The Art of Segovia, 1/2

I'll be adding the times that each song starts at in the description soon, but for now it's just the whole album in one blop.

[laurencestauch]

Incredible performances like no other artist. I was fortunate to attend a 1979 appearance by maestro Segovia in Los Angeles. Unforgettable to this day.

[shermanlarsen]

Seattle opera house.
Winter of ‘78 or nine.
He still wouldn’t use amplification in his concerts.
The audience leaned forward to will the sound from his guitar and his fingers.
It was well worth the effort and this is a lovely memory.

[tonybunting]

My mom took me to see him perform at Orchestra Hall in Chicago, in 1985, when he was 92. I was 18 and a fan of the popular rock bands of that time. I was completely captivated by Segovia and his music. It's a wonderful memory.

[GotLotsaFaith]

There is an intimacy brought forth by a nylon string guitar (when played by a master); it possesses an uncanny ability to tell a story--a drama. Segovia's command of the tides and dynamics make the instrument both speak and whisper ciphered messages. It's almost ghostly. All the strings and voices from this miniature, wooden symphony can be inferred if you listen carefully. Miraculous pursuit--loved it so much.

[Tempestuous_Might]

"This collection of songs reveals not just how good music can be, but how to think about music both as technical musicianship and as art.

A collection of songs arranged and performed by Andres Segovia, this set shows instrumental prowess at its best where it seems more controlled. Most of these pieces came from composers who originally wrote either for guitar or small ensembles, and Segovia laid them out so he could play multiple melody lines on guitar over the length of each song. As a result, these songs are dense in a way that most popular music is not, in that each part relates to the previous material in the piece but seeks to not just complement but expand upon what is there. Melodies grow from a few notes to a full-fledged expression and then modify themselves with material from contrasting voices in each song, creating an effect like reading a great book where every character changes over the course of their adventures while simultaneously influencing the course of that journey. What at first sound like fills and turn-arounds are not spurious material but continuation of the song, with every note played serving some purpose and nothing extraneous or for the sake of showing off. This alone puts the lie to technical music of the current time, where a simplistic song if dressed up in recognized “hard” techniques becomes “technical, ” even if those adornments contribute nothing to the song itself. The technical art here is in the writing and arrangement of the music in addition to the performance.

In addition, The Art of Segovia forces us to look at what makes a song — one medium among several for the mental process we call “art” — strike us as great instead of simply adequate plus novel. Each of these songs evokes a feeling that is both unique to the song and can be found in life itself, not a subjective sense but more a subjective perception of the objective translated into a form that any logical mind can process. This transcends the limitations of not only the medium but the human mind itself, creating a commonality based on an accurate view of reality that is nonetheless interpretive, instead of pandering to the lowest common denominator that a crowd would find pleasing. All of the tools of art — rhythm, melody, harmony and phrase — apply themselves to revealing the inner essence of a complex experience, not so much distilling it to a simple statement as walking us through its evolution and reaching a moment of clarity, then allowing it to fade away as we absorb what we have sensed.

As with a great book, a great piece of music reveals something in life that we have not discovered or denied. It shows us the truth within, not creating another surface category, and in doing so makes us consider how this experience is universal to those who invest the time in understanding it. Truth meets us halfway between our perspective and the world. Great art lifts us out of the subjective, transforms the objective through not just the power of personality but the insight of talent, and delivers it to us in a form that re-discovers life with freshness through a vividly accurate portrayal that shows the hidden possibility lurking even within the mundane. When we have that level of expectation for art, the trivial novelty and diehard pandering to comfortingly familiar sounds fades away and instead we seek something of greater clarity, power and ultimately meaning. Naturally this is not popular with record labels, for whom discovering a Segovia each month is impossible, but for those who value their time and want to listen to music that shows the best of what humanity can do, The Art of Segovia gives us a yardstick against which all great albums must compare.

Not all of these will be as technical as Segovia’s playing or the writing of the composers he arranges. They do not need to be. If they uphold the same spirit of discovery and revelation that makes this art so profound, they can do so with fewer musical techniques. But if they do not live up to that understanding of what art and by extension music can be, they sound hollow in comparison to Segovia and stand no chance of comparison."

[antoniomartinmartin]

Es familiar, lejano, mío, y cada vez que sale en cualquier sitio de YouTube etc. Y ver los cumplidos y todas las cosas bonitas que le dicen, por todo el mundo, me llena de orgullo, llevar su sangre aunque comparta el 0, 0 1 % y me emociono, por que yo como el amamos la música, gracias tío por tu legado! 🥰

[carlosfranciscoqueirolo]

1. (0:00) Tárrega: Recuerdos de la Alhambra
2. (5:15) Tárrega: Capricho árabe
3. (10:42) Tárrega: Marieta
4. (13:13) Moreno Torroba: Romanza de los pinos
5. (14:59) Moreno Torroba: Madroños
6. (17:55) Moreno Torroba: Serenata burlesca
7. (20:51) Sor: Variaciones sobre un tema de Mozart, Op. 9
8. (28:00) Falla: Homenaje "Le tombeau de Debussy"
9. (30:40) Ponce: Tema, Variaciones y Final
10. (38:38) Tradicional: Canción Mexicana
11. (40:10) Turina: Sevillana
12. (46:10) Rodrigo: Sarabanda
13. (51:14) Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Capricho diabólico, Op. 85
14. (1:00:29) Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Tonadilla (Sobre el nombre de Andrés Segovia)
15. (1:05:40) Villa-Lobos: Prelude Nº 1 en E menor
16. (1:10:07) Villa-Lobos: Prelude Nº 3 en A menor
17. (1:15:22) Pedrell: Guitarreo
18. (1:16:50) Roussel: Segovia, Op. 29

[wimsome]

1. (0:00) Tarrega: Recuerdos de la Alhambra
2. (5:15) Tarrega: Capricho árabe
3. (10:42) Tarrega: Marieta
4. (13:13) Moreno Torroba: Romanzo de los pinos
5. (14:59) Moreno Torroba: Madroños
6. (17:55) Moreno Torroba: Serenata burlesca
7. (20:51) Sor: Variations on a theme by Mozart, Op. 9
8. (28:00) Falla: Homenaje "Le tombeau de Debussy"
9. (30:40) Ponce: Theme, Variations and Finale
10. (38:38) Traditional: Mexican Folksong
11. (40:10) Turina: Sevillana
12. (46:10) Rodrigo: Sarabanda
13. (51:14) Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Capricho diabolico, Op. 85
14. (1:00:29) Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Tonadilla (on the name of Andrés Segovia)
15. (1:05:40) Villa-Lobos: Prelude No. 1 Prelude in E minor
16. (1:10:07) Villa-Lobos: Prelude No. 3 in A minor
17. (1:15:22) Pedrell: Guitarreo
18. (1:16:50) Roussel: Segovia, Op. 29

[leeanntrain]

I’ve listened to the maestro since I was a little girl. I used to try so hard to play like him!
That distinctive Segovia sound just brings a sweetness to the guitar.

[renatomoro]

1. (00:00) Tarrega: Recuerdos de la Alhambra 2 (5:15) Tarrega: Capricho Arabe 3. (10:42) Tarrega: Ladybug 4. (13:13) Moreno Torroba 5 Romanzo de los Pinos. (14:59) Moreno Torroba: Madroños 6. (17:55) Moreno Torroba: Serenata burlesque 7. (20:51) Irmã: Hum variações sobre o tema de Mozart, Op. 8. 9 (28:00) Falla: Homenaje "Le Tombeau de Debussy" 9. (30:40) Ponce: tema, variações e 10. Finale (38:38) 11. tradicionais Folksongs mexicanos (40:10) Turina: Sevillana 12 (46:10) Rodrigo: Sarabanda 13. (51:14) Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Diabolic Caprice, Op. 85 14. (01:00:29) Castelnuovo-Tedesco: tonadilla (ou apenas Onde Andrés Segovia) 15. (01:05:40) Villa-Lobos: Prelude No. 1 em Preludio Mi menor 16. (01:10:07) Villa-Lobos: Prelude No. 17. Eu terço inferior (01:15:22) Pedrell: Guitarreo 18. (01:16:50) Roussel: Segovia, Op. 29

[BrianMcKeith]

My dad practiced this every night when I was in high school. Beautiful, some nights he really got it right.

[天涯-nh]

The very first moment that when the sound flows and spreads around the air my mind and body were already captured...

[luisgarabal]

El maestro Segovia..una gloria d España...gracias...hoy es domingo y al fin volvio a llover x aqui...gracias a Dios..
¡¡¡gruesas gotas lavan un poco el mundo...en consonancia con esta musica casi angelica .gracias ..saludos desde la costa de montevideo..uy

[sarahm]

a taxi driver in NYC was playing this CD and told me about it, i love it :)

[elgato]

El maestro de los maestros, don Andrés Segovia.

[dulcetdossier]

1. Recuerdos de la Alhambra - Francisco Tárrega (00:00)
2. Capricho árabe - Francisco Tárrega (5:14)
3. Marieta, mazurka - Francisco Tárrega (10:41)
4. Romanza de los piños - Federico Moreno Torroba (13:11)
5. Madroños - Federico Moreno Torroba (14:57)
6. Serenata burlesca - Federico Moreno Torroba (17:54)
7. Introduction, Theme, & Variations on a Theme From Mozart's "The Magic Flute, ", Op. 9 - Fernando Sor (20:50)
8. Homenaje pour "Le tombeau de Claude Debussy", G. 56 - Manuel de Falla (28:00)
9. Thème, Varié et Finale - Manuel Ponce (30:40)
10. Canción popular mexicana No.3, La Valentina - Manuel Ponce & Jorge Negrete (38:38)
11. Sevillana, fantasia, Op. 29 - Joaquín Turina (40:10)
12. Zarabanda lejana, ("Homenaje a Luis de Milán") - Joaquín Rodrigo (46:10)
13. Capriccio diabolico, ("Omaggio a Paganini"), Op. 85 - Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (51:13)
14. Tonadilla on the Name of Andrés Segovia, Op. 170/5 - Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (01:00:28)
15. Prelúdio No. 1 in E Minor, A. 419/1 - Heitor Villa-Lobos (01:05:38)
16. Prelúdio No. 3 in A Minor, A. 419/3 - Heitor Villa-Lobos (01:10:05)
17. Guitarreo - Carlos Pedrell (01:15:21)
18. Segovia, Op. 29 - Albert Roussel (01:16:49)

[clairebielka]

1 Recuerdos de la Alhambra, for guitar - Francisco Tárrega & Andrés Segovia (5:16)
2 Capricho árabe, for guitar - Francisco Tárrega & Andrés Segovia (5:26)
3 Marieta, mazurka for guitar - Francisco Tárrega & Andrés Segovia (2:29)
4 Romanza de los piños, for guitar - Federico Moreno Torroba & Andrés Segovia (1:46)
5 Madroños for guitar - Federico Moreno Torroba & Andrés Segovia (2:56)
6 Serenata burlesca - Federico Moreno Torroba & Andrés Segovia (2:55)
7 Introduction, Theme, & Variations on a Theme From Mozart's "The Magic Flute, " for        guitar, Op. 9 - Fernando Sor & Andrés Segovia (7:10)
8 Homenaje pour "Le tombeau de Claude Debussy, " for guitar, G. 56 - Manuel de Falla & Andrés Segovia (2:39)
9 Thème, Varié et Finale for guitar - Manuel Ponce & Andrés Segovia (7:57)
10 Canción mexicana No. X - Manuel Ponce & Andrés Segovia (1:32)
11 Sevillana, fantasia for guitar, Op. 29 - Joaquín Turina & Andrés Segovia (5:59)
12 Zarabanda lejana, for guitar ("Homenaje a Luis de Milán") - Joaquín Rodrigo & Andrés Segovia (5:04)
13 Capriccio diabolico, for guitar ("Omaggio a Paganini"), Op. 85 - Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco & Andrés Segovia (9:14)
14 Tonadilla on the Name of Andrés Segovia, for guitar, Op. 170/5 - Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco & Andrés Segovia (5:10)
15 Prelúdio, for guitar No. 1 in E Minor, A. 419/1 - Heitor Villa-Lobos & Andrés Segovia (4:27)
16 Prelúdio, for guitar No. 3 in A Minor, A. 419/3 - Heitor Villa-Lobos & Andrés Segovia (5:14)
17 Guitarreo, for guitar - Andrés Segovia & Carlos Pedrell (1:27)
18 Ségovia for guitar, Op. 29 - Albert Roussel & Andrés Segovia (3:00)

[simpleguitarist.]

Magical feeling....can't stop listening to this to hear it more than 7 years...

[PedroGarcia]

sublime....thank you maestro Segovia....que ahora tocas desde el cielo.

[고경민-sq]

술을 한 잔 하며 듣노라니 음의 천국이 열리는 것  같소  아 좋소 정말 좋소 곧 새벽 동굴이 열리고 아침이 살금살금 기지개를 켜겠지요 그때까지 홀연히 시간에 기대어 새벽결에 사라지는 먼지같은 기억들을 과거의 구석에 쌓아 놓고  바라보다가 단숨에 날려 버릴 생각이라오  안녕... 시간의 맨바닥엔 그렇게 남겠지요