[p]ers[on]a mis[ce]llanea (Works of Manuel M. Ponce) Bertrand Chavarría-Aldrete

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Album-Release:
2020

HRA-Release:
30.10.2020

Label: Odradek Records

Genre: Guitar

Subgenre: Classical Guitar

Artist: Bertrand Chavarría-Aldrete

Composer: Manuel Maria Ponce (1882-1948)

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  • Manuel M. Ponce (1882 - 1948): Sonata III:
  • 1Sonata III: I. Allegro moderato08:09
  • 2Sonata III : II. Canción. Andante03:17
  • 3Sonata III: III. Allegro non troppo05:20
  • 4Sonata I 'Mexicana': I. Allegro moderato04:03
  • 5Sonata I 'Mexicana': II. Andantino affettuoso03:48
  • 6Sonata I 'Mexicana': III. Allegretto, quasi serenata01:07
  • 7Sonata I 'Mexicana': IV. Allegretto un poco vivace03:27
  • Tres canciones mexicanas:
  • 8Tres canciones mexicanas: I. La pajarera01:05
  • 9Tres canciones mexicanas: II. Por ti mi corazón04:11
  • 10Tres canciones mexicanas: III. La Valentina01:42
  • Seis preludios cortos:
  • 11Seis preludios cortos: Moderato 101:35
  • 12Seis preludios cortos: Andante00:36
  • 13Seis preludios cortos: Moderato 200:49
  • 14Seis preludios cortos: Allegretto espressivo01:09
  • 15Seis preludios cortos: Allegretto con moto00:26
  • 16Seis preludios cortos: Allegretto00:52
  • Manuel M. Ponce:
  • 17Preludio01:42
  • Variations sur 'Folía de España' et Fugue:
  • 18Variations sur 'Folía de España' et Fugue: Theme. Lento01:05
  • 19Variations sur 'Folía de España' et Fugue: Variation 1. Poco vivo00:39
  • 20Variations sur 'Folía de España' et Fugue: Variation 2. Allegretto mosso01:06
  • 21Variations sur 'Folía de España' et Fugue: Variation 3. Lento02:03
  • 22Variations sur 'Folía de España' et Fugue: Variation 4. Un po agitato00:36
  • 23Variations sur 'Folía de España' et Fugue: Variation 5. Andantino01:15
  • 24Variations sur 'Folía de España' et Fugue: Variation 6. Allegretto espressivo00:47
  • 25Variations sur 'Folía de España' et Fugue: Variation 7. Andante01:36
  • 26Variations sur 'Folía de España' et Fugue: Variation 8. Moderato00:55
  • 27Variations sur 'Folía de España' et Fugue: Variation 9. Andantino affettuoso01:51
  • 28Variations sur 'Folía de España' et Fugue: Variation 10. Prestissimo00:37
  • 29Variations sur 'Folía de España' et Fugue: Variation 11. Andantino01:46
  • 30Variations sur 'Folía de España' et Fugue: Variation 12. Animato00:48
  • 31Variations sur 'Folía de España' et Fugue: Variation 13. Sostenuto01:11
  • 32Variations sur 'Folía de España' et Fugue: Variation 14. Allegro non troppo00:35
  • 33Variations sur 'Folía de España' et Fugue: Variation 15. Allegro moderato energico00:38
  • 34Variations sur 'Folía de España' et Fugue: Variation 16. Moderato01:22
  • 35Variations sur 'Folía de España' et Fugue: Variation 17. Allegro ma non troppo00:35
  • 36Variations sur 'Folía de España' et Fugue: Variation 18. Allegro scherzando00:42
  • 37Variations sur 'Folía de España' et Fugue: Variation 19. Vivo e marcato00:43
  • 38Variations sur 'Folía de España' et Fugue: Variation 20. Andante01:25
  • 39Variations sur 'Folía de España' et Fugue: Fuga. Moderato02:59
  • Total Runtime01:08:32

Info for [p]ers[on]a mis[ce]llanea (Works of Manuel M. Ponce)



Following his fascinating Odradek debut, 'Carpere fide(s)', innovative guitarist Bertrand Chavarra-Aldrete returns with an album exploring the music of one of the greatest of all composers for guitar, and Mexico's first "nationalist" composer, Manuel Mara Ponce.

According to his close friend and inspiration, the great Spanish guitarist Andrs Segovia, Ponce was the most significant composer in the modern revival of guitar music, rejuvenating the instrument's reputation and vastly enriching its repertoire. Ponce's body of guitar music is almost unparalleled in the 20th century, and his style embraces an eclectic range of influences, from romanticism to bitonality and atonality. He was Mexico's first nationalist composer, a status reflected in the Mexican titles and characteristics of many of his works, but he also drew upon Spanish and Cuban styles, as well as European and American impressionism.

This release brings together some of Ponce's finest guitar works, carefully selected and sensitively performed by Bertrand Chavarra-Aldrete. The album opens with a 'Preludio' written not long after Ponce arrived in Paris, characterised by modal and whole tone inflections that lend the piece an impressionistic quality. The release also includes the later set of 'Seis preludios cortos' ('Six short preludes'), written shortly before the composer's death and exuding a soulful sophistication showing Ponce at the peak of his powers.

The 'Tres canciones populares mexicanas' ('Three popular Mexican songs') represent a fine example of Ponce's characteristically Mexican style. The 'Sonata I', "Mexicana" was composed in the wake of Ponce's first meeting with Segovia, but its style also reflects the composer's enjoyment of life in jazz-age Paris. The 'Sonata III' was composed in 1927, by which time Ponce was immersed in Parisian life and his studies with Dukas.

Ponce composed his 'Variations sur "Fola de Espaa" et fugue' ('Variations and fugue on the Spanish Folia') in 1930, and his treatment of this ancient theme is masterful, constituting one of his most significant contributions to the guitar repertoire.

Bertrand Chavarría-Aldrete, classical guitar

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