España Romántica: Anthology Guitar Works by Spanish Masters of the 19th Century, vol. 2, 10 Advanced Pieces

España romántica: Antología de obras para guitarra de maestros españoles del siglo XIX, vol. 2: 10 piezas avanzadas.

After the height of glory reached in the first decades of the nineteenth century, the guitar in Europe underwent a slow and relentless decline which distanced it from the concert halls. The music for guitar in Spain, as well as referring in style to the ancient splendours of the classical period and to the new free forms of Romanticism such as the Nocturnos, drew from the folklore heritage, offering pieces of clearly popular tradition.

The selection here gathers together music by Spanish guitarists who were alive after the death of Dionisio Aguado (Madrid, 1784-1849) and who composed throughout the second half of the nineteenth century up until the beginning of the twentieth, leaving to Francisco Tárrega (Villareal, Castellón, 1852 ? Barcellona, 1909), the task of finally restoring to the guitar the role it once had.

CONTENIDO:

-Tomás Damas: Amor paterno (Andante y Scherzo)
-Julián Arcas: Andante. Polaca fantástica. Rondó
-José Viñas: Fantasia original (Capricho a imitacion del Piano). Andante apasionado
-José Broca: Pensamiento español
-Antonio Cano: El delirio
-Juan Parga: Recuerdos de Cádiz (Gran Nocturno elegíaco Op.24)