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Platero y Yo - An Andalusian Fantasy

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Composer
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
Artist
Niklas Johansen
Format
CD
Label
OUR Recordings
Released
Oct 03, 2025
Catalog #
8226930-31
UPC
0636943693025

About

Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco's 36-year collaboration with the legendary guitarist Andres Segovia resulted in 35 works featuring the guitar, including three concertos, several large cycles and numerous shorter pieces. Castelnuovo-Tedesco first met Segovia at a festival in Venice in 1932 and composed a new work for the legendary guitarist almost every year afterwards. Among the towering masterpieces in guitar literature is Castelnuovo-Tedesco's Platero y Yo (Platero and I), a cycle of consisting of 28 settings, arranged into four groups of seven-movement suites with a total playing time of 1 hour and 49 minutes. Originally conceived as an accompaniment for a recitation of selections from the Nobel Prize-winning Catalan poet Juan Ramon Jimenez's collection of poetic sketches of the same name, the composer gave his permission for the work to be performed without spoken text, which is how it is performed here. You can read Jimenez's texts in English translation while listening to the music and enjoying the wonderful illustrations for each movement by the award-winning artist Halfdan Pisket, especially commissioned for this recording. In preparation for bringing this masterwork to life, internationally acclaimed, multi prize-winning Danish guitarist Niklas Johansen not only studies the Spanish language to appreciate Jimenez'sprose-poems in their native language, but travelled to Spain, not far from Jimenez's hometown of Moguer. The close relationship with the language and culture has lent Johansen's interpretations a personal resonance. This album was recorded in Fredensborg Palace Chapel by the Danish masters of sound, Preben Iwan and Mette Due who beautifully captured the exceptional acoustics. We wish to express our sincere thanks to His Majesty King Frederik X, who personally granted us permission to record in Fredensborg Palace Chapel.

Tracklist 28 tracks

  1. Disc 1
  2. 1 I. Platero 03:19
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Platero
    Duration
    03:19
    Composer
    Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
    Performer
    Niklas Johansen
  3. 2 II. Angelus 04:29
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Angelus
    Duration
    04:29
    Composer
    Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
    Performer
    Niklas Johansen
  4. 3 III. Retorno (Return) 04:32
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Retorno (Return)
    Duration
    04:32
    Composer
    Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
    Performer
    Niklas Johansen
  5. 4 IV. La Primavera (Spring) 01:57
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. La Primavera (Spring)
    Duration
    01:57
    Composer
    Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
    Performer
    Niklas Johansen
  6. 5 V. El pozo (The Well) 03:20
    Track
    5
    Title
    V. El pozo (The Well)
    Duration
    03:20
    Composer
    Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
    Performer
    Niklas Johansen
  7. 6 VI. Gorriones (Sparrows) 03:33
    Track
    6
    Title
    VI. Gorriones (Sparrows)
    Duration
    03:33
    Composer
    Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
    Performer
    Niklas Johansen
  8. 7 VII. Melancolia (Melancholy) 04:35
    Track
    7
    Title
    VII. Melancolia (Melancholy)
    Duration
    04:35
    Composer
    Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
    Performer
    Niklas Johansen
  9. 8 VIII. Amistad (Friendship) 02:30
    Track
    8
    Title
    VIII. Amistad (Friendship)
    Duration
    02:30
    Composer
    Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
    Performer
    Niklas Johansen
  10. 9 IX. La luna (The Moon) 02:17
    Track
    9
    Title
    IX. La luna (The Moon)
    Duration
    02:17
    Composer
    Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
    Performer
    Niklas Johansen
  11. 10 X. Juegos del anochecer (Twilight Games) 03:38
    Track
    10
    Title
    X. Juegos del anochecer (Twilight Games)
    Duration
    03:38
    Composer
    Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
    Performer
    Niklas Johansen
  12. 11 XI. Ronsard 03:33
    Track
    11
    Title
    XI. Ronsard
    Duration
    03:33
    Composer
    Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
    Performer
    Niklas Johansen
  13. 12 XII. El loco (The Crazy-Man) 02:43
    Track
    12
    Title
    XII. El loco (The Crazy-Man)
    Duration
    02:43
    Composer
    Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
    Performer
    Niklas Johansen
  14. 13 XIII. La tísica (The Consumptive Girl) 03:36
    Track
    13
    Title
    XIII. La tísica (The Consumptive Girl)
    Duration
    03:36
    Composer
    Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
    Performer
    Niklas Johansen
  15. 14 XIV. Nostalgia 04:36
    Track
    14
    Title
    XIV. Nostalgia
    Duration
    04:36
    Composer
    Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
    Performer
    Niklas Johansen
  16. Disc 2
  17. 1 XV. Mariposas blancas (White Butterflies) 01:39
    Track
    1
    Title
    XV. Mariposas blancas (White Butterflies)
    Duration
    01:39
    Composer
    Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
    Performer
    Niklas Johansen
  18. 2 XVI. Idilio de abril (Apring Idyll) 03:23
    Track
    2
    Title
    XVI. Idilio de abril (Apring Idyll)
    Duration
    03:23
    Composer
    Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
    Performer
    Niklas Johansen
  19. 3 XVII. El canario vuela (The Canary's Flight) 04:09
    Track
    3
    Title
    XVII. El canario vuela (The Canary's Flight)
    Duration
    04:09
    Composer
    Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
    Performer
    Niklas Johansen
  20. 4 XVIII. La arrulladora (Lullaby) 05:43
    Track
    4
    Title
    XVIII. La arrulladora (Lullaby)
    Duration
    05:43
    Composer
    Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
    Performer
    Niklas Johansen
  21. 5 XIX. El canario se muere (The Canary Dies) 07:14
    Track
    5
    Title
    XIX. El canario se muere (The Canary Dies)
    Duration
    07:14
    Composer
    Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
    Performer
    Niklas Johansen
  22. 6 XX. Idilio de noviembre (November Idyll) 04:46
    Track
    6
    Title
    XX. Idilio de noviembre (November Idyll)
    Duration
    04:46
    Composer
    Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
    Performer
    Niklas Johansen
  23. 7 XXI. La muerte (Death) 04:03
    Track
    7
    Title
    XXI. La muerte (Death)
    Duration
    04:03
    Composer
    Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
    Performer
    Niklas Johansen
  24. 8 XXII. Convalecencia (Convalescence) 04:50
    Track
    8
    Title
    XXII. Convalecencia (Convalescence)
    Duration
    04:50
    Composer
    Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
    Performer
    Niklas Johansen
  25. 9 XXIII. Golondrinas (Swallows) 04:22
    Track
    9
    Title
    XXIII. Golondrinas (Swallows)
    Duration
    04:22
    Composer
    Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
    Performer
    Niklas Johansen
  26. 10 XXIV. La flor del camino (Wayside Flower) 04:01
    Track
    10
    Title
    XXIV. La flor del camino (Wayside Flower)
    Duration
    04:01
    Composer
    Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
    Performer
    Niklas Johansen
  27. 11 XXV. Domingo (Sunday) 03:11
    Track
    11
    Title
    XXV. Domingo (Sunday)
    Duration
    03:11
    Composer
    Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
    Performer
    Niklas Johansen
  28. 12 XXVI. Los gitanos (The Gypsies) 04:02
    Track
    12
    Title
    XXVI. Los gitanos (The Gypsies)
    Duration
    04:02
    Composer
    Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
    Performer
    Niklas Johansen
  29. 13 XXVII. Carnaval (Carnival) 04:47
    Track
    13
    Title
    XXVII. Carnaval (Carnival)
    Duration
    04:47
    Composer
    Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
    Performer
    Niklas Johansen
  30. 14 XXVIII. Á platero en el cielo de moguer (To Platero in the Heaven of Moguer) 03:58
    Track
    14
    Title
    XXVIII. Á platero en el cielo de moguer (To Platero in the Heaven of Moguer)
    Duration
    03:58
    Composer
    Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
    Performer
    Niklas Johansen