西班牙作曲家吉他音樂 法蘭茲．哈拉茲 吉他 Franz Halasz / Spain

西班牙作曲家吉他音樂
蘭茲．哈拉茲 吉他獨奏

Franz Halasz, guitar

In June of 1922, a cultural fiesta took place on the grounds of Granada's Alhambra palace, organized by Manuel de Falla and Federico GarcíaLorca. The aim of the event was to preserve the 'purity' of flamenco art and the opening performance was given by 29-year-old guitarist Andres Segovia. Ironically, Segovia played de Falla'sHommageto Claude Debussy(featured on this disc) –a work which can hardly be described as pure flamenco. But this can be seen as symptomatic of an important trait in the music of 20th-century Spain: Certain composers defended what they believed to be a noble, gallant and Castilian ideal, while others embarked on an quest to restore the 'lost purity' of the peasantry, but embracing Modernism and Impressionism as stylistic tools in order to do so.
This is demonstrated on Franz Halasz's new disc, which provides a context –Milan's Pavanes from the 16th century, Fernando Sor's'Malbroug' Variations from 1827 –while juxtaposing later works that embody the described, conflicting attitudes. This makes for a colourful and varied programme, taking in highlights in the guitar literature such as Tarrega's Recuerdos de la Alhambra as well as Joaquín Turina's Guitar Sonata, here recorded –for the first time –from a copy of Turina'soriginal manuscript, and not Segovia's published version with numerous changes. The winner of a Latin Grammy, Franz Halaszis a highly acclaimed guitarist who here also makes his own contribution to the repertoire of his instrument, with his own arrangements of de Falla and Isaac Albeniz.