Stefano Grondona - La guitarra ancestral (2024)

Tracklist

01. Tombeau in C Minor, FbWV 632 "Tombeau fait à Paris sur la mort de Monsieur Blancheroche" (Arr. for Guitar by Anonymous)
02. Keyboard Sonata in D Minor, Kk. 213 (Arr. for Guitar by Anonymous)
03. Canción y danza No. 10 (Arr. for Guitar by Anonymous): I. Canción
04. Canción y danza No. 10 (Arr. for Guitar by Anonymous): II. Danza
05. Andante y estudio de Prudent: I. Andante quasi adagio
06. Andante y estudio de Prudent: II. Estudio. Allegro presto
07. 12 Danzas españolas, Op. 37, H. 142: No. 5, Andaluza (Arr. for Guitar by Anonymous)
08. 10 Canciones populares catalanas: No. 1, El testament d'Amelia
09. 10 Canciones populares catalanas: No. 8, El Noi de la Mare
10. 10 Canciones populares catalanas: No. 6, Plany
11. 10 Canciones populares catalanas: No. 4, Lo fill del rei
12. 10 Canciones populares catalanas: No. 6, La pastoreta
13. Romanza
14. Estudio in E Major
15. Prelude No. 1 in D Minor
16. Prelude No. 18 in E Major
17. 21 Preludes: No. 20 in D Minor "Oremus"
18. 21 Preludes: No. 21 in D Minor "Endecha"
19. Capricho árabe
20. 12 Etudes, Op. 6: No. 8 in C Major
21. 24 Exercices très faciles, Op. 35: No. 22 in B Minor
22. Preludio
23. 5 Preludes, W419: No. 1, Andantino expressivo
24. 5 Preludes, W419: No. 2, Andantino
25. 5 Preludes, W419: No. 3, Andante
26. 5 Preludes, W419: No. 4, Lento
27. 5 Preludes, W419: No. 5, Poco animato



Nearly thirty years after La Guitarra de Torres (Divox, 1996/1997), Stefano Grondona is releasing a new album entirely dedicated to exploring the sound of Antonio de Torres' instruments. The CD closes a circle that began to take shape with the initial public performances on these guitars during the luthier festival held at the Conservatorio di Vicenza, in 1995. Now, after a long exploratory coexistence, that Guitarra already configures itself from the title as Ancestral - and therefore archetypal, not adjectifiable - through an album that simultaneously retraces the universe of Torres and the expressive modes of Grondona. In fact, the recordings span from 2000 to 2022, encompassing a wide variety of environments and sonic creations.

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