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Nocturnal

Nocturnal
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Track Listing

  1. Quatre pieces breves, Prelude: Lent - Vite
  2. Quatre pieces breves, II: Air: Lent et bien rythme
  3. Quatre pieces breves, III: Plainte: Sans lenteur
  4. Quatre pieces breves, IV: Comme une Gigue: Com moto
  5. Nocturnal after John Dowland,Op 70 I: Musingly (Meditativo)
  6. Nocturnal after John Dowland,Op 70 II: Agitated (Molto agitativo)
  7. Nocturnal after John Dowland,Op 70 III: Restless (Inquieto)
  8. Nocturnal after John Dowland,Op 70 IV: Uneasy (Ansioso)
  9. Nocturnal after John Dowland,Op 70 V: March-like (Quasi una marcia)
  10. Nocturnal after John Dowland,Op 70 VI: Dreaming (Sognanti)
  11. Nocturnal after John Dowland,Op 70 VII: Gently rocking (Cullante)
  12. Nocturnal after John Dowland,Op 70 VIII: Passacaglia (Misurato)
  13. Nocturnal after John Dowland,Op 70 IX: Slow and quiet (Molto tranqquillo)
  14. Son for Gtr Fandangos y Boleros Preambulo: Lento/ Daza: Allegretto - Coda: Beethoven visita
  15. Son for Gtr Saravanda de Scriabin (Omaggio a Scriabin
  16. Son for Gtr La Toccata de Pasquini (Alla Toccata):
  17. All in Twilight: I. 1/8=80
  18. All in Twilight: II. 1/8=68 (Dark)
  19. All in Twilight: III. 3/32=46
  20. All in Twilight: IV. 3/8=100 (Slightly fast)
  21. Ach, moj Jasienko (Sostenutoo)
  22. Hej, od Krakowa (Allegretto)
  23. Jest drozyna (Andantino)
  24. Patereczka (Allegretto)
  25. Na jabloni jablka (Moderato)
  26. Od Sieradza (Allegretto)
  27. Panie Michale (poco sostenuto - Allegro moderato)
  28. W polu lipenka (Sostenuto - Precipitando
  29. Zalotny (Allegretto)
  30. Gaik (Allegro vivace)
  31. Gasior (Andantino)
  32. rektor (Allegro)

Product Details

  • Amazon Sales Rank: #141665 in Music
  • Released on: 2000-10-17
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Format: Import

Customer Reviews

Intense5
This recording should be in the collection of every serious classical guitarist in the world. It is the most breath-taking, intense, dramatic and colourful and superlative-inspiring recording of a guitarist extant. The recording marks a return for Julian to Britten's Nocturnal After John Dowland - certainly the most important modern work for guitar and a peak moment in its repertoire. This second recording is every bit as intense, colourful, dramatic, so on, as Bream's first and, I think, has the bonus of Bream's added maturity without ever losing the freshness and excitement with which he approached it in his Landmark record '20th century guitar' back in the 60's (also a must-have, but more rare). Bream's conception is notably different in the second recording - slower, more intense tempos, particularly in uneasy; he plays the ossia (2 instead of 4 notes in the tremelo) for gently rocking (very haunting) and reaches (I believe) a more dramatic and exciting climax in the passacaglia (!). Added to this are Frank Martin's chilling Quatre Pieces Breves, Brouwer's Sonata for Guitar, a group of Lutoslawski Folk songs, and Toru Takemitsu's All in Twilight (this esspecially is played so as to provoke such a perfect atmosphere of transience and twilight).

Buy this disc immediatly or I will visit you in the small hours and so on.

Julian Bream - Nocturnal and other pieces5
Well thought out, beautifully played, like all Bream's work. Doesn't get any better, really.