prelude
Santiago de Murcia: Passacalles in D minor
I. A compassillo
II. A proporcion
William Carter: Suite (after G. Spanz)
Suite (after G. Spanz)
Santiago de Murcia: Zarembeques, o Muecas
Zarembeques, o Muecas
Santiago de Murcia: Canarios
Canarios
Santiago de Murcia: Passacalles in C major
Passacalles in C major: I. A compassillo
Santiago de Murcia: Cumbees
Cumbees
Santiago de Murcia: Passacalles in A minor
I. A compassillo
II. A proporcion
Santiago de Murcia: Marionas in C major
Marionas in C major
Santiago de Murcia: Preludio Grabe de Coreli (after A. Corelli's Violin Sonata Op. 5, No. 3)
Preludio grabe
Giga
Santiago de Murcia: Gaitas
Gaitas
Charlotte Gardner
1st January 2007
“Carter has given us de Murcia’s full stylistic and international range on this wonderful CD...De Murcia’s music, by turns sultry and playful, is brought to life by Carter’s light, dextrous, precise yet relaxed playing. This is real summer listening, conjuring up warmer climes than here.”
August 2007
“Santiago de Murcia (1682-1732) was the last, and possibly greatest, Spanish exponent of the five-course Baroque guitar, his music achieving a perfect balance between the strummed and plucked styles that were prevalent at the time. Throughout, Carter somehow conjures up the sights and sounds of a bygone age with the mastery of a real dramatist, counterbalancing flurries of overlapped scales, energetic strumming and virtuoso trills with the richness and warmth of the more reflective passages…Quite simply it contains some of the finest Baroque guitar playing you'll ever hear”
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Folias Espanolas
