Plays Giuliani

Editorial Reviews
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The music of Mauro Giuliani (1781-1829) has great appeal for guitarists, and practically nobody else. It is lightweight almost to the vanishing point, and I've seldom heard a piece of his that stuck in my mind. But he did write plenty of music for the guitar, providing the instrument with some classical period repertoire. (His contemporary Sor wrote much better music, but he was only one composer.) The Serenade is the most interesting piece here, while the Duo Concertante goes on a lot longer than its material justifies. Fine performances by all, but this is still a disc for very specialized tastes. --Leslie Gerber

Tracks:

Bianco Fiore
Vaghe Belleze Et Bionde Treccie D'Oro Vedi Che Per Ti Moro
Galiarda Delta La Mezza Pace
Se Io M'Accorgo
Prelude & Presto
Allemande
Courante
Sarabande
Bouree
Gigue
Pavanas
Canarios
Clarin De Los Mosqueteros Del Rey De Francia
Andantino
Scherzo
Rondo
El Testamento De Amelia
Leonesa
El Mestre
Swanee
Summertime
I Got Rhythm

Customer Reviews:

Stringing the centuries together.......2005-08-27

This is a delightful program of music, from Italian Renaissance to George Gershwin, played on modern constructions of historical instruments--archlute, baroque guitar, 19th century guitar and modern. I don't listen to classical guitar that often (the obvious ones, Bream, Segovia), usually going in for popular stuff (Crary, Legg), but Willard gave a splendid concert at a New York art museum earlier this summer and I picked this up as a memento. It is still a pleasure to listen to--elegant, clear playing by a experienced and talented artist.

Yamashita plays Giuliani: Duo Concertante, Op.25 for Violin & Guitar; Serenade, Op.19 for Violin, Cello & Guitar; Gran Duetto Concertante, Op.52 for Flute & Guitar

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very pleasant, very Italian
Relaxing music deliverd elagantly.

Yamashita plays Giuliani: Duo Concertante, Op.25 for Violin & Guitar; Serenade, Op.19 for Violin, Cello & Guitar; Gran Duetto Concertante, Op.52 for Flute & Guitar

Manufacturer: RCA
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Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000003EWB
Release Date: 1991-07-01

Tracks:

Gran Duetto Conc, Op. 52 in A: Andante Sostenuto
Gran Duetto Conc, Op. 52 in A: Menuetto/Allegro Vivace
Gran Duetto Conc, Op. 52 in A: Rondo Militare/Allegretto
Duo Conc, Op. 25 in e: Maestoso
Duo Conc, Op. 25 in e: Andantino Grazioso (Theme With Vars)
Duo Conc, Op. 25 in e: Menuetto/Allegretto
Duo Conc, Op. 25 in e: Rondeau/Allegretto
Ser, Op. 19 in A: Serenata/Adagio
Ser, Op. 19 in A: Scherzo/Allegro Assai
Ser, Op. 19 in A: Alla Polacca

Amazon.com

The music of Mauro Giuliani (1781-1829) has great appeal for guitarists, and practically nobody else. It is lightweight almost to the vanishing point, and I've seldom heard a piece of his that stuck in my mind. But he did write plenty of music for the guitar, providing the instrument with some classical period repertoire. (His contemporary Sor wrote much better music, but he was only one composer.) The Serenade is the most interesting piece here, while the Duo Concertante goes on a lot longer than its material justifies. Fine performances by all, but this is still a disc for very specialized tastes. --Leslie Gerber

Customer Reviews:

very pleasant, very Italian.......1999-12-19

The only point I agree with Amazon's reviewer is that the serenade is the best piece on this CD. No, I am not a guitarist, but Giuliani's music is appealing to me, unlike music of nail-biting late Romantics, brain-drilling Shostakovich, boring-like-watching-golf Hindemith and most of other XX Century composers who get all the worship of critics. I also disagree that Sor wrote better music; he was more productive, than Giuliani, but also a very uneven composer, who wrote, along with some masterpieces, tons of quite unremarkable stuff. And if Giuliani's music was (quote) lightweight on the point of vanishing, it could not had survived almost 2 centuries. As I have heard, he originally wrote the Serenade for flute, guitar and cello. If that is true, it is somewhat surprising that James Gallway yielded this piece to a violin (or, if I am wrong, why did not he transcribe it for flute, like he transcribes almost everything else?). I did not give 5 stars because I do not appreciate track duplications (the first track, this is one third of this CD, first appeared on Italian Serenade CD in this same recording). Overall, nice music full of pleasant melodies in a typical Italian style.

Relaxing music deliverd elagantly........1999-03-12

While Giuliani has been criticized for being a slight composer, he did right fun, relaxing and invigorating music. Ok, it isn't quite the caliber of someone like Mozart or Beethoven, but there is a refined elegance and a nice tunefulness which really comes through with the virtuosity of the performers, besides, not everyone can be a Mozart... The melodies are familiar and hearing that makes one feel good. Overall, the sound and the Musicianship are really worth it.

Jakob Henriques Plays Music from the 19th

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Jakob Henriques Plays Music from the 19th

Manufacturer: Nosag Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0009YA3WM
Release Date: 2005-07-26

Richard Jacobowski Plays Giuliani Var op 45 / da Milano Fantasia XIII / Dowland A Fancy/ Abel Carlevaro Preludios Americanos / Villa-Lobos Mazurka Choro / de Falla

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Richard Jacobowski Plays Giuliani Var op 45 / da Milano Fantasia XIII / Dowland A Fancy/ Abel Carlevaro Preludios Americanos / Villa-Lobos Mazurka Choro / de Falla

Manufacturer: Gateway Classics
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00000AE9G
Release Date: 1996-11-08

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