Alexander Gil - Paseo (2025) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Capricho árabe
02. Recuerdos de viaje, Op. 71, B. 18: No. 6, Rumores de la caleta (Arr. for Guitar by David Russell)
03. Lágrima
04. Danza característica
05. Guitar Suite No. 2: I. Preludio
06. La ciudad de las columnas: I. Introducción - II. Pieza sin título No. 1 Andar la Habana
07. La ciudad de las columnas: III. Paseo
08. La ciudad de las columnas: IV. La ceiba y el colibrí
09. La ciudad de las columnas: V. Convento de San Francisco
10. La ciudad de las columnas: VI. Segundo paseo
11. La ciudad de las columnas: VII. Por la calle del obispo
12. La ciudad de las columnas: VIII. Amanecer en El Morro
13. La ciudad de las columnas: IX. Toque en la Plaza de Armas
14. Tríptico J. Clerch (Arr. for Guitar by Joaquín Clerch): I. Merengue Clerch
15. Tríptico J. Clerch (Arr. for Guitar by Joaquín Clerch): II. Un cubanito en Hallein
16. Tríptico J. Clerch (Arr. for Guitar by Joaquín Clerch): III. Wilkomenn Meister J. Clerch
17. Torija Elegía

This album, Alexander Gil’s first, entitled Paseo, is conceived as a journey and thus as a narrative grounded in enduring interconnectedness. Here, “paseo” – literally the action of traveling a short distance, preferably on foot – is an invitation to journey from the guitar – and through music –through cultures, places, cities, and neighborhoods. At the same time, the works on this album contain music that transits between Spain, Cuba, and Venezuela in a time span that includes compositions dating from the mid-19th century to the early 21st century.
Francisco Tárrega (Villareal, 1852 – Barcelona, 1909), an essential point of reference in the academic history of the modern guitar, composed Capricho Árabe and Lágrima. While the former echoes the turns and melismas typical of the Arab heritage in the Iberian Peninsula, the latter composition displays a lyricism that, in its simplicity, evokes a mood close to melancholy. Isaac Albéniz (Camprodon, Spain, 1860 – Cambo-les-Bains, France, 1909) was the composer and pianist who, thank to transcriptions of his music for the instrument, is today regarded as one of the fundamental Spanish composers in the guitar repertoire. Leo Brouwer (Havana, 1939), guitarist, composer, conductor, and musician of stature, is a central figure in the development of guitar music during the 20th century. With a creative career marked by curiosity and a drive for integration, Brouwer’s music has spared no effort to create crossovers between diverse types of aesthetics and artistic trends. The Tríptico (Triptych) by Venezuelan composer Javier Pedrá is a tribute to Cuban musician Joaquín Clerch, who was his teacher in Austria. Structured like a Baroque suite with a fast-slow-fast succession of tempos, each of the three pieces draws explicitly on dances from the popular music traditions of Venezuela and Cuba.

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