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Asencio: Complete Guitar Music / Mesirca
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Asencio: Complete Guitar Music / Mesirca

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Details

Composer
ASENCIO, VICENTE
Artist
Alberto Mesirca
Format
CD
Label
Brilliant Classics
Released
Feb 07, 2020
Catalog #
BRI95806
UPC
5028421958064

About

As a teacher of piano, theory and composition at the conservatoire in Valencia, Vicente Asencio (1908-1979) played an instrumental part in the success of Narciso Yepes and countless other influential Spanish musicians in the middle of the 20th century. His role as a teacher has unfairly overshadowed his own creative output, which now justly takes the spotlight in the talented hands of the Italian guitarist Alberto Mesirca. Asencio’s output for guitar has previously been investigated on record, including by the young Elise Neumann on Brilliant Classics (BC9287) but this is the first-ever album dedicated to his guitar music. Perhaps unsurprisingly, given his established reputation as a teacher, it reveals a composer of considerable craft and fluency, entirely at home in his adopted medium. Valencian born and bred, Asencio composed a Suite of Homages that became a calling-card for Yepes and other Spanish guitarists looking to play music of their own era that had something distinctive to say about modern Spain to an international audience. In turn, the homages pay tribute to Scarlatti, de Falla and Lorca, and between them they sum up the ingredients of Asencio’s style: the ruminative grace of the Sonatina, the evocative melancholy of the Elegia, and the fiery sensuality of the Tango. Dating from 1965, Collectici íntim was a second commission from Yepes, a character suite of portraits in the manner of the personalities so wittily drawn by Couperin in his keyboard pieces. Suite mistica derives from a piece commissioned by Spanish radio to mark Holy Week in 1971. Andres Segovia was taken with the work, Dipso (‘I thirst’ – one of the Seven Last Words) that he asked Asencio for two companion pieces, which were written on the subject of the Agony in the Garden and then the rushing wind of Pentecost. Finally, from 1971, there is Asencio’s masterpiece for the guitar, the Suite Valenciana in which he celebrates his own cultural heritage.

 

REVIEW:

 

From a composer who never played the guitar, this music is astounding! It is rich in melody and harmony, with moments of technical brilliance and romantic expression; and it has found a sympathetic voice in the hands of an excellent artist, Alberto Mesirca, who continues a trend among classical guitarists of producing recordings of the complete works of composers, giving us the opportunity to hear more than just their “hits."

 

– American Record Guide

Tracklist 16 tracks

  1. 1 No. 1. La Serenor (Serenity) 04:22
    Track
    1
    Title
    No. 1. La Serenor (Serenity)
    Duration
    04:22
    Composer
    Vicente Asencio
    Performer
    Alberto Mesirca
  2. 2 No. 2. La Joia (Joy) 02:41
    Track
    2
    Title
    No. 2. La Joia (Joy)
    Duration
    02:41
    Composer
    Vicente Asencio
    Performer
    Alberto Mesirca
  3. 3 No. 3. La Calma (Calm) 02:56
    Track
    3
    Title
    No. 3. La Calma (Calm)
    Duration
    02:56
    Composer
    Vicente Asencio
    Performer
    Alberto Mesirca
  4. 4 No. 4. La Gaubança (Delight) 01:54
    Track
    4
    Title
    No. 4. La Gaubança (Delight)
    Duration
    01:54
    Composer
    Vicente Asencio
    Performer
    Alberto Mesirca
  5. 5 No. 5. La Frisança (Haste) 02:54
    Track
    5
    Title
    No. 5. La Frisança (Haste)
    Duration
    02:54
    Composer
    Vicente Asencio
    Performer
    Alberto Mesirca
  6. 6 Cançó d'hivern 04:31
    Track
    6
    Title
    Cançó d'hivern
    Duration
    04:31
    Composer
    Vicente Asencio
    Performer
    Alberto Mesirca
  7. 7 I. Sonatina (Hommage a D. Scarlatti) 03:59
    Track
    7
    Title
    I. Sonatina (Hommage a D. Scarlatti)
    Duration
    03:59
    Composer
    Vicente Asencio
    Performer
    Alberto Mesirca
  8. 8 II. Elegía (Hommage a M. de Falla) 03:03
    Track
    8
    Title
    II. Elegía (Hommage a M. de Falla)
    Duration
    03:03
    Composer
    Vicente Asencio
    Performer
    Alberto Mesirca
  9. 9 III. Tango de la Casada Infiel (Hommage a F. Garcia Lorca) 02:58
    Track
    9
    Title
    III. Tango de la Casada Infiel (Hommage a F. Garcia Lorca)
    Duration
    02:58
    Composer
    Vicente Asencio
    Performer
    Alberto Mesirca
  10. 10 I. Preludi 02:05
    Track
    10
    Title
    I. Preludi
    Duration
    02:05
    Composer
    Vicente Asencio
    Performer
    Alberto Mesirca
  11. 11 II. Cançoneta 04:33
    Track
    11
    Title
    II. Cançoneta
    Duration
    04:33
    Composer
    Vicente Asencio
    Performer
    Alberto Mesirca
  12. 12 III. Dansa 02:42
    Track
    12
    Title
    III. Dansa
    Duration
    02:42
    Composer
    Vicente Asencio
    Performer
    Alberto Mesirca
  13. 13 Danza valenciana 04:00
    Track
    13
    Title
    Danza valenciana
    Duration
    04:00
    Composer
    Vicente Asencio
    Performer
    Alberto Mesirca
  14. 14 I. Getsémani 03:06
    Track
    14
    Title
    I. Getsémani
    Duration
    03:06
    Composer
    Vicente Asencio
    Performer
    Alberto Mesirca
  15. 15 II. Dipsô 08:06
    Track
    15
    Title
    II. Dipsô
    Duration
    08:06
    Composer
    Vicente Asencio
    Performer
    Alberto Mesirca
  16. 16 III. Pentecostés 02:23
    Track
    16
    Title
    III. Pentecostés
    Duration
    02:23
    Composer
    Vicente Asencio
    Performer
    Alberto Mesirca