Spain / Franz Halász

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BIS
Release Date
April 9, 2021
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      VARIOUS
    • PERFORMER
      Franz Halasz
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      April 09, 2021
    • UPC
      7318599925653
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      BIS-2565
    • LABEL
      BIS
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Rondeña

      Composer: Regino Sainz de la Maza

      Performer: Franz Halász

    2. La Frontera de Dios: II. Meditación

      Composer: Regino Sainz de la Maza

      Performer: Franz Halász

    3. Soleá

      Composer: Regino Sainz de la Maza

      Performer: Franz Halász

    4. Tonadillas al estilo antiguo: No. 8. La maja de Goya (arr. M. Llobet Solés for guitar)

      Composer: Enrique Granados

      Performer: Franz Halász

    5. Libro de música de vihuela de mano intitulado El maestro: Pavana No. 3

      Composer: Luys Milán

      Performer: Franz Halász

    6. Libro de música de vihuela de mano intitulado El maestro: Pavana No. 2

      Composer: Luys Milán

      Performer: Franz Halász

    7. Libro de música de vihuela de mano intitulado El maestro: Pavana No. 1

      Composer: Luys Milán

      Performer: Franz Halász

    8. Libro de música de vihuela de mano intitulado El maestro: Pavana No. 4

      Composer: Luys Milán

      Performer: Franz Halász

    9. Libro de música de vihuela de mano intitulado El maestro: Pavana No. 5

      Composer: Luys Milán

      Performer: Franz Halász

    10. Libro de música de vihuela de mano intitulado El maestro: Pavana No. 6

      Composer: Luys Milán

      Performer: Franz Halász

    11. Variations for Guitar on Marlborough s'en va-t-en-guerre, Op. 28

      Composer: Fernando Sor

      Performer: Franz Halász

    12. Le Tombeau de Claude Debussy: No. 9. Homenaje (version for guitar)

      Composer: Manuel de Falla

      Performer: Franz Halász

    13. El sombrero de tres picos (The Three-Cornered Hat), Part II: Danza del molinero (Farruca) (Miller's Dance) (arr. F. Halász for guitar)

      Composer: Manuel de Falla

      Performer: Franz Halász

    14. Castillos de España II: No. 6. Torija

      Composer: Federico Moreno Torroba

      Performer: Franz Halász

    15. Lágrima

      Composer: Francisco Tárrega

      Performer: Franz Halász

    16. Recuerdos de la Alhambra

      Composer: Francisco Tárrega

      Performer: Franz Halász

    17. Suite española No. 1, Op. 47: I. Granada (Serenata) (arr. F. Halász for guitar)

      Composer: Isaac Albéniz

      Performer: Franz Halász

    18. España, Op. 165: V. Capricho Catalán (arr. F. Halász for guitar)

      Composer: Isaac Albéniz

      Performer: Franz Halász

    19. Suite española No. 1, Op. 47: IV. Cádiz (Canción) (arr. F. Halász for guitar)

      Composer: Isaac Albéniz

      Performer: Franz Halász

    20. Sevillana, Op. 29

      Composer: Joaquín Turina

      Performer: Franz Halász

    21. I. Lento - Allegro

      Composer: Joaquín Turina

      Performer: Franz Halász

    22. II. Andante

      Composer: Joaquín Turina

      Performer: Franz Halász

    23. III. Allegro vivo

      Composer: Joaquín Turina

      Performer: Franz Halász


In June of 1922, a cultural fiesta took place on the grounds of Granada’s Alhambra palace, organized by Manuel de Falla and Federico García Lorca. The aim of the event was to preserve the ‘purity’ of flamenco art and the opening performance was given by 29-year-old guitarist Andrés Segovia. Ironically, Segovia played de Falla’s Hommage to Claude Debussy (featured on this album) – a work which can hardly be described as pure flamenco. But this can be seen as symptomatic of an important trait in the music of 20th-century Spain: Certain composers defended what they believed to be a noble, gallant and Castilian ideal, while others embarked on an quest to restore the ‘lost purity’ of the peasantry, but embracing Modernism and Impressionism as stylistic tools in order to do so. This is demonstrated on Franz Halász’s new disc, which provides a context – Milán’s Pavanes from the 16th century, Fernando Sor’s ‘Malbroug’ Variations from 1827 – while juxtaposing later works that embody the described, conflicting attitudes. This makes for a colorful and varied program, taking in highlights in the guitar literature such as Tárrega’s Recuerdos de la Alhambra as well as Joaquín Turina’s Guitar Sonata, here recorded – for the first time – from a copy of Turina’s original manuscript, and not Segovia’s published version with numerous changes. The winner of a Latin Grammy, Franz Halász is a highly acclaimed guitarist who here also makes his own contribution to the repertoire of his instrument, with his own arrangements of de Falla and Isaac Albéniz.

REVIEW:

This varied, highly atmospheric album of Spanish guitar music gives Halasz the opportunity to use a multiplicity of stylistic elements, and his sense of dramatic progression is particularly impressing. Joy of playing, love for the instrument and the music, are further essential components of his interpretations, making this a valuable and attractive recording.

– Pizzicato (Remy Franck)