Martin Jones - Guastavino: The Complete Piano Music (2008)
BAND/ARTIST: Martin Jones
- Title: Guastavino: The Complete Piano Music
- Year Of Release: 2008
- Label: Nimbus Records
- Genre: Classical Piano
- Quality: flac lossless (tracks)
- Total Time: 03:33:17
- Total Size: 637 mb
- WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist
01. Gato
02. Bailecito
03. Tierra Linda
04. Sonatina: I. Allegretto
05. Sonatina: II. Lento muy expresivo
06. Sonatina: III. Presto
07. Sonata in C-Sharp Minor: I. Allegretto intimo
08. Sonata in C-Sharp Minor: II. Scherzo - Molto Allegro
09. Sonata in C-Sharp Minor: III. Recitativo - Lento - Molto Allegro
10. Sonata in C-Sharp Minor: IV. Fuga y Final - Allegro
11. Tres Sonatinas: I. Movimento - Allegro decidido
12. Tres Sonatinas: II. RetamaL Allegretto
13. Tres Sonatinas: III. Danza: Allegretto
14. Estilo
15. La Siesta, Tres Preludios: I. El Patio - Tranquillo
16. La Siesta, Tres Preludios: II. El Sauce - Lento
17. La Siesta, Tres Preludios: III. Gorriones - Allegretto
18. Pampeano
19. La trade en Rincó
20. Las niñas
21. Romance de Cuyo
22. Diez Preludios: I. La Dama Damam - Allegro giusto
23. Diez Preludios: II. La flor de caña - Adagio molto cantabile
24. Diez Preludios: III. Rimoron - Allegro
25. Diez Preludios: IV. Margarita - Grave
26. Diez Preludios: V. Bordando para la reina - Allegretto
27. Diez Preludios: VI. Una niña bonita - Allegretto semplice
28. Diez Preludios: VII. ¡Cuantas estrellas!, Allegretto scherzando
29. Diez Preludios: VIII. Un domingo de mañana - Andante
30. Diez Preludios: IX. La torre - Molto allegro
31. Diez Preludios: X. En un coche va la niña - Allegro piacevole
32. Diez Cantilenas Argentinas: I. …Santa Fe para llorar - Moderato
33. Diez Cantilenas Argentinas: II. Adolescencia - Allegretto moderato molto espressivo
34. Diez Cantilenas Argentinas: III. Jacarandá - Andante
35. Diez Cantilenas Argentinas: IV. El ceibo - Andante cantabile
36. Diez Cantilenas Argentinas: V. Abelarda Olmos - Andante sostenuto
37. Diez Cantilenas Argentinas: VI. Juanita - Andante semplice
38. Diez Cantilenas Argentinas: VII. Herbert - Andante
39. Diez Cantilenas Argentinas: VIII. Santa Fe antiguo - Andante sostenuto
40. Diez Cantilenas Argentinas: IX. Trébol - Molto lento
41. Diez Cantilenas Argentinas: X. La casa - Andantino
42. Tres Romances Nuevos: I. La niña del rio dulce - Sherzando, un poco vivo
43. Tres Romances Nuevos: II. El chico que vino del Sur - Allegretto
44. Pueblito, mi pueblo, Cancion Argentina
45. Las Presencias: I. Loduvina - Allegretto piacevole un po sostenuto
46. Las Presencias: II. Ortega - Andante sostenuto
47. Las Presencias: III. Federico Ignacio Cespedes Villega - Allegro
48. Las Presencias: IV. Mariana - Sostenuto
49. Las Presencias: V. Horacio Lavalle - Andantino
50. Mis Amigos: I. Luisito, de la calle Concordia - Allegretto
51. Mis Amigos: II. Nelly, de la calle Río IV - Andante cantabile, un poco sostenuto
52. Mis Amigos: III. Ismael, de la calle Teodoro García - Andante sostenuto
53. Mis Amigos: IV. Pablo, del Aeroparque - Andante un poco mosso
54. Mis Amigos: V. Fermina, de la calle Aranguren - Allegretto cantabile
55. Mis Amigos: VI. Gabriel, de la calle Andonaegui - Allegretto semplice
56. Mis Amigos: VII. Alberto, de la calle Posadas - Lento
57. Mis Amigos: VIII. Casandra, de la calle Galileo - Larghetto
58. Mis Amigos: IX. Damián, de la calle Malabia - Andante giusto
59. Mis Amigos: X. Alina, de la calle Lacroze - Allegro
60. Diez Cantos Populares: I.
61. Diez Cantos Populares: II.
62. Diez Cantos Populares: III.
63. Diez Cantos Populares: IV.
64. Diez Cantos Populares: V.
65. Diez Cantos Populares: VI.
66. Diez Cantos Populares: VII.
67. Diez Cantos Populares: VIII.
68. Diez Cantos Populares: IX.
69. Diez Cantos Populares: X.
Argentines, it is said, are Italians who speak Spanish and think they're British but wish they were French. The country's concert music accordingly has quite a mixture of influences that coalesce into a distinctive nationalist viewpoint. Argentine musical nationalism remained strong enough through the twentieth century to resist the modernist onslaught. Its foremost exponent was Carlos Guastavino, a composer who has been ripe for rediscovery by non-Argentines since the explosion in the popularity of Astor Piazzolla's music began a quarter century ago. Among Argentines themselves he required no rediscovery; his music was and remains well known, and he made a living from it without recourse to academic or aristocratic sinecure. As with Cuba's Ernesto Lecuona, his fame rested on a group of songs that crossed over to mass popularity, but (again as with Lecuona) his piano compositions give a better sense of his musical mind. Apart from an early flirtation with a rather dense neo-classicism, heard in the large compositions on CD 1, he specialized in short pieces rooted in but not restricted by Argentine popular styles, more often the country dances known by the adjective "creole" than the urban tango. Many of them are musical portraits, often quite subtle: hear the 10-piece set Mis Amigos of 1966 (CD 3, tracks 9-18), in which each work depicts not only a person but also the person's musical surroundings. The Diez Preludios that make up the first half of CD 2 are not the Bach- or Chopin-inspired cases one might expect, but are subtle adaptations of children's songs. They are unique in that they draw on children's music without really being for children at all. Throughout, Guastavino has a talent for elaborating simple material in unexpected ways, and it is here that Argentina's cross-cultural character comes in: what keeps his Romantic nationalism from seeming conservative or nostalgic is that he absorbed a good deal of music from different European traditions and made it his own in an Argebtuba wat. A little tune can go off in an Impressionist direction, may draw on Fauré, can sound like Albéniz, or can display contrapuntal expertise, all without losing its local flavor. This three-disc set is a worthwhile item for libraries and large collections of Latin American music. Pianist Martin Jones is confident and competent throughout, although he tends to underemphasize the popular rhythms in Guastavino's music. For the casual listener, three discs of Guastavino is a lot, but with luck this disc will inspire focused programs - Guastavino's portraits could easily be juxtaposed with those of Leonard Bernstein, for instance - that will illuminate his music still more.
01. Gato
02. Bailecito
03. Tierra Linda
04. Sonatina: I. Allegretto
05. Sonatina: II. Lento muy expresivo
06. Sonatina: III. Presto
07. Sonata in C-Sharp Minor: I. Allegretto intimo
08. Sonata in C-Sharp Minor: II. Scherzo - Molto Allegro
09. Sonata in C-Sharp Minor: III. Recitativo - Lento - Molto Allegro
10. Sonata in C-Sharp Minor: IV. Fuga y Final - Allegro
11. Tres Sonatinas: I. Movimento - Allegro decidido
12. Tres Sonatinas: II. RetamaL Allegretto
13. Tres Sonatinas: III. Danza: Allegretto
14. Estilo
15. La Siesta, Tres Preludios: I. El Patio - Tranquillo
16. La Siesta, Tres Preludios: II. El Sauce - Lento
17. La Siesta, Tres Preludios: III. Gorriones - Allegretto
18. Pampeano
19. La trade en Rincó
20. Las niñas
21. Romance de Cuyo
22. Diez Preludios: I. La Dama Damam - Allegro giusto
23. Diez Preludios: II. La flor de caña - Adagio molto cantabile
24. Diez Preludios: III. Rimoron - Allegro
25. Diez Preludios: IV. Margarita - Grave
26. Diez Preludios: V. Bordando para la reina - Allegretto
27. Diez Preludios: VI. Una niña bonita - Allegretto semplice
28. Diez Preludios: VII. ¡Cuantas estrellas!, Allegretto scherzando
29. Diez Preludios: VIII. Un domingo de mañana - Andante
30. Diez Preludios: IX. La torre - Molto allegro
31. Diez Preludios: X. En un coche va la niña - Allegro piacevole
32. Diez Cantilenas Argentinas: I. …Santa Fe para llorar - Moderato
33. Diez Cantilenas Argentinas: II. Adolescencia - Allegretto moderato molto espressivo
34. Diez Cantilenas Argentinas: III. Jacarandá - Andante
35. Diez Cantilenas Argentinas: IV. El ceibo - Andante cantabile
36. Diez Cantilenas Argentinas: V. Abelarda Olmos - Andante sostenuto
37. Diez Cantilenas Argentinas: VI. Juanita - Andante semplice
38. Diez Cantilenas Argentinas: VII. Herbert - Andante
39. Diez Cantilenas Argentinas: VIII. Santa Fe antiguo - Andante sostenuto
40. Diez Cantilenas Argentinas: IX. Trébol - Molto lento
41. Diez Cantilenas Argentinas: X. La casa - Andantino
42. Tres Romances Nuevos: I. La niña del rio dulce - Sherzando, un poco vivo
43. Tres Romances Nuevos: II. El chico que vino del Sur - Allegretto
44. Pueblito, mi pueblo, Cancion Argentina
45. Las Presencias: I. Loduvina - Allegretto piacevole un po sostenuto
46. Las Presencias: II. Ortega - Andante sostenuto
47. Las Presencias: III. Federico Ignacio Cespedes Villega - Allegro
48. Las Presencias: IV. Mariana - Sostenuto
49. Las Presencias: V. Horacio Lavalle - Andantino
50. Mis Amigos: I. Luisito, de la calle Concordia - Allegretto
51. Mis Amigos: II. Nelly, de la calle Río IV - Andante cantabile, un poco sostenuto
52. Mis Amigos: III. Ismael, de la calle Teodoro García - Andante sostenuto
53. Mis Amigos: IV. Pablo, del Aeroparque - Andante un poco mosso
54. Mis Amigos: V. Fermina, de la calle Aranguren - Allegretto cantabile
55. Mis Amigos: VI. Gabriel, de la calle Andonaegui - Allegretto semplice
56. Mis Amigos: VII. Alberto, de la calle Posadas - Lento
57. Mis Amigos: VIII. Casandra, de la calle Galileo - Larghetto
58. Mis Amigos: IX. Damián, de la calle Malabia - Andante giusto
59. Mis Amigos: X. Alina, de la calle Lacroze - Allegro
60. Diez Cantos Populares: I.
61. Diez Cantos Populares: II.
62. Diez Cantos Populares: III.
63. Diez Cantos Populares: IV.
64. Diez Cantos Populares: V.
65. Diez Cantos Populares: VI.
66. Diez Cantos Populares: VII.
67. Diez Cantos Populares: VIII.
68. Diez Cantos Populares: IX.
69. Diez Cantos Populares: X.
Argentines, it is said, are Italians who speak Spanish and think they're British but wish they were French. The country's concert music accordingly has quite a mixture of influences that coalesce into a distinctive nationalist viewpoint. Argentine musical nationalism remained strong enough through the twentieth century to resist the modernist onslaught. Its foremost exponent was Carlos Guastavino, a composer who has been ripe for rediscovery by non-Argentines since the explosion in the popularity of Astor Piazzolla's music began a quarter century ago. Among Argentines themselves he required no rediscovery; his music was and remains well known, and he made a living from it without recourse to academic or aristocratic sinecure. As with Cuba's Ernesto Lecuona, his fame rested on a group of songs that crossed over to mass popularity, but (again as with Lecuona) his piano compositions give a better sense of his musical mind. Apart from an early flirtation with a rather dense neo-classicism, heard in the large compositions on CD 1, he specialized in short pieces rooted in but not restricted by Argentine popular styles, more often the country dances known by the adjective "creole" than the urban tango. Many of them are musical portraits, often quite subtle: hear the 10-piece set Mis Amigos of 1966 (CD 3, tracks 9-18), in which each work depicts not only a person but also the person's musical surroundings. The Diez Preludios that make up the first half of CD 2 are not the Bach- or Chopin-inspired cases one might expect, but are subtle adaptations of children's songs. They are unique in that they draw on children's music without really being for children at all. Throughout, Guastavino has a talent for elaborating simple material in unexpected ways, and it is here that Argentina's cross-cultural character comes in: what keeps his Romantic nationalism from seeming conservative or nostalgic is that he absorbed a good deal of music from different European traditions and made it his own in an Argebtuba wat. A little tune can go off in an Impressionist direction, may draw on Fauré, can sound like Albéniz, or can display contrapuntal expertise, all without losing its local flavor. This three-disc set is a worthwhile item for libraries and large collections of Latin American music. Pianist Martin Jones is confident and competent throughout, although he tends to underemphasize the popular rhythms in Guastavino's music. For the casual listener, three discs of Guastavino is a lot, but with luck this disc will inspire focused programs - Guastavino's portraits could easily be juxtaposed with those of Leonard Bernstein, for instance - that will illuminate his music still more.
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