Irina Kulikova - Guitar Laureate

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Label
Naxos
Release Date
July 26, 2011
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      BACH SOR CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO
    • PERFORMER
      Irina Kulikova
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      July 26, 2011
    • UPC
      747313271771
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      8572717
    • LABEL
      Naxos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Instrumental
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Prelude

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Irina Kulikova

    2. II. Allemande

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Irina Kulikova

    3. III. Courante

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Irina Kulikova

    4. IV. Sarabande

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Irina Kulikova

    5. V. Menuet I-II

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Irina Kulikova

    6. VI. Gigue

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Irina Kulikova

    7. Introduction, Theme and Variations

      Composer: Fernando Sor

      Performer: Irina Kulikova

    8. Allegretto

      Composer: Fernando Sor

      Performer: Irina Kulikova

    9. I. Allegro con spirito

      Composer: Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco

      Performer: Irina Kulikova

    10. II. Andantino, quasi canzone

      Composer: Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco

      Performer: Irina Kulikova

    11. III. Tempo di menuetto

      Composer: Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco

      Performer: Irina Kulikova

    12. IV. Vivo ed energico

      Composer: Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco

      Performer: Irina Kulikova

    13. I. Preludio: Andante molto espressivo

      Composer: José María Gallardo Del Rey

      Performer: Irina Kulikova

    14. II. Allemande

      Composer: José María Gallardo Del Rey

      Performer: Irina Kulikova

    15. III. Sarabande

      Composer: José María Gallardo Del Rey

      Performer: Irina Kulikova

    16. IV. Vals

      Composer: José María Gallardo Del Rey

      Performer: Irina Kulikova

    17. Recuerdos de la Alhambra

      Composer: Francisco Tárrega

      Performer: Irina Kulikova


The guitar is ideal for lyrical romanticism, and always has been in its long history. But its clarity and fluency of line also provide scope for contrapuntal complexity characterized in the baroque era by the master works of J.S. Bach. The intimate voice of the guitar lends itself to every epoch and within this selection we move from the eighteenth century to the Napoleonic period, and then to Francisco Tárrega, the high priest of guitar expressiveness, and, in the twentieth century, to the profoundly Italian inspiration of Castelnuovo-Tedesco. Also represented here are the elegant musical statements of a modern virtuoso, José María Gallardo del Rey, a contemporary guitarist/ composer. The richness of textures to be found throughout is truly remarkable, proving once again that a guitar is appropriate for all seasons and for so many varied moods and emotions.