BREAM JULIAN, GUITARRA! Running time: 4 ore. DVD
Julian Bream is celebrated as one of the world's leading classical guitarists. He is featured in this series of eight 30-minute films, shot entirely on location in Spain, playing some of the finest pieces in the repertoire of the Spanish guitar.
The programs trace the evolution of the Spanish guitar over five centuries, from 1500 to the present day. Together, its music and history paint a rich portrait of Spain and her people.
Bream plays in some of Spain's most magnificent old buildings and beautiful landscapes, creating through his performances a visual evocation of the culture, history, and society that has given birth to the music. Seville, Toledo, Madrid, Barcelona, the Pyrenees - these and other locations form a vivid backdrop to his playing. Each program travels between Spain's past and present and includes a wealth of historical documentation - paintings, manuscripts, biographical sketches of the composers, period instruments - as well as film of life in Spain today.
For this series, Julian Bream asked the outstanding Spanish guitar maker, his longstanding friend and colleague José Romanillos to make him a vihuela and a Baroque Spanish guitar and for the first time he performs publicly on these instruments.
In episode four, he is joined by another master performer, Paco Pena, who plays Flamenco guitar and talks with Bream about its origin and meaning.
Part 1: The Golden Age - The Vihuela
- Milan, L.: Fantasia 23; Pavane 6
- De Narvaez, L.: Cancion del Emperador; Diferencias; Conde Claros
- De Mudarra, A.: La Romanesca
Part 2: The Baroque Guitar
- Sanz, G.: Canarios; Passacalles; Galliardas
- Guerau, F.: Canarios; Marionas; Villano
Part 3: The Classical Heritage
- Sor, F.: Gran Solo, op. 14; Mozart Variations, op. 9
- Aguado, D.: Rondo
Part 4: The Transition to Romantism
- Tarrega, F.: Marieta
- Pena, P.: Flamenco... An Inspiration
- Malats, J.: Serenata Espanola
- Tarrega, F.: Capricho Arabe; Recuerdos de la Alhambra
Part 5: Granados - The Poetic Nationalist
- Granados, E.: Danza Espanola n. 5 (Andaluza); Dedicatoria; La Maja de Goya; Valses Poeticos; Danza Espanola n. 4 (Villanesca)
Part 6: Albeniz- The Spirit of Spain
- Albeniz, I.: Cadiz; Granada; Sevilla; Cordoba
Part 7: The 20th Century - The Last of the Romantics
- Moreno Torroba, F.: Sonatina (Allegro)
- De Falla, M.: Homenaje a Debussy; Danza del Molinero
- Turina, J.: Fandanguillo
- Ohana, M.: Tiento
Part 8: Rodrigo's Concierto de Aranjuez
w. The Chamber Orchestra of Europe, dir. Sir Charles Grove