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Latin American Music For Guitar / Vicente Coves


Release Date: 01/25/2011 
Label:  Naxos   Catalog #: 8572527  
Composer:  Manuel Ponce,  Celedonio Romero,  Leo Brouwer,  Jorge Morel,   ... 
Performer:  Vicente Coves,  Horacio Ferrer,  Esteban Ocaña,  Enrique Morente
Number of Discs: 1 
Recorded in: Stereo 
Length: 1 Hours 7 Mins. 

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Notes and Editorial Reviews

Awarded the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory’s Rubinstein Medal, classical guitarist Vicente Coves presents a beguiling recital of music from Argentina, Cuba, Mexico, Paraguay and Spain in which Classical and folk music, Afro-Cuban jazz and avant-garde influences, passion and pathos may all be heard. Vicente Coves is accompanied on Chiquilín de Bachín by the legendary flamenco artist Enrique Morente and Nobel Prize-nominated poet Horacio Ferrer, in a performance taken from a concert recital in Seville. Awarded the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory’s Rubinstein Medal, classical guitarist Vicente Coves presents a beguiling recital of music from Argentina, Cuba, Mexico, Paraguay and Spain in which Classical and folk music, Afro-Cuban jazz and avant-garde influences, passion and pathos may all be heard. Vicente Coves is accompanied on Chiquilín de Bachín by the legendary flamenco artist Enrique Morente and Nobel Prize-nominated poet Horacio Ferrer, in a performance taken from a concert recital in Seville. Read less

Works on This Recording

1.
Preludio for Guitar "In the style of Weiss" by Manuel Ponce
Performer:  Vicente Coves (Guitar)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: Mexico 
2.
Tango Angelita by Celedonio Romero
Performer:  Vicente Coves (Guitar)
Period: 20th Century 
3.
Canción de cuna by Leo Brouwer
Performer:  Vicente Coves (Guitar)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: by 1978; Cuba 
4.
Sonata for Guitar no 3: 2nd movement, Cancion y postlude by Manuel Ponce
Performer:  Vicente Coves (Guitar)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1927; Paris, France 
5.
Al Maestro by Jorge Morel
Performer:  Vicente Coves (Guitar)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1996 
6.
La catedral by Agustín Barrios Mangoré
Performer:  Vicente Coves (Guitar)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1921; Paraguay 
7.
El reloj by Roberto Cantoral
Performer:  Vicente Coves (Guitar)
8.
Guasa by Celedonio Romero
Performer:  Vicente Coves (Guitar)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: Spain 
9.
La Paloma by Sebastián de Iradier
Performer:  Vicente Coves (Guitar)
Period: Romantic 
Written: Spain-Basque region 
10.
Chelitango by Vicente Coves
Performer:  Vicente Coves (Guitar)
Written: 2004 
11.
Waltzes (6) for Guitar, Op. 8: no 4 in G major by Agustín Barrios Mangoré
Performer:  Vicente Coves (Guitar)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1923; Paraguay 
12.
Alfonsina y el mar by Ariel Ramirez
Performer:  Vicente Coves (Guitar)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: Argentina 
13.
Chiquilín de Bachin by Astor Piazzolla
Performer:  Horacio Ferrer (Narrator), Esteban Ocaña (Piano), Vicente Coves (Guitar),
Enrique Morente (Voice)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: Argentina 

Sound Samples

Preludio
Tango Angelita
Cancion de cuna (Berceuse): Cancion de cuna
Guitar Sonata No. 3: II. Chanson: Andantino molto espressivo
Al Maestro
La catedral: I. Saudade
La catedral: II. Andante religioso
La catedral: III. Allegro solemne
El Reloj (arr. V. Coves for guitar)
Guasa
La Paloma (arr. V. Coves): La Paloma (arr. V. Coves for guitar)
Chelitango
Vals, Op. 8, No. 4
Alfonsina y el mar (arr. V. Coves for guitar)
Chiquilin de Bachin (arr. V. Coves): Chiquilin de Bachin (arr. V. Coves for vocal, narrator, guitar and piano)

Customer Reviews

Average Customer Review:  ( 1 Customer Review )
 Relaxing music June 13, 2014 By Nina Hoel See All My Reviews "This is most pleasant and relaxing music! I can recommend it to anyone who appreciates classical guitarmusic and Latin sounds." Report Abuse
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