classical music: Santiago de Murcia

classical music: Santiago de Murcia

classical music:

Santiago de Murcia

Anonymous, Antonio Bertali, ...

Alpha Productions, 2004

Delightful traditional music improvisations from Europe and the Americas
This is a delightful CD, full of new improvisations of Spanish, Italian, Portuguese and South American traditional music. Many of the selections are light, beautiful, courtly and were played in their original versions in the courts of Europe in the 16th, 17th, and 18th ...

Christopher Parkening - A Tribute to Segovia

Isaac Albeniz, Anonymous, ...

EMI Classics, 1991

Have been loving this for over ten years!!
I bought this cassette over ten years ago (1992) when I started taking classical guitar lessons. Would listen to it on the way home from work, then had a baby nine years ago and have used it for lullaby music (works like a charm) for afternoon naps and nighttime. ...

Portrait

Richard Alison, Anonymous, ...

Harmonia Mundi Fr., 2000

Rock guitarist turned lutanist
I listen to this album over and over and never get tired of it. O'Dette's interpretations keep sounding fresh and alive, perhaps because of his rock background. This was the popular music of the time and he plays it that way. There's no dusty mustiness of age ...

Santiago de Murcia / Gaspar Sanz: Guitar Works

Santiago de Murcia, Gaspar Sanz, ...

Enchiriadis, 2006

Old Music with a new vibrancy
This is a wonderful instance of taking old and neglected music and archaic instruments, getting them out of the dusty archive, shaking them off and breathing vibrant life back into them. Rafael Bonavita was quite a surprise for me. The two albums of his I've pored ...

Altre Follie, 1500-1750

Jordi Savall, Mercedes Ruiz, ...

Alia Vox Spain, 2005

Altre Follie
This great music has survived 500 years of man's madness and destruction for our enjoyment. The quality of interpretation is worth five stars. Classical music at its best, the combination of instruments and perfomers makes it perfect music to listen again and again ...

Los Impossibles [Includes Bonus DVD]

Peruvian Anonymous, Portuguese Anonymous, ...

Naive, 2007

fresh approach to traditional music
Christina Pluhar has small but loyal following in europe for good reason -her approaches to traditional, folk, and classic music are quirky fresh and entertaining. Too often performers get bogged down trying to be authentic, Pluhar's music is 'authentic' but not stale ...

Santiago De Murcia Codex
Santiago de Murcia, Ensemble Kaspberger, ...

Astree, 2005

Jácaras! - 18th Century Spanish Baroque Guitar Music of Santiago de Murcia [Includes 2008 Harmonia Mundi ...

Santiago de Murcia, Pat O'Brien, ...

Harmonia Mundi Fr., 2008

Irresistible Joys
I'll review this in depth in a few weeks when I get the cast off my right hand. Paul O'Dette is the Michael Phelps of the lute. The music is irresistible and the program notes are a good course in the history of Spanish guitar. Buy it now! while it's available!

The Segovia Collection

Jascha Bernstein, Dionysio Aguado, ...

Deutsche Grammophon, 2002

beautiful selection of the decca segovia
there probably wasn't a classical guitarist alive in the 1950's and 60's who didn't know by heart all of segovia's decca albums and julian bream's spectacular recordings for rca and westminster. this set will be a stroll down memory lane for everyone with segovia ...

Missa Mexicana [Includes Catalog]
Peruvian Anonymous, Juan Cabanilles, ...

Harmonia Mundi Fr., 2006

Missa Mexicana

Andrew Lawrence-King, The Harp Consort

Harmonia Mundi Fr., 2002

Fabulous, exciting Baroque music
The title says it all. I cannot add to the other laudatory reviews. Pay no attention whatsoever to the negative review. The writer obviously has no comprehension of what music is about. This is fabulous Baroque music with Latin and African flavoring. We who love ...

The Segovia Collection, Vol. 3

Dionysio Aguado, Isaac Albeniz, ...

Deutsche Grammophon, 2003

A CLASSIC FROM A MASTER
THIS IS A FANTASTIC CD. IT IS EXCITING AND RELAXING! I HAVE PROBABLY LISTENED TO IT MORE OFTEN THEN ANY OF MY OTHER CDS IN THE LAST YEAR.

Waverly Consort: Iberia!
Anonymous, Portuguese Anonymous, ...

Collegium, 2003

Fiery passion and restrained elegance - the hallmarks of Iberian music - are here presented with the Waverly Consort's legendary brilliance and artistry. Eleven singers and players performing on original instruments offer an irresistible feast of Spanish and Portuguese music of the "Golden Age": earthy, sparkling villancicos; epic narrative ...