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José Ferrer: Complete Guitar Duets
8.574011 (Naxos, CD)
DDD
NEW RELEASE
Playing time: 68'36"
Tracks: 12
Booklet pages: 6
© 2019 Naxos Rights (Europe) Ltd
Main country of recording: United Kingdom
Country of manufacture: Germany
Sent to a reviewer on 13 July 2019
Jørgen Skogmo, guitar (tracks 1-9 and 11-12)
Jens Franke, guitar (tracks 1-2 and 4-12)
José Ferrer (1835-1916):
1 Fantasía sobre motivos de 'La Favorite' (Donizetti) (1881)
2 Bolero in E minor, Op 39 (published 1897-8; version for 2 guitars)
3 Fantasía sobre motivos de 'Lucrezia Borgia' (Donizetti) for solo guitar (1878)
4 Terpsichore: Vals, Op 45 (published 1903-4)
5 Minué in A, WoO 10 (1883)
6 Mélancolie: Nocturne in C, Op 23 (published 1895; version for 2 guitars)
7 Les Sirènes: Valse in G, Op 26 (published 1895-6; version for 2 guitars)
8 Mazurka, WoO 9 (published 1925)
9 Vals original, WoO 9 (1879)
10 De noche en el lago: Fantasía con variaciones in D minor, Op 14, for solo guitar (published circa 1888)
11 Sérénade espagnole in A, Op 34 (published 1897-8)
12 Fantasía sobre motivos de 'La traviata' (Verdi) (1884)
Recorded 25-27 April 2017 at the Church of St Margaret, Mapledurham, Oxfordshire UK