Barrios

Thibaut Garcia pays tribute with El Bohemio to the Paraguayan guitar virtuoso and composer Agustín Barrios (1885-1944). As Garcia explains, “Barrios is an essential composer in the guitarist’s repertoire. His music can be described as a skilful mix of South American popular music – inspired by the jungles of Paraguay – and the Romanticism of Chopin and Schumann, composers he idolised.” El Bohemio duly complements 16 varied works by Barrios himself with three of his transcriptions of famous pieces by Chopin, Schumann, and Beethoven. In addition, the album includes readings of two of Barrios’s poems: ‘Bohemio’, which lends the album its name, portrays the composer as a wandering troubadour; ‘Profesión de fé’ (Profession of faith) honours the Guarani, the indigenous people of Paraquay.

Wulfin Lieske - La Catedral: Romantic virtuoso guitar music by Augustin Barrios
EAC+LOG+CUE | FLAC: 193 MB | Full Artwork: 46 MB | 5% Recovery Info
Label/Cat#: Intercord # INT 830.846 | Country/Year: Germany 1987
Genre: Classical | Style: Romantic, Early 20th Century, Classical Guitar

Wulfin Lieske (*1956) studierte an der Staatlichen Hochschule für Musik in Köln, spielt neben der Klassischen Gitarre auch E-Gitarre. Wulfin Lieskes Interpretationen ermöglichen nicht nur neue Einsichten in die traditionelle Gitarrenmusik, sondern auch ausgewiesenen Kennern einen Vergleich zwischen dem Klang verschiedener Instrumente und Stilistiken. Man kann den Eindruck gewinnen, dass Wulfin Lieske nicht einfach auf einer Gitarre spielt, sondern vielmehr die Gitarre den Verlauf bestimmt, den Zeitpunkt für ein Phrasenende festlegt – ähnlich wie ein Sänger, der dem Dirigenten unmissverständlich bedeutet, wohin der Atem ihn führt. Keine exaltierte Virtuosität, sondern Virtuosität gewissermaßen als hypnotischer Ausdruck. Sein Repertoire reicht von Bach bis zur freien Improvisation.

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Agustín Barrios - Obras completas de guitarra (Complete guitar works) - Philippe Lemaigre (1999) {5CD Set Ricercar RIC 148}
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© 1999 Ricercar | RIC 148 / 207392
Classical / Classic Guitar / Chamber Music / Modern / Early 20th Century

Agustin Barrios was both a virtuoso and a brilliant composer. Some of his pieces, always the same, are repeated by guitarists from time to time. But Philippe Lemaigre began to engrave the complete parts found of the Argentine master, for the happiness of those who have been able to obtain the rare box of 5 CDs. The work is exceptional, absolutely sublime interpretation, on a magnificent instrument. No equivalent in the history of the guitar.