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Cecilio Perera: First Prize 2011 Michele Pittaluga Guitar Competition
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Cecilio Perera: First Prize 2011 Michele Pittaluga Guitar Competition

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Composer
VARIOUS
Artist
Alessandria Guitar Competition), 2011 Pittaluga, Cecilio Perera (Winner
Format
CD
Label
Naxos
Released
Sep 25, 2012
Catalog #
8573025
UPC
747313302574

About

Another day dawns and another guitar competition prizewinner emerges. Will there be room for them all in the upper echelons of the musical world? I doubt it, but the young Mexican, Cecilio Perera—winner of the 2011 Michele Pittaluga Guitar Competition—has already created a career as performer and teacher, presently holding the post of professor at the Mozarteum University in Salzburg. The disc opens with a breathless account of Ponce’s Preludio and he seems to enjoy presenting himself with considerable demands in terms of agility, the Gigue taken at a tempo a long way from the intended dance. I would have equally liked a little more of the ‘moderato’ indication in the opening Allegro of the Ponce’s First Sonata. Yet present him with the extreme difficulties of Leo Brouwer’s Sonata, and musically he seems to relax, the many ‘effects’ the work calls for created in the most varied musical colours. It is a piece already well represented in the Naxos catalogue, but this is the performance I would want, the unhurried central Saraband de Scriabin quite magical. More comfortable tempos continue in the world premiere recording of Julio Cesar Oliva’s Tangomania. Though composed in 2011, and taking its inspiration from Piazzolla, it is in a purely tonal style from a much earlier era, the third section having a particularly catchy tune. Vincent Emilio Sojo’s Five Pieces from Venezuela are charming miniatures, while Ponce’s equally engaging Tres Canciones populares mexicanas make for a happy conclusion. Audible left hand shifts are few; the playing technically flawless, and the Canadian team have produced another of their top-flight recordings.

-- David Denton, Naxos [9/2012]

Tracklist 22 tracks

  1. 1 Preludio 02:26
    Track
    1
    Title
    Preludio
    Duration
    02:26
    Composer
    Manuel María Ponce
    Performer
    Cecilio Perera
  2. 2 Balletto 03:42
    Track
    2
    Title
    Balletto
    Duration
    03:42
    Composer
    Manuel María Ponce
    Performer
    Cecilio Perera
  3. 3 Suite in A Minor: V. Gigue 05:32
    Track
    3
    Title
    Suite in A Minor: V. Gigue
    Duration
    05:32
    Composer
    Manuel María Ponce
    Performer
    Cecilio Perera
  4. 4 I. Allegro moderato 04:09
    Track
    4
    Title
    I. Allegro moderato
    Duration
    04:09
    Composer
    Manuel María Ponce
    Performer
    Cecilio Perera
  5. 5 II. Andantino affettuoso 03:33
    Track
    5
    Title
    II. Andantino affettuoso
    Duration
    03:33
    Composer
    Manuel María Ponce
    Performer
    Cecilio Perera
  6. 6 III. Allegretto quasi serenata 01:24
    Track
    6
    Title
    III. Allegretto quasi serenata
    Duration
    01:24
    Composer
    Manuel María Ponce
    Performer
    Cecilio Perera
  7. 7 IV. Allegretto un poco vivace 03:54
    Track
    7
    Title
    IV. Allegretto un poco vivace
    Duration
    03:54
    Composer
    Manuel María Ponce
    Performer
    Cecilio Perera
  8. 8 I. Fandangos y Boleros 06:16
    Track
    8
    Title
    I. Fandangos y Boleros
    Duration
    06:16
    Composer
    Leo Brouwer
    Performer
    Cecilio Perera
  9. 9 II. Sarabanda de Scriabin 03:32
    Track
    9
    Title
    II. Sarabanda de Scriabin
    Duration
    03:32
    Composer
    Leo Brouwer
    Performer
    Cecilio Perera
  10. 10 III. La Toccata de Pasquini 04:47
    Track
    10
    Title
    III. La Toccata de Pasquini
    Duration
    04:47
    Composer
    Leo Brouwer
    Performer
    Cecilio Perera
  11. 11 I. Infortunio 03:58
    Track
    11
    Title
    I. Infortunio
    Duration
    03:58
    Composer
    Julio César Oliva
    Performer
    Cecilio Perera
  12. 12 II. Te esperare siempre 02:43
    Track
    12
    Title
    II. Te esperare siempre
    Duration
    02:43
    Composer
    Julio César Oliva
    Performer
    Cecilio Perera
  13. 13 III. Vagando en la soledad 03:44
    Track
    13
    Title
    III. Vagando en la soledad
    Duration
    03:44
    Composer
    Julio César Oliva
    Performer
    Cecilio Perera
  14. 14 IV. Te llevo en mis venas 05:20
    Track
    14
    Title
    IV. Te llevo en mis venas
    Duration
    05:20
    Composer
    Julio César Oliva
    Performer
    Cecilio Perera
  15. 15 No. 1. Cantico 01:41
    Track
    15
    Title
    No. 1. Cantico
    Duration
    01:41
    Composer
    Vicente Emilio Sojo
    Performer
    Cecilio Perera
  16. 16 No. 2. Aguinaldo 01:08
    Track
    16
    Title
    No. 2. Aguinaldo
    Duration
    01:08
    Composer
    Vicente Emilio Sojo
    Performer
    Cecilio Perera
  17. 17 No. 3. Cancion 01:49
    Track
    17
    Title
    No. 3. Cancion
    Duration
    01:49
    Composer
    Vicente Emilio Sojo
    Performer
    Cecilio Perera
  18. 18 No. 4. Aire Venezolano 01:00
    Track
    18
    Title
    No. 4. Aire Venezolano
    Duration
    01:00
    Composer
    Vicente Emilio Sojo
    Performer
    Cecilio Perera
  19. 19 No. 5. Galeron 00:53
    Track
    19
    Title
    No. 5. Galeron
    Duration
    00:53
    Composer
    Vicente Emilio Sojo
    Performer
    Cecilio Perera
  20. 20 No. 1. La Pajarera 01:20
    Track
    20
    Title
    No. 1. La Pajarera
    Duration
    01:20
    Composer
    Manuel María Ponce
    Performer
    Cecilio Perera
  21. 21 No. 2. Por tí mi corazón 03:36
    Track
    21
    Title
    No. 2. Por tí mi corazón
    Duration
    03:36
    Composer
    Manuel María Ponce
    Performer
    Cecilio Perera
  22. 22 No. 3. La Valentina 01:47
    Track
    22
    Title
    No. 3. La Valentina
    Duration
    01:47
    Composer
    Manuel María Ponce
    Performer
    Cecilio Perera