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Romantic Guitar

Romantic Guitar
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Track Listing

  1. Allegro risoluto
  2. Romance
  3. Andantino variato
  4. Canzonetta
  5. Adelita
  6. Mazurca en sol
  7. Marieta
  8. Leyenda, Transcribed by Julian Bream
  9. Granada, Transcribed by Julian Bream
  10. Garrotin
  11. Soleares
  12. Arranged by Llobet

Product Details

  • Amazon Sales Rank: #69827 in Music
  • Released on: 1991-09-06
  • Number of discs: 1

Customer Reviews

Cooking with gusto!5
This is a terrific collection of pieces covering a variety of styles but all the songs have distinct melodies which Bream brings to the front. Plus there's plenty of fast, machine gun fire passages which Bream plays with amazing clarity. Bream's style is bright, aggressive, and confident. A terrific performance.

The original LP5
"I can't determine whether there was an original Lp called 'Romantic Guitar', and if so, if it was a compilation Lp or recorded as an integral collection."

Not a compilation. RCA LSC-3156 ... contained the Paganini, Mendelssohn, Tarrega plus a transcription of the Menuetto from Schubert's D.894 sonata.

Lovely playing ...

Great album4
There have been at least three CD releases by Bream entitled "Romantic Guitar", and I believe this one from 1991 is identical to the first "Romantic Guitar" issue from 1988 which featured a butterfly on the cover (part of a budget series at the time called the "Papillon collection"). I would recommend this issue over the one described below. Afterward this edition of "Romantic Guitar" came a 1994 release (search Amazon for B000003FFZ), which substituted some Ravel and Debussy for the Villa-Lobos, the traditional "El testament de Amèlia", and the Torroba piece here. While I don't own a copy of the 1994 cd, I can't see that it would be an improvement over the selection offered on this edition, which flows well from start to finish. I can't determine whether there was an original Lp called "Romantic Guitar", and if so, if it was a compilation Lp or recorded as an integral collection. The 'net doesn't have any good Bream discographies as of July 2007. But whatever the history of these recordings, they are worth acquiring.