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| | Description | This collection features performances of popular works for the guitar by Julian Bream, Alexandre Lagoya, Paco Pena, Andres Segovia, John Williams, and Pepe Romero.
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Artist: ESSENTIAL GUITAR: 34 GTR MASTERPIECES
Title: ESSENTIAL GUITAR: 34 GTR MASTERPIECES
Street Release Date: 08/13/2002
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Genre: CLASSICAL COLLECTIONS-ARTIST DESC. | |
| | Product Details | | Audio CD Release Date: | August 13, 2002 | | Studio: | Decca | | Number Of Discs: | 2 | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 34 reviews |
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116 of 118 found the following review helpful:
 Masterpieces, played by masters, at a bargain price. Apr 30, 2005
By Epops
One wonders how the producers of this two CD set were able to obtain the rights to such outstanding performances, then put the whole thing together and still make money on the product.
Economic issues aside, this is an outstanding collection of guitar pieces by the best performers and composers. Pepe Romero, John Williams, Andres Segovia, Julian Bream have several performances each. Some lesser known but excellent performers appear as well. Paco Pena, the superb Flamenco stylist, does two traditional Spanish tunes. Composers include Rodrigo, Albeniz, Bach, Tarrega, Torroba, Vivaldi, Villa-Lobos, Granados, and many others. Stanley Myers' "Cavatina", the theme to The Deer Hunter, fits in surprisingly well, although not strictly speaking a classical piece.
Rodrigo's "Concierto de Aranjuez" played by Pepe Romero, with Marriner's Orchestra of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, is terrific. I liked it better than the more familiar versions of Julian Bream and John Williams. It seems more "Spanish", perhaps due to Romero's flamenco background, but I am only guessing at that. Marriner's superb orchestra certainly adds to the performance.
The technical quality seems to be excellent.
Highly recommended as an introduction for those new to the classical guitar and a valuable compilation of canonical performances for the aficionado.
57 of 59 found the following review helpful:
Lives up to its Name! Jun 10, 2005
By Vermis Libris Vera
If you only bought this double CD set, you'd have a good starter collection of classical guitar music. It includes most of the standards, as well as rarer pieces. In addition to the many solo pieces, there are several excerpts from orchestral works, with Rodrigo's indispensible Adagio from "Concierto de Aranjuez" topping the list. There are also several flamenco numbers included, complete with heel taps and castanets.
The recording quality is uniformly good, even on the tracks by Segovia. I don't know if they were remastered or recorded late in his career, but they're free of the surface noise present in so many of his recordings. The set clocks in at a generous 2 1/2 hours - one of the greatest deals in instrumental music; this is not a "bargain" quality set. Listen to the samples online - great stuff.
My only mild criticism is in the marketing. The advertising features John Williams and Julian Bream. Each contributes exactly one track. I would have enjoyed more pieces by them for stylistic comparison. But the less well-known (at least to guitar music neophytes like me) artists are every bit as good, and I intend to obtain more of their work.
65 of 70 found the following review helpful:
I wouldn't pass up this guitar collection - great stuff Sep 08, 2003
By saserfrac
This is a wonderful collection of guitar music. I thought it would be just guitar but there are lovely, lush, orchestral accompaniments that give you much enjoyment for the price of this CD. You can expect to hear the standards by Vivaldi and Bach, as well as modern great guitar compositions by De Falla and the Romeros.
17 of 17 found the following review helpful:
Incredible in so many ways. Apr 30, 2005
By Moses
I love all kinds of music, but when I can't decide what to listen to, I turn to this CD. Relaxing, interesting, magnificent; the skill is mind blowing. How anyone could manipulate these sounds out of a guitar is beyond me - superlatives don't do justice to an artist like Pepe Romero; but more, the songs are intensely enjoyable to listen to, and easy to appreciate. My favorites are Asturias, Caprice, Cavatina, Noche En Mataga, and La Alcazaba, but there really isn't a bad song on either CD.
12 of 12 found the following review helpful:
Two-and-a-half hours of bliss Apr 03, 2007
By Barbara Klaser
"creative writer"
This may be the best money I've ever spent. I got 2-1/2 hours of bliss for less than what I'd usually pay for one CD -- and you know how it is with music. You buy an album because of a song or two that you love, and you find that you like maybe half the songs on it. There's not a single selection in this one that I would've left out. It includes Joaquin Rodrigo's Concierto de Aranjuez, performed by Pepe Romero on the guitar with the Acadamy of St. Martin in the Fields. I needed to replace my old LP recording of that. But I also get 30 other classical compositions and traditional Spanish pieces, each special in its own way.
Have you ever heard music that you wanted to last forever, maybe even to dive inside and live there for a while, immersing yourself in sound? That's how I feel about this collection. The only problem I have with it is that I bought it thinking it might be nice to listen to while I write. Not so. It's terrible for that. I'll sit with my hands poised above the laptop keyboard, assuring myself I'll get some work done while I listen. The music takes hold and carries me away.
I'm not expert at describing this or any type of music. I just know what I love. You might too, if you enjoy classical or Spanish guitar -- unless you have absurd expectations about combining listening with work.
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