Pavana Triste
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The album is dedicated to the Austrian guitarist Dietmar Tiefenthaler. During the summer of 2006 Leon KoudelakLeon Koudelak
Leon Koudelak classical guitarist.Leon Koudelak has toured internationally in most parts of Europe, Asia and the Americas. He inspired famous composers such as Tom Pegram, Apostolos Paraskevas or Michael Buchrainer to write guitar music...
and Konrad Ragossnig
Konrad Ragossnig
Konrad Ragossnig is a classical guitarist and lutenist.He was born in Klagenfurt, Austria, in 1932. He taught at City of Basel Music Academy, University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna and The University of Zurich. He is editor of several books on guitar music such as "Step by step...
worked on the arrangement of Antonio José
Antonio José
Antonio José was a Spanish composer.He was born Antonio José Martínez Palacios in Burgos, but later dropped his surnames. He became a music teacher at a Jesuit school, and conducted the city choir in Burgos. His friends included Federico García Lorca and Salvador Dalí...
's Sonata
Sonata
Sonata , in music, literally means a piece played as opposed to a cantata , a piece sung. The term, being vague, naturally evolved through the history of music, designating a variety of forms prior to the Classical era...
for Guitar
Guitar
The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
, as the Sonata
Sonata
Sonata , in music, literally means a piece played as opposed to a cantata , a piece sung. The term, being vague, naturally evolved through the history of music, designating a variety of forms prior to the Classical era...
by Antonio José
Antonio José
Antonio José was a Spanish composer.He was born Antonio José Martínez Palacios in Burgos, but later dropped his surnames. He became a music teacher at a Jesuit school, and conducted the city choir in Burgos. His friends included Federico García Lorca and Salvador Dalí...
in the Berben edition didn't correspondent with the facsimile
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. While working on the arrangement, Leon Koudelak received news that his friend and duo partner Dietmar Tiefenthaler had died in a fatal car accident. This changed the concept for the CD which had originally been planned to contain only 20th Century guitar sonatas. Leon Koudelak recorded his friend's favorite pieces. The cover shows a farmer waiting for a passing train in Mexico, where Dietmar Tiefenthaler spent most of his life.
The CD concept
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was created with Dionisio Aguado
Dionisio Aguado
Dionisio Aguado was a Spanish classical guitarist and composer.-Biography:Born in Madrid, he studied with Miguel García. In 1826, Aguado visited Paris, where he met and became friends with and for a while lived with Fernando Sor...
who spend many years in Paris, one of his most representative piece is the RONDO Op. 2, Nr.2. Antonio José
Antonio José
Antonio José was a Spanish composer.He was born Antonio José Martínez Palacios in Burgos, but later dropped his surnames. He became a music teacher at a Jesuit school, and conducted the city choir in Burgos. His friends included Federico García Lorca and Salvador Dalí...
was a student of the French composer Maurice Ravel
Maurice Ravel
Joseph-Maurice Ravel was a French composer known especially for his melodies, orchestral and instrumental textures and effects...
in Paris. His Sonata for Guitar is influenced by Ravel's "PAVANE POUR UNE INFANTE DEFUNTE" so the name of the third movement of the Sonata "Pavana Triste". Actually "Pavana Triste" was written by Antonio José
Antonio José
Antonio José was a Spanish composer.He was born Antonio José Martínez Palacios in Burgos, but later dropped his surnames. He became a music teacher at a Jesuit school, and conducted the city choir in Burgos. His friends included Federico García Lorca and Salvador Dalí...
some years earlier as a separate piece and later add in the Sonata.
Leo Brouwer
Leo Brouwer
Juan Leovigildo Brouwer Mezquida is a Cuban composer, conductor and guitarist. He is the grandson of Cuban composer Ernestina Lecuona Casado.-Biography:...
was in Paris , when he wrote the piece "UN DIA DE NOVIEMBRE" and finally Roland Dyens
Roland Dyens
Roland Dyens is a French classical guitarist, composer, and arranger.Dyens studied guitar with the Spanish classical guitarist Alberto Ponce and analysis with Désiré Dondeyne. He has won several prizes in competitions for classical guitar performance as well as for composition...
as well a French composer, try to combine in the "LIBBRA SONATINA" Classic with Jazz and South American tunes in his composition.
The last piece : Leon Koudelak wrote " ADIOS AMIGO" in memoriam to his friend Dietmar Tiefenthaler.
Production
The recordind of this album was probably the most sophisticated production by Tyrolis Music (classic label) at that time. Using the brandnew Tyrolis Studio in Eschen (FL) with the latest digital recording equipment and technology.The Sound engineer, Kurt Keckeis, used not as usually Sony
Sony
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microphones, but this time Georg Neumann
Georg Neumann
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microphones which made the sound change as the previous recordings. As well Leon Koudelak used this time not his Jose Luis Romanillos Guitar but a Masaru Kohno "Maestro". In general, the sound came out softer and warmer as the two previous CD.
Finally the Booklet and the design by Arno Oehri, were done with great passion. The Booklet include a 12 page documentation about the composers, the pieces and rare pictures.
Track listing
Dionisio AguadoDionisio Aguado
Dionisio Aguado was a Spanish classical guitarist and composer.-Biography:Born in Madrid, he studied with Miguel García. In 1826, Aguado visited Paris, where he met and became friends with and for a while lived with Fernando Sor...
(1784–1849)
RONDO Op. 2, Nr.2
- "Andante" – 2.51
- "Allegro" – 7.33
Maurice Ravel
Maurice Ravel
Joseph-Maurice Ravel was a French composer known especially for his melodies, orchestral and instrumental textures and effects...
(1875–1937)
PAVANE POUR UNE INFANTE DEFUNTE ( Arr. Leon Koudelak) – 7.49
Antonio José
Antonio José
Antonio José was a Spanish composer.He was born Antonio José Martínez Palacios in Burgos, but later dropped his surnames. He became a music teacher at a Jesuit school, and conducted the city choir in Burgos. His friends included Federico García Lorca and Salvador Dalí...
(1902–1936)
SONATA ( Arr. Leon Koudelak)
- "Allegro Moderato" – 7.36
- "Minueto" – 2.43
- "Pavana Triste" – 5.20
- "Finale: Allegro con Brio" – 5.16
Leo Brouwer
Leo Brouwer
Juan Leovigildo Brouwer Mezquida is a Cuban composer, conductor and guitarist. He is the grandson of Cuban composer Ernestina Lecuona Casado.-Biography:...
(*1944)
UN DIA DE NOVIEMBRE – 3.49
Roland Dyens
Roland Dyens
Roland Dyens is a French classical guitarist, composer, and arranger.Dyens studied guitar with the Spanish classical guitarist Alberto Ponce and analysis with Désiré Dondeyne. He has won several prizes in competitions for classical guitar performance as well as for composition...
(*1955)
LIBRA SONATINE
- "India (Allegretto)" – 6.18
- "Largo" – 4.44
- "Fuoco" – 3.45
Leon Koudelak
Leon Koudelak
Leon Koudelak classical guitarist.Leon Koudelak has toured internationally in most parts of Europe, Asia and the Americas. He inspired famous composers such as Tom Pegram, Apostolos Paraskevas or Michael Buchrainer to write guitar music...
(*1961)
ADIOS AMIGO – 2.50
Other
- Recording Studio : Tonstudio Eschen
- Engineered, Mixed and Recorded by Kurt Keckeis
- Mastered by Kurt Keckeis
- Produced by Rene Wanger and Elmar Gangl
- Cover by Arno Oehri
- Guitar by Masaru Kohno, model "Maestro"
Re-release
The album was re-released in 2011 as a budget album by Pro Media & Entertainmenthttp://www.pmepattaya.com/. Unlike the original album, it contains no booklet to keep the production cost low to allow the sale price to meet the requirements of the Asian market.The track list and order is the same as the original.