{"product_id":"castelnuovo-tedesco-m-guitar-concerto-no-1-platero-y-y","title":"Castelnuovo-Tedesco, M.: Guitar Concerto No. 1 \/ Platero Y Y","description":"Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco settled in California                       in the 1940s. Like many another musician cast adrift by the                       fascism that held sway in Europe from the 1930s to the mid-1940s                       he found a niche in the artistic life of the States. Hollywood                       embraced his music for films although none of the great films                       featured his work – he did however score several of the Lassie                       films. He moved in the same stratosphere as Heifetz and Piatigorsky;                       indeed the former commissioned his \u003ci\u003eThe Prophets \u003c\/i\u003eViolin                       Concerto (No. 2 of 3) and then went on to record it (RCA);                       as did \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.musicweb-international.com\/classRev\/2007\/Oct07\/Perlman_7542962.htm\"\u003ePerlman\u003c\/a\u003e.                     \u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003eAmong the operas, concertos, \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.musicweb-international.com\/classrev\/2004\/Oct04\/castelnuovo_Tedesco.htm\"\u003eoratorios\u003c\/a\u003e                       and solo piano music (\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.musicweb-international.com\/classrev\/2004\/jan04\/CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO_piano.htm\"\u003eNaxos\u003c\/a\u003e,                       Somm SOMMCD 032) there are two guitar concertos, a serenade                       for guitar and orchestra, a concerto for two guitars and orchestra                       and many pieces of chamber music involving the instrument.                       The first concerto was written partly in Mussolini's Italy                       and partly in America. If the middle of the three movements                       of the \u003cb\u003eop. 99 First Concerto \u003c\/b\u003esometimes drifts close                       to Tatiana's Letter Song it is delectable sentimental stuff.                        The flanking movements are sanguine and proud. They will certainly                       appeal to anyone who likes Rodrigo's \u003ci\u003eAranjuez\u003c\/i\u003e. It's                       a lovely concerto and well worth tracking down in this very                       generously timed disc. I hope there is a volume 2 with the                       Second Concerto, the Serenade and the Concerto for two guitars.                     \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGolondrinas\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e(Swallows)                       suggests a relaxed saunter along the corniche - a summer evening                       with the swallows of the title diving and soaring. It's a                       virtuoso piece as is the eager and bustling  \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLa Primavera\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e. The \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePlatero\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e suggests a delicate spray of lilies.                       The \u003cb\u003eRondo \u003c\/b\u003ehas some of the aristocratic elegance of                       the finale of the op. 99 concerto. The three movement \u003cb\u003eop.                       133 Suite \u003c\/b\u003eis a work of beguiling emotional suggestion.                       This enchanting disc ends with the three movement \u003cb\u003eop. 143                       Guitar Quintet\u003c\/b\u003e. The writing is full of interest with some                       incidental echoes of Ravel and of Russian nationalism. Again                       it is cheerful, subtly allusive, dynamic, poetic, playful                       and at times sweetly eerie. Unlike the much younger Brouwer                       this music has no truck with dissonance. Its milieu is impressionistic                       poetry. The string quartet writing is most inventive and by                       no means a dull stooge to the guitar.                     \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003eAfter you have rifled Rodrigo's guitar treasury                       you must try this. This composer is no Rodrigo epigone but                       his music shares the Spanish composer’s mood and gift for                       beguiling invention. You can add this composer's name to that                       of Manuel Ponce as someone whose guitar music needs to be                       explored. By the way, do not overlook Ponce's \u003ci\u003eConcerto                       del Sur\u003c\/i\u003e for guitar and orchestra. Like so much else from                       that era including these works by Castelnuovo-Tedesco - it                       was written for Segovia – recorded by him and also by Alfredo                       Moreno with Enrique Batiz.                     \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003eThese recordings were originally issued in                       2004 on MusicMasters. I hope that there is more to come and                       if not that Nimbus might find funding for a collection of                       this composer's concertante works for guitar. It's that good.                       \u003cbr\u003e                          \u003cbr\u003e                      \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e-- Rob Barnett, MusicWeb International\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nimbus","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":49607535427864,"sku":"710357253621","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0687\/4346\/3192\/files\/1545211_66cbede9-d4ce-452f-be07-617591f9414a.jpg?v=1777781307","url":"https:\/\/hbdirect.com\/products\/castelnuovo-tedesco-m-guitar-concerto-no-1-platero-y-y","provider":"HBDirect","version":"1.0","type":"link"}