Guitar Collection - Coste: Guitar Works Vol 4 / Mcfadden

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Label
Naxos
Release Date
August 1, 2000
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      COSTE
    • PERFORMER
      Jerry Mcfadden
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      August 01, 2000
    • UPC
      636943435427
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      8554354
    • LABEL
      Naxos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Instrumental
    Works ⌄

    1. Introduction and Allegretto

      Composer: Napoléon Coste

    2. No. 1 in A Minor: Allegretto

      Composer: Napoléon Coste

      Performer: Jeffrey McFadden

    3. No. 2 in C Major: Scherzando

      Composer: Napoléon Coste

      Performer: Jeffrey McFadden

    4. No. 3 in D Minor: Prelude

      Composer: Napoléon Coste

      Performer: Jeffrey McFadden

    5. No. 4 in D Major: Andantino

      Composer: Napoléon Coste

      Performer: Jeffrey McFadden

    6. No. 5 in E Major: Allegretto

      Composer: Napoléon Coste

      Performer: Jeffrey McFadden

    7. No. 6 in A Major: Andantino

      Composer: Napoléon Coste

      Performer: Jeffrey McFadden

    8. No. 7 in A Minor: Agitato

      Composer: Napoléon Coste

      Performer: Jeffrey McFadden

    9. No. 8 in E Minor: Scherzando

      Composer: Napoléon Coste

      Performer: Jeffrey McFadden

    10. No. 9 in G Major: Andantino

      Composer: Napoléon Coste

      Performer: Jeffrey McFadden

    11. No. 10 in D Major: Allegretto

      Composer: Napoléon Coste

      Performer: Jeffrey McFadden

    12. No. 11 in G Major

      Composer: Napoléon Coste

      Performer: Jeffrey McFadden

    13. No. 12 in C Major: Prelude

      Composer: Napoléon Coste

      Performer: Jeffrey McFadden

    14. No. 13 in C Major: Allegretto

      Composer: Napoléon Coste

      Performer: Jeffrey McFadden

    15. No. 14 in A Major: Andante

      Composer: Napoléon Coste

      Performer: Jeffrey McFadden

    16. No. 15 in D Major: Moderato

      Composer: Napoléon Coste

      Performer: Jeffrey McFadden

    17. No. 16 in G Minor: Allegretto

      Composer: Napoléon Coste

      Performer: Jeffrey McFadden

    18. No. 17 in C Major: Moderato

      Composer: Napoléon Coste

      Performer: Jeffrey McFadden

    19. No. 18 in A Minor: Allegro

      Composer: Napoléon Coste

      Performer: Jeffrey McFadden

    20. No. 19 in A Major: Allegretto

      Composer: Napoléon Coste

      Performer: Jeffrey McFadden

    21. No. 20 in D Major: Allegretto

      Composer: Napoléon Coste

      Performer: Jeffrey McFadden

    22. No. 21 in G Major

      Composer: Napoléon Coste

      Performer: Jeffrey McFadden

    23. No. 22 in A Minor: Tarantelle

      Composer: Napoléon Coste

      Performer: Jeffrey McFadden

    24. No. 23 in A Major: Moderato

      Composer: Napoléon Coste

      Performer: Jeffrey McFadden

    25. No. 24 in D Minor: Andantino

      Composer: Napoléon Coste

      Performer: Jeffrey McFadden

    26. No. 25 in B-Flat Major: Cantabile

      Composer: Napoléon Coste

      Performer: Jeffrey McFadden

    27. Reverie Nocturne

      Composer: Napoléon Coste

    28. Preludio (No. 11)

      Composer: Napoléon Coste

    29. Andante (No. 14)

      Composer: Napoléon Coste

    30. Preludio (No. 12)

      Composer: Napoléon Coste

    31. Estudio (No. 13)

      Composer: Napoléon Coste



Naxos arrives at the fourth installment in its complete cycle of Napoléon Coste's guitar music. The influential 19th century French guitarist and composer wrote in an early Romantic style touched by sophisticated textures, idiomatic assurance, and formal symmetry. You might say that his music sounds like what Carl Maria von Weber might have written had he been a guitar specialist. In any event, Costé's 25 Etudes Op. 38 mask their didactic aims by way of sheer musical delight. It's fantastic guitar writing, packed with enough double-note patterns, glistening scale passages, ingenuous polyphonic effects, and sly harmonic twists to entice listeners and keep guitarists honest. Jeffrey McFadden not only is an extraordinary guitarist--he's also an inspired musician. Hear, for instance, how he breathes life into the second etude's flowing patterns, or his impeccable timing of all the cadenza-type passages throughout the etudes. What variety of touch, dynamic inflection, and color McFadden brings to the slower selections! Bass lines simply soar, and the bell-like sound he gets from the higher strings and remarkable registral independence makes us wonder if McFadden is actually playing a piano disguised as a guitar! Informative annotations, gorgeous engineering, and, well, you already know the rest. No question, this is one of the loveliest discs in Naxos' burgeoning guitar collection. Buy it. --Jed Distler, ClassicsToday.com