Guitar Recital / Jara

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Label
Naxos
Release Date
June 9, 2017
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO COUPERIN
    • PERFORMER
      Xavier Jara
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      June 09, 2017
    • UPC
      747313379774
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      8573797
    • LABEL
      Naxos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Fantasia in D Minor, P. 5 (arr. X. Jara for guitar)

      Composer: John Dowland

      Performer: Xavier Jara

    2. Fantasia in G Minor, P. 71 (arr. X. Jara for guitar)

      Composer: John Dowland

      Performer: Xavier Jara

    3. Fantasia in G Major, P. 73 (arr. X. Jara for guitar)

      Composer: John Dowland

      Performer: Xavier Jara

    4. Pieces de clavecin, Book 2: 6th Ordre in B-Flat Major: Les baricades mistérieuses (arr. X. Jara for guitar)

      Composer: François Couperin

      Performer: Xavier Jara

    5. Variazioni attraverso i secoli, Op. 71

      Composer: Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco

      Performer: Xavier Jara

    6. Elegy

      Composer: Alan Rawsthorne

      Performer: Xavier Jara

    7. Summer Garden Suite: Dreams

      Composer: Sérgio Assad

      Performer: Xavier Jara

    8. Elegy

      Composer: Jeremy D. Collins

      Performer: Xavier Jara

    9. 24 Caprichos de Goya, Op. 195: No. 18. El sueño de la razón produce monstruos (The sleep of reason produces monsters)

      Composer: Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco

      Performer: Xavier Jara

    10. Mysterious Habitats

      Composer: Dušan Bogdanović

      Performer: Xavier Jara

    11. I. Moderato appassionato

      Composer: Dušan Bogdanović

      Performer: Xavier Jara

    12. II. Lento rubato

      Composer: Dušan Bogdanović

      Performer: Xavier Jara

    13. III. Allegretto

      Composer: Dušan Bogdanović

      Performer: Xavier Jara

    14. IV. Allegro brillante

      Composer: Dušan Bogdanović

      Performer: Xavier Jara


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American classical guitarist Xavier Jara has taken first prize at numerous international competitions, including the prestigious 2016 GFA International Concert Artist Competition. This release stands out not only for the sheer musicality and technical brilliance of the performer, but for his imaginatively structured and adventurous programme. It balances the poetic beauty of John Dowland and Alan Rawthorne with the broad appeal of Castelnuovo-Tedesco’s Variations across the Centuries, technically challenging works by Dusan Bogdanovic, as well as intriguing discoveries such as young composer Jeremy Collins’s Elegy. A native of Minnesota, Xavier Jara was a student of Alan Johnston at the MacPhail Center for Music in Minneapolis until 2011 when he moved to Paris to study with Judicael Perroy for six years. During this time he completed his Bachelor’s Degree at the Conservatoire National Superieur de Musique de Paris where he also studied with the French guitarist Olivier Chassain, and the lutenist Eric Bellocq.