JOHN WILLIAMS: GUITAR MAGICIAN

John Williams: Guitar Magician

John Williams
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A prince of the guitar has arrived in the musical world’ (Segovia) “the guitarist’s skill must be exercised rather more fully, though you would not think so from John Williams’ performance – invariably splendid; so is the recording” “I, personally, enjoy Duarte’s guitar transcriptions of the Bach Suites for cello played thus even more than as originally conceived. The Scarlatti pieces are a Sonata transcribed by Segovia, and Gavotte excellently transcribed by Ablóniz. Recommended enthusiastically!
“Throughout, the excellence of the programming is matched by that of the playing and of the recording.” (Gramophone)


J.S. Bach: Suite No.3 for Cello BWV1009 (transcribed John W. Duarte)
1. Prelude 3.56 4. Sarabande 2.47
2. Allemande 4.02 5. Bourrée 1 & 2 4.09
3. Courante 3.24 6. Gigue 3.35
7. Domenico Scarlatti: Sonata in E minor (transcr. Segovia) 2.58
8. Alessandro Scarlatti: Gavotte (transcr. Miguel Ablóniz) 3.06
9. Fernando Sor: Variations on a theme of Mozart Op.9 6.42
10. Andrés Segovia: Oración 3.11
11. Andrés Segovia: Estudio 2.06
12. Paquita Madriguera: Humorada 1.48
13. Alexander Tansman: Barcarolle 3.16
14. Enrique Granados: La Maja de Goya (transcr. Miguel Llobet) 4.44
15. Antonio Lauro: Vals Criollo 2.37
16. Isaac Albéniz: Torre Bermeja 4.05
Manuel Ponce: Three Mexican Popular Songs

17. La Pajarera 1.34 18. Por ti mi Corazón 3.10 19. La Valentina 1.45
20. Heitor Villa Lobos: Étude No.1 1.58
21. Jorge Gomez Crespo: Norteña 3.25
22. John Duarte: Variations on Catalan Folk Song “Canco del Llabre” 9.28