Multi-award-winning guitarist Johan Smith has considerably extended his instrument’s repertoire with this selection of transcriptions celebrating childhood in a variety of ways. These popular piano works – Schubert’s Erlkönig, Granados’s atmospheric Tales of Youth, Mozart’s elegant Sonata facile, Schumann’s Scenes from Childhood and the exquisitely sensitive and insightful miniatures of Debussy’s Children’s Corner – are presented in a totally natural and idiomatic manner within the guitar’s distinctly expressive soundworld.
Schubert, Franz
Smith, Johan - Arranger
Erlkönig, Op. 1, D. 328 (arr. J. Smith for guitar)
1 Erlkönig, Op. 1, D. 328 (arr. J. Smith for guitar) 04:22
Debussy, Claude
Smith, Johan - Arranger
Children's Corner (arr. J. Smith for guitar)
2 I. Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum 03:07
3 II. Jimbo's Lullaby 03:36
4 III. Serenade for the Doll 02:46
5 IV. The Snow is Dancing 02:48
6 V. The Little Shepherd 02:54
7 VI. Golliwogg's Cakewalk 03:38
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
Smith, Johan - Arranger
Piano Sonata No. 16 in C Major, K. 545, "Sonata facile" (arr. J. Smith for guitar)
8 I. Allegro 03:55
9 II. Andante 04:30
10 III. Rondo: Allegretto 01:59
Schumann, Robert
Smith, Johan - Arranger
Kinderszenen (Scenes of Childhood), Op. 15 (arr. J. Smith for guitar)
11 No. 1. Von fremden Ländern und Menschen (Of Foreign Lands and Peoples) 01:47
12 No. 2. Curiose Geschichte (A Curious Story) 01:10
13 No. 3. Hasche-Mann (Blind Man's Bluff) 00:43
14 No. 4. Bittendes Kind (Pleading Child) 01:05
15 No. 5. Glückes genug (Happiness) 01:18
16 No. 6. Wichtige Begebenheit (An Important Event) 00:51
17 No. 7. Träumerei (Dreaming) 02:46
18 No. 8. Am Camin (At the Fireside) 00:54
19 No. 9. Ritter vom Steckenpferd (Knight of the Hobbyhorse) 00:40
20 No. 10. Fast zu Ernst (Almost Too Serious) 01:41
21 No. 11. Fürchtenmachen (Frightening) 02:01
22 No. 12. Kind im Einschlummern (Child Falling Asleep) 01:52
23 No. 13. Der Dichter spricht (The Poet Speaks) 02:01
Granados, Enrique
Smith, Johan - Arranger
Cuentos de la juventud (Tales of Youth), Op. 1, DLR IV:2 (arr. J. Smith for guitar)
24 No. 1. Dedicatoria (Dedication) 01:01
25 No. 2. La mendiga (The Beggar Woman) 02:44
26 No. 3. Canción de Mayo (May Song) 02:05
27 No. 4. Cuento viejo (Old Tale) 01:15
28 No. 5. Viniendo de la fuente (Coming From the Fountain) 01:14
29 No. 6. — 00:52
30 No. 7. Recuerdos de la infancia (Remembrance of Childhood) 01:18
31 No. 8. El fantasma (The Phantom) 02:35
32 No. 9. La huérfana (The Orphan) 02:02
33 No. 10. Marcha (March) 03:02
Total Playing Time: 01:10:32
