Classical Guitar Recordings

[Brian]

I've just noticed that Naxos has not finished its Federico Moreno Torroba guitar series. The concerto cycle says it will contain three volumes, but two were released in 2015 and 2017 with none since. (The third should contain Concerto Iberico and Tres Nocturnos.)

All the way back in 2007, they released "Guitar Music, Vol. 1" ... and they have still not released Vol. 2.   

On BIS the wonderful guitarist Franz Halasz released a Moreno Torroba recital last year but it contained a mere, and ungenerous, 48 minutes of music. Brilliant Classics released a collection of the complete solo and quartet guitar pieces:



That might be the only game in town.

There are also a number of orchestral works with no guitar soloist, a piano concerto, and even a Don Quixote ballet listed on Wikipedia. But the orchestral works seem to be totally unrecorded.

[JBS]

I've just noticed that Naxos has not finished its Federico Moreno Torroba guitar series. The concerto cycle says it will contain three volumes, but two were released in 2015 and 2017 with none since. (The third should contain Concerto Iberico and Tres Nocturnos.)

All the way back in 2007, they released "Guitar Music, Vol. 1" ... and they have still not released Vol. 2.   

On BIS the wonderful guitarist Franz Halasz released a Moreno Torroba recital last year but it contained a mere, and ungenerous, 48 minutes of music. Brilliant Classics released a collection of the complete solo and quartet guitar pieces:



That might be the only game in town.

There are also a number of orchestral works with no guitar soloist, a piano concerto, and even a Don Quixote ballet listed on Wikipedia. But the orchestral works seem to be totally unrecorded.

Amazon has this CD, originally released in 1996



There's also a Zarzeula (Luisa Fernanda) which Placido Domingo recorded both on CD for DGG and on DVD for Opus Arte.

There's also this; the listing says its 31 minutes! long.


Amazon blurb:

Federico Moreno Torroba was a great composer of Spanish light opera. However, he is better known for his magnificent compositions for guitar, most of which were commissioned by Andre Segovia. Our featured performers are the world renowned guitarists, Pepe Romero, and Ana Vidovic.