Internationally Competitive Prize Winning Classical Guitarist! Recorded in the Lovely Acoustics of Holy Trinity Church, Weston, Hertfordshire, U.K.!
The genesis for this unique project is a collection of pieces recovered in May 2001 at Segovia's home in Spain. These pieces were dedicated to Segovia or commissioned by him, involving composers from eight countries. They were subsequently published as “The Segovia Archive Series” by Edizione Musicale Bèrben.
Guitarist Roberto Moronn Pérez researched these newly recovered works and found some pieces that had never been recorded, and those that had were handicapped by poor visibility in the marketplace and limited distribution. This realization sparked the thought that here was an opportunity: a series of recordings organized around the nationalities of the composers in the Segovia Archive. The Spanish composers recorded here are the first in the series, to be followed soon by an album of the French composers.
Spanish-born Roberto Moronn Pérez studied in Madrid, Italy and the UK, graduating with first-class honours and a degree in Musicology from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid. He completed a postgraduate program at the prestigious Royal Academy of Music in London, where he received the Julian Bream Prize and was selected to participate at the Wigmore Hall Award. A prize-winner of many international competitions, Roberto has appeared as soloist in Spain, Switzerland, Italy, the USA, the United Kingdom, Ukraine, Germany and Japan, and in concert with numerous Spanish orchestras. Recently, he played the famous Concierto de Aranjuez with the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra and the National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine.
This new album was recorded in the lovely acoustics of Holy Trinity Church, Weston, Hertfordshire, U.K. It was produced, recorded and edited by the outstanding U.K. engineer John Taylor. Mastering is by Reference RecordingsÂ’ own Grammy-winning engineer Keith O. Johnson.
"Sonics are superb, with Perez's guitar radiating into The Holy Trinity Church in Hertfordshire with an ideal balance of clarity and reverberance." - Stephen Estep, The Absolute Sound, October 2013, Music 4/5, Sonics 4.5/5
Features:
• HDCD
Musicians:
Roberto Moronn Perez, classical guitar
Selections:
Vicente Arregui (1871 – 1925)
1. Canción lejana; Tres piezas lÃricas
2. Intermedio
3. Confidencia
4. Campesina
Pedro Sanjuán (1886 – 1976)
5. Una leyenda
Gaspar Cassadó (1897 – 1966)
6. Catalanesca
7. Canción de Leonardo
8. Sardana Chigiana
9. Preámbulo y Sardana
10. Leyenda Catalana
Padre Donostia (1886 – 1956)
11. Errimina (Nostalgia)
Jaume Pahissa (1880 – 1969)
12. Canço en el mar, Tres temas de recuerdos
13. Preludio - Por el viejo camino
14. Diálogo
15. Danza lejana
Federico Mompou (1893 – 1987)
16. Canción y Danza
The genesis for this unique project is a collection of pieces recovered in May 2001 at Segovia's home in Spain. These pieces were dedicated to Segovia or commissioned by him, involving composers from eight countries. They were subsequently published as “The Segovia Archive Series” by Edizione Musicale Bèrben.
Guitarist Roberto Moronn Pérez researched these newly recovered works and found some pieces that had never been recorded, and those that had were handicapped by poor visibility in the marketplace and limited distribution. This realization sparked the thought that here was an opportunity: a series of recordings organized around the nationalities of the composers in the Segovia Archive. The Spanish composers recorded here are the first in the series, to be followed soon by an album of the French composers.
Spanish-born Roberto Moronn Pérez studied in Madrid, Italy and the UK, graduating with first-class honours and a degree in Musicology from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid. He completed a postgraduate program at the prestigious Royal Academy of Music in London, where he received the Julian Bream Prize and was selected to participate at the Wigmore Hall Award. A prize-winner of many international competitions, Roberto has appeared as soloist in Spain, Switzerland, Italy, the USA, the United Kingdom, Ukraine, Germany and Japan, and in concert with numerous Spanish orchestras. Recently, he played the famous Concierto de Aranjuez with the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra and the National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine.
This new album was recorded in the lovely acoustics of Holy Trinity Church, Weston, Hertfordshire, U.K. It was produced, recorded and edited by the outstanding U.K. engineer John Taylor. Mastering is by Reference RecordingsÂ’ own Grammy-winning engineer Keith O. Johnson.
"Sonics are superb, with Perez's guitar radiating into The Holy Trinity Church in Hertfordshire with an ideal balance of clarity and reverberance." - Stephen Estep, The Absolute Sound, October 2013, Music 4/5, Sonics 4.5/5
Features:
• HDCD
Musicians:
Roberto Moronn Perez, classical guitar
Selections:
Vicente Arregui (1871 – 1925)
1. Canción lejana; Tres piezas lÃricas
2. Intermedio
3. Confidencia
4. Campesina
Pedro Sanjuán (1886 – 1976)
5. Una leyenda
Gaspar Cassadó (1897 – 1966)
6. Catalanesca
7. Canción de Leonardo
8. Sardana Chigiana
9. Preámbulo y Sardana
10. Leyenda Catalana
Padre Donostia (1886 – 1956)
11. Errimina (Nostalgia)
Jaume Pahissa (1880 – 1969)
12. Canço en el mar, Tres temas de recuerdos
13. Preludio - Por el viejo camino
14. Diálogo
15. Danza lejana
Federico Mompou (1893 – 1987)
16. Canción y Danza
