Gaspar Sanz - Guitarra española [Box Set]

Artist: Gaspar Sanz
Title: Guitarra española [Box Set]
Label: Deutsche Grammophon
UPC: 028947466628
Price: $39.98

Gaspar Sanz - Guitarra española [Box Set] Reviews

Average Rating: 5.0

Rating: 5
It was really fantastic!!!. Perhaps i'd liked another presentation, with the boxes separated and clasified from 1-5. 5 is the total of cd's i found in a tiny box. I don't know what more to say. Thanks!!

Rating: 4
I was looking for the a CD set of the original two LP records I have of Mr Yepes recordigns of 5 centuries Spanish guitar music. It was not very clear that I bought the right albums but the boy I gave them to as a present was very happy with these recordings

Rating: 5
Narciso Yepes is my favorite classical guitarist. I was delighted to hear a couple guitar concertos I had never heard before. Ohana, Bacarisse, and Ruiz-Pipo were great discoveries. Again, Yepes is the BEST. Strongly recommended.

Rating: 5
The late Narciso Yepes is perhaps my favorite guitarist- Spanish or otherwse. With each of his recordings there is the sense of a madman, master, and poet at one with his instrument. I recently purchased "Guitarra espagnola" and have found endless enjoyment listening critically and as background while I work. This is the perfect "not background music" background music to play when you have guests. You and your guests will find yourself withdrawing from lively conversations to enjoy a poignant, sweet, or sinister moment with the music. This is a compilation of recordings from the past 20 to 30 years. The compositions span from the 17th to 20th century. The quality of the recordings is very good but at times varied. The availability of the compilation is very limited. Get it while you can! I also recommend Alirio Diaz and John Williams.

Rating: 5
I cannot recommend this retrospective of just a small amount of Yepes's work highly enough.

He was a consummate technician and a knowledgeable interpreter of all musical idioms from the Middle Ages through to the height of the 20th Century avant-garde. His playing was characterized by intelligence, sensibility, clarity, power, majesty, poetry, and a devilish ability to separate and sustain contrapuntal lines.

In this box of 5 CDs you will find the definitive performance of Rodrigo's now famous "Aranjuez" concerto (singlehandedly made famous by Yepes). There are also 2 CDs with rare concertos by Salvador Bacarisse, Antonio Ruiz-Pipo, and Maurice Ohana.

The other 3 CD's contain solo guitar works by Sanz, Mudarra, Narvaez, Soler, Sor, Albeniz, Granados, Tarrega, De Falla, Turina, Bacarisse, Rodrigo, Llobet, Pujol, Moreno Torroba, Montsalvatge, Ohana, and Ruiz-Pipo.

Every guitarist and every lover of the instrument should own this set. If it is not available, also refer to a similar box set with the ASIN number B00006L6RN or another B000026ZRL.