ANDRES SEGOVIA - MILESTONES OF A GUITAR MAESTRO (10 CDS)

10 CD box set celebrating one of the great virtuosos of the 20th century,
the Spanish classical guitarist Andrés Segovia.

The master guitarist shows the complete range of his skill across ten original albums recorded between 1949 and 1962. Numerous compositions which now belong to the classical guitar repertoire were originally written for Segovia, among them works by Manuel Ponce, Federico Moreno Torroba, Joaquín Rodrigo, Fernando Sor, Joaquin Turina and Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco. These and other pieces, for instance by Grieg, Schubert, Rameau, Franck, Schumann and Chopin, can be heard in this collection.

No other guitarist changed the image of this instrument as much as Andrés Segovia. His influence on the development and importance of classical guitar playing in the 20th century was immense. Through his perfect technique and style Segovia set new standards in the modern art of guitar playing. At the same time he was instrumental in widening and increasing the quality of its repertoire. He arranged music from the Baroque and Classical epochs and his colossal series of transcriptions and editions laid the foundations for the renaissance of the guitar in the 20th century. His Bach arrangements amounted to a musical revelation not only for admirers of that great Baroque master's music.

"He made the guitar an instrument to be mentioned in the same breath as Casals' cello or Kreisler's violin." - New York Tribune

CD 1
1. ALBÉNIZ: Granada (serenata) - Suite española op. 47, No. 1 
2. GRANADOS: La Maja de Goya - Tonadillas al estilo antiguo, No. 7 
3. Melancolica - Danza española No. 10 in G major op. 37 
4. ALBÉNIZ:Torre Bermeja (serenata) - Piezas características op. 92, No. 12
5. GRANADOS: Andaluza - Danza española No. 5 in E minor op. 37 
6. ALBÉNIZ: Sevilla - Suite española op. 47, No. 3 
7. MILÁN/SANZ: Tres Pavanas 
8. Anonymus: Canzone e Saltarello 
9. TORROBA: Burgalesa e Albada 
11. LLOBET: Dos cancones catalanes, El noi de la mare 
12. El testamento de Amelia 
13. TÁRREGA: Danza mora y Minueto 
14. DE VISÉE: Entrada y Giga 
15. Bourrée y Minueto 

CD 2
1. MUDARRA: Romanesca 
2. PONCE: Prélude 
3. Ballet 
4. Gigue 
5. J.S. BACH: Prélude - Cello suite No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007 
6. Gavotte I & II - Cellosuite No. 6 in D major, BWV 1012 
7. SOR: Allegro non troppo - Deuxième Grande Sonate op. 25 
8. MENDELSSOHN: Venetian Gondola Song- Lieder ohne Worte op. 19, No. 6 
9. SCHUBERT: Menuetto -Piano Sonata No. 10 in G major op. 78 D 894 
10. TORROBA: Sonatina in A major, Allegretto 
11. Andante 
12. Allegro 
13. ALBÉNIZ: Asturias (leyenda) - Suite española op. 47, No. 5 

CD 3
1. MILÁN: Fantasia XVI 
2. DE VISÉE: Suite D minor (Prélude - Allemande - Bourrée - Sarabande - Gavotte - Gigue) 
3. SOR: Variations on a theme by Mozart op. 9 
4. HÄNDEL: Allegretto grazioso (Menuett) - Suite G minor, HWV 453 
5. Gavotte G major, HWV 491 
6. J.S. BACH: Bourée -Partita B minor No. 1 for violin, BWV 1002 
7. Courante - Cello suite 3 in C major, BWV 1009 
8. GIULIANI: Allegro spirituoso - Sonata in C major op. 15, 1 
9. FALLA: Hommenaje Le Tombeau de Claude Debussy 
10. VILLA-LOBOS: Etude No. 7 in E minor

CD 4
1. MILÁN: Pavana 
2. HÄNDEL: Sarabande - Suite No. 4 D minor HWV 437
3. Menuett in G major HWV 531 
4. GLUCK: Tanz der seligen Geister Orfeo ed Euridice 
5. J.S. BACH: Violin sonata No. 1 G minor BWV 1001 
6. Bourrée - Lautensuite E minor BWV 996 
7. SOR: Minuetto - Deuxième Grande Sonate op. 25 
8. CHOPIN: Prélude in A major op. 28, 7 
9. SCHUMANN: Frühlingsgruß - Album für die Jugend op. 79, 4 
10. PONCE: Andantino variation on a theme by Paganini 
11. BRAHMS: Waltz B flat major op. 39, 8 
12. TORROBA: Madroños 
13. VILLA-LOBOS: Prélude No. 1 in E minor 
14. J.S BACH: Chaconne - Partita for solo violin D minor BWV 1004 

CD 5
1. FRESCOBALDI: Aria con variazioni detta la Frescobalda 
2. Corrente 
3. CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO: Capriccio diabolico (Omaggio a Paganini) 
4. PONCE: 24 Preludios (excerpts), No. 7 in A major 
5. No. 2 in A minor 
6. No. 9 in E major 
7. No. 8 in F sharp minor 
8. No. 13 in F sharp major 
9. No. 11 in B major 
10. RAMEAU: Menuet G major - Nouvelles suites de pièces de clavecin 
11. TANSMAN: Cavatina (Suite), I. Preludio 
12. II. Sarabande 
13. III. Scherzino 
14. IV. Barcarola 
15. V. Danza pomposa 
16. TORROBA: Nocturno 

CD 6
1. COUPERIN: Passacaglia 
2. PONCE: Prélude 
3. Allemande 
4. HAYDN: Minuet and Trio from Symphony No. 96 
5. GRIEG: Melodie - Lyric pieces op. 47, 3 
6. PONCE: La Valentina -Mexican Folk Song 
7. TORROBA: Serenata burlesca 
8. C.P.E. BACH: Siciliana in F sharp minor 
9. FRANCK: Quasi lento (Preludio) - L'Organiste 
10. Andantino poco allegretto - L'Organiste 
11. PONCE: Thème varié et finale 
12. AGUIRRE: Canción 
13. PEDRELL: Guitarreo 
14. MALATS: Serenata española

CD 7
1. MURCIA: Prelude and Allegro 
2. SOR: Study No. 1 in C major 
3. Study No. 9 in A minor 
4. CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO: Sonata Hommage à Boccherini (Allegro con spirito - Andantino, quasi canzone - Tempo di minuetto - Vívo ed energico) 
5. RODRIGO: Fandango 
6. RONCALLI: Passacaglia 
7. Gigua e Gavotta 
8. SOR: Study No. 20 in C major 
9. Two Minuets 
10. GRANADOS: Spanish Dance No. 10 in G major 

CD 8
1. BOCCHERINI: Concerto for Guitar and Orchestra in E major (Gaspar Cassadó, Hg.), I. Allegro non tanto 
2. II. Andante cantabile 
3. III. Allegretto. Più mosso 
4. J.S BACH: Suite No. 3 in A major (originally Cello suite C major BWV 1009; trans. John W. Duarte), I. Prélude 
5. II. Allemande 
6. III. Courante 
7. IV. Sarabande 
8. V. Bourée I & II 
9. VI. Gigue 

CD 9
1. SCARLATTI: Präambulum und Gavotte 
2. Sonata 
3. DOWLAND: Two Pieces for Lute 
4. TORROBA: Madronos 
5. GIULIANI: Sonata 
6. NARVAEZ: Cancion de Emperador 
7. Variationen über Guardame las vacas 
8. FALLA: Homenaje pour le tombeau de Debussy 
9. ESPLÀ: Dos impresisones levantinas 
10. RODRIGO: Fantasía para un Gentilhombre, I. Villano y ricercar. Adagietto. Andante moderato 
11. II. Españoletta y fanfare de la caballeria de Nápoles . Adagio. Allegretto 
12. III. Danza de las hachas. Allegro con brio 
13. IV. Canario. Allegro ma non troppo

CD10
1. TORROBA: Castles of Spain, Turegano 
2. Torija 
3. Manzanares del Real 
4. Montemayor 
5. Alcaniz 
6. Siguenza 
7. Alba de Tormes 
8. Alcazar de Segovia 
9. GRIEG: Lied des Bauern - Lyrische Stücke op. 65, 2 
10. Walzer op. 12, 2 
11. MURCIA: Präludium und Allegro 
12. SOR: Study No. 1 C major -
13. Study No. 9 A minor -
14. CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO: Sonata Hommage à Boccherini, Allegro con spirito -
15. Andantino, quasi canzone -
16. Tempo di Minuetto -
17. Vivo ed energico -
18. RODRIGO: Fandango -
19. SOR: Etudes op. 6 (excerpts), No. 8 in C major Andantino -
20. No. 2 in A major Andante allegro -
21. No. 11 in E minor Allegro moderato -
22. No. 13 in B flat major Andante (Lento) -
23. No. 17 in C major Allegro moderato -
24. RONCALLI: Capricci armonici sopra la chitarra Spagnola (excerpts), Gigue - Suite G-Dur -
25. Gavotte - Suite e-Moll -