Centenary Celebration [Box set]

Andres Segovia (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 27, 1994)
• Number of Discs: 4
• Format: Box set
• Note on Boxed Sets: During shipping, discs in boxed sets occasionally become dislodged without damage. Please examine and play these discs. If you are not completely satisfied, we'll refund or replace your purchase.
• Label: Mca
• ASIN: B000002OU2
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #209,208 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #18 in Music > Classical > Ballets & Dances > Historical Periods > Renaissance (c.1450-1600)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Pavan for vihuela No 1

2. Pavan for vihuela No 6

3. Pavan for vihuela No 4

4. Suite for guitar No. 9 in D minor (Livre de Pièces pour la Guittarre, 1686): Prelude

5. Suite for guitar No. 9 in D minor (Livre de Pièces pour la Guittarre, 1686): Allemande

See all 27 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Suite española No. 1, for piano, Op. 47, B. 7: Leyenda

2. Etude for guitar No. 20, Estudio brillante de Alard

3. Marieta, mazurka for guitar

4. Capricho árabe, for guitar

5. Recuerdos de la Alhambra, for guitar

See all 22 tracks on this disc

Disc: 3

1. Concierto del sur for guitar & orchestra: Allegretto

2. Concierto del sur for guitar & orchestra: Andante

3. Concierto del sur for guitar & orchestra: Allegro moderto e festivo

4. Platero y yó, for narrator & guitar, Op. 190: Platero

5. Platero y yó, for narrator & guitar, Op. 190: Melancolia

See all 18 tracks on this disc

Disc: 4

1. La Guitarra y yo (The Guitar and I) (Speech): Linares

2. La Guitarra y yo (The Guitar and I) (Speech): Granada

3. La Guitarra y yo (The Guitar and I) (Speech): Córdoba

4. La Guitarra y yo (The Guitar and I) (Speech): My first exposure to classic and romantic music

5. La Guitarra y yo (The Guitar and I) (Speech): Early concerts in Granand and Sevilla

See all 12 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Maestro, July 24, 2005

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Rob (Kentucky) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Centenary Celebration (Audio CD)

Segovia was and always will be The Maestro. He was, as other reviewers say, the pioneer of modern classical guitar. To say that he has been somehow surpassed and passed by, as one previous reviewer seems to think is pure rubbish. To say that others have followed in his footsteps and become greats as well, is fact.

Music is always open to interpretation. Segovia was a great player and to understand the history of the classical guitar one must have listened to Segovia. He created the yardstick by which others are now measured.

This set not only includes great works played by the Maestro, it also includes Segovia speaking of his own life with the guitar. It is worth having along with other, more modern, gifted players such as Williams, Bream, Parkening and others who followed in the Maestro's footsteps.

7 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I AGREE, February 20, 2003

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franklin Jacks (Norwalk, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Centenary Celebration (Audio CD)

Segovia was the greatest classical guitarist that ever lived and always WILL be the greatest that ever lived, for he was the ROCK on which the classical guitar was practically founded! These 3 CD's of his most treasured pieces cut straight through the heart with GREAT brilliance and virtuosity- Words cannot express his mastery of the instrument. I especially liked the autobiography on the fourth CD- VERY thrilling to hear the maestro's voice- In Spanish AND in English. This is a MUST HAVE for the serious classical guitarist-

1 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Anton Rubinstein of Guitarist, June 15, 2003

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BLee "bpslee" (HK) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Centenary Celebration (Audio CD)

Musically, it's not just guitar music that he is offering: note the exquisite emotion patterns, the languor and the nostalgia and his sighs...it's most soothing and consolating.

Technically, the subtleties and the phenomenon could partly be attributed to his insistence on the use of the fleshy part, instead of the hard part of his thumb. Like Arrau and Horszowski on the piano or Menuhin on the violin: they always stuck to the hardest way aiming at the best result.

The remastered sound is wonderful. I'm not particularly keen about the narrative part though.