Torroba: Sonatina in A major for solo guitar

The guitar legend Pepe Romero is back with his first solo album for Deutsche Grammophon.

With “Spanish Nights” he presents a highly personal musical recreation of the Spain he knew in his youth: often dark, introspective and melancholy but also powerful and affirmative. The artist recalls: “Dreams of freedom and peace were expressed through the arts. Among my family’s close circle were great musicians, poets, painters and composers. When we moved to the US, we continued living in an idealized Spain.”

Celebrated worldwide for his interpretations and technique, guitarist Pepe Romero is in constant demand for solo recitals and appearances with orchestra.

The album features a world premiere recording, Suite Madrileña No.1, written by Celedonion Romero, Pepe’s father and founder of “Los Romeros”. 2013 marks Celedonio’s centenary, who was born on 2 March.

His Philips recording of RODRIGO: Concierto de Aranjuez; Fantasía para un Gentilhombre has sold over 300,000 units worldwide.

Stibal is one of the most admired of the younger generation of guitarists from Germany, and on this outstanding new recording he presents a varied programme of masterpieces for the classical guitar, founded upon the recent Spanish school but including popular works by other composers who felt compelled to write for the instrument. The result is a magnificent CD, exceptionally well recorded, of virtuoso and sensitive performances of familiar and unfamiliar pieces, has each item chosen and guaranteed to impress the discerning listener. The title of the disc - Colours of the Guitar - encapsulates the nature of the attractive music which fills this very desirable record admirably.

For his debut recording for Alpha Omega Sound, classical guitarist Álvaro Pierri launches an ambitious 10-CD project covering sonatas composed specifically for the guitar. The catalogues are full of recorded surveys of sonatas for piano, violin, and cello, etc., but this will be the first equivalent survey for the guitar

The complete set aspires to become the key work that no serious guitar or music lover can be without. He opens the project with four major works by Paganini, Ponce, Torroba and Ginastera

Uruguayan classical guitarist Álvaro Pierri is among the elite of his chosen instrument. His name is often acknowledged alongside those of Segovia, Bream and Williams, and his performances and recordings have garnered critical acclaim and awards from around the world. He tours regularly in Europe and will appear at London’s Wigmore Hall on the 24 March, 2011.

For the first time, this budget priced 6 CD collection re-presents Segovia’s highly-prized recordings made for American Decca in the 1940s and 1950s, when he was arguably at the height of his powers. Here are the first six albums released by the label in that now legendary series, presented for the first time in original LP couplings and with their striking original-sleeve artwork: Andrés Segovia Guitar Solos; An Andrés Segovia Recital; An Andrés Segovia Concert; An Andrés Segovia Program; An Evening with Andrés Segovia; Andrés Segovia Plays…

Many of these 80+ tracks are appearing on Deutsche Grammophon for the first time. The set has been newly remastered, with a minimum of intervention, from original tapes or tape copies of original glass masters. Like the best whisky, Segovia’s art is unfiltered on these CDs. The results reveal a new intimacy and delicacy in these six classic recitals that are wholly captivating.

The package: Mini-LP sleeves (front and back), CD booklet (in the style of the The Martha Argerich Collection) has new liner notes by Segovia expert Graham Wade comprising introduction and annotations on each of the albums, with colour minis.