A Tribute to Maria Luisa Anido
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A Tribute to Maria Luisa Anido

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Composer
Maria Luisa Anido
Artist
Cinzia Milani
Format
CD
Discs
1
Label
Brilliant Classics
Released
Sep 06, 2024
Catalog #
BRI95954
UPC
5028421959542

About

The 'grande dame of the guitar' remembered through a new recording of her own music. Maria Luisa Anido (1907-1996) was born in Argentina and grew up in a household where the guitar was central. Her father brought home many of the great performers, whom she heard and who heard her. Miguel Llobet, himself a student of Tarrega, became one of her early teachers, though the most important was Domingo Prat. She met Andres Segovia after one of his concerts when she was about 10 and he was in his early 20s, and her own recordings rival those of Segovia's for both technical finesse and a natural feeling for the colours and rhythms of the Spanish guitar tradition. Cinzia Milani remarks, in an introduction to her new recording of Anido's own compositions, that 'there are moments when the technical essence of Anido's handing of the fretboard, especially in the higher registers, is so particular that one has the impression of knowing exactly what her hands were like.' Milani concludes her album with Anido's first and perhaps best-known piece, the Barcarola which she composed at the age of 20. Llobet lavished well-earned praise on her in response: 'I have read and played your Barcarola; the voices are carried magnificently with admirable taste of their natural characteristics; the tone colours are perfect. Bravo, very well done.' This is only the second album ever dedicated to Anido's music, making Cinzia Milani's recording a landmark contribution to guitar music on record, and to the extensive guitar library on Brilliant Classics. The most substantial collection here is a sequence of nine Impresiones Argentinas, which effectively form a survey of the folk music of her native land. Individual movements take up Indian, mestizo, pampan and North-western Creole melodies and rhythms. The Impresiones Argentinas are marvellously relaxed and earthy pieces, speaking unaffectedly of everyday experience, and no wonder that Anido charmed Soviet audiences with them during her 1960s tours, before settling for a while in Cuba. The Aire Norteño and Cancion del Yucatan equally draw on south-American roots, while a trio of Preludios Nostalgicos belong to the repertoire of many modern guitarists. Anido was a major figure on the landscape of the 20th-century guitar, and Cinzia Milani has made a devoted tribute to her art. - Maria Luisa Anido (1907-1996) was born in Moron, in the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina. She studied guitar with Domingo Prat in Argentina and Miguel Llobet in Spain. From 1925, she frequently performed in Argentina together with Llobet. Her first London appearance was in 1952 at the Wigmore Hall, and she spent several years in the 1960s performing and teaching in Russia. Later she became professor at the conservatory of Buenos Aires. By the mid-1980s she moved to Spain, where she spent the rest of her life. - Maria Luisa Anido has been one of the few female composer-performers of her time. Her works for guitar, exquisite miniatures, are inspired by the rich folklore and music of her native Argentina. - Played with winning affection by Cinzia Milani, one of the foremost female guitarists of today, who has already issued a Tribute to Ida Presti, and Teresa de Rogatis, issued on Brilliant Classics.

Tracklist 19 tracks

  1. 1 Aire norteño 01:35
    Track
    1
    Title
    Aire norteño
    Duration
    01:35
    Composer
    María Luisa Anido
    Performer
    Cinzia Milani
  2. 2 Cancion del Yucatan 01:59
    Track
    2
    Title
    Cancion del Yucatan
    Duration
    01:59
    Composer
    María Luisa Anido
    Performer
    Cinzia Milani
  3. 3 I. Lejania 04:12
    Track
    3
    Title
    I. Lejania
    Duration
    04:12
    Composer
    María Luisa Anido
    Performer
    Cinzia Milani
  4. 4 III. Gris 03:23
    Track
    4
    Title
    III. Gris
    Duration
    03:23
    Composer
    María Luisa Anido
    Performer
    Cinzia Milani
  5. 5 II. Mar 02:21
    Track
    5
    Title
    II. Mar
    Duration
    02:21
    Composer
    María Luisa Anido
    Performer
    Cinzia Milani
  6. 6 Cancion de Cuna 02:26
    Track
    6
    Title
    Cancion de Cuna
    Duration
    02:26
    Composer
    María Luisa Anido
    Performer
    Cinzia Milani
  7. 7 Preludio campero 03:21
    Track
    7
    Title
    Preludio campero
    Duration
    03:21
    Composer
    María Luisa Anido
    Performer
    Cinzia Milani
  8. 8 I. Boceto indigena 04:22
    Track
    8
    Title
    I. Boceto indigena
    Duration
    04:22
    Composer
    María Luisa Anido
    Performer
    Cinzia Milani
  9. 9 V. Santiaguena 02:52
    Track
    9
    Title
    V. Santiaguena
    Duration
    02:52
    Composer
    María Luisa Anido
    Performer
    Cinzia Milani
  10. 10 VIII. Canto de la llanura 02:57
    Track
    10
    Title
    VIII. Canto de la llanura
    Duration
    02:57
    Composer
    María Luisa Anido
    Performer
    Cinzia Milani
  11. 11 IV. Triste 02:37
    Track
    11
    Title
    IV. Triste
    Duration
    02:37
    Composer
    María Luisa Anido
    Performer
    Cinzia Milani
  12. 12 II. Preludio pampeano 03:02
    Track
    12
    Title
    II. Preludio pampeano
    Duration
    03:02
    Composer
    María Luisa Anido
    Performer
    Cinzia Milani
  13. 13 VI. Catamarquena 03:15
    Track
    13
    Title
    VI. Catamarquena
    Duration
    03:15
    Composer
    María Luisa Anido
    Performer
    Cinzia Milani
  14. 14 III. Variaciones camperas 01:58
    Track
    14
    Title
    III. Variaciones camperas
    Duration
    01:58
    Composer
    María Luisa Anido
    Performer
    Cinzia Milani
  15. 15 VII. Preludio criollo 01:42
    Track
    15
    Title
    VII. Preludio criollo
    Duration
    01:42
    Composer
    María Luisa Anido
    Performer
    Cinzia Milani
  16. 16 IX. El Misachico 02:43
    Track
    16
    Title
    IX. El Misachico
    Duration
    02:43
    Composer
    María Luisa Anido
    Performer
    Cinzia Milani
  17. 17 Aire de vidalita 02:16
    Track
    17
    Title
    Aire de vidalita
    Duration
    02:16
    Composer
    María Luisa Anido
    Performer
    Cinzia Milani
  18. 18 De mi tierra 02:03
    Track
    18
    Title
    De mi tierra
    Duration
    02:03
    Composer
    María Luisa Anido
    Performer
    Cinzia Milani
  19. 19 Barcarola 02:30
    Track
    19
    Title
    Barcarola
    Duration
    02:30
    Composer
    María Luisa Anido
    Performer
    Cinzia Milani