Andrés Segovia Plays


Recorded: May - April - May 1954

  • April - side 1, selections 2-3, 6; side 2, selections 5, 7
  • May - side 1, selections 5-7; side 2, selections 2-4, 6
  • unknown month - side 1, selection 1, 4; side 2 selection 1 (1952 or 1954)

Location: New York, NY, USA (all selections)
Instrument: Guitar - Hermann Hauser I (1937)
Producer:
Liner notes:

Album cover artwork: Piedra Blanco (Pseudonym for graphic designer Alex Steinweiss).
Label: Decca
Released:

Side 1

  • Louis Couperin: Passacaglia NY 1954
  • Sylvius Leopold Weiss (Manuel Ponce*): Suite in A minor - I. Prelude NY  April 1954
  • Sylvius Leopold Weiss (Manuel Ponce*): Suite in A minor - II Allemande NY April 1954
  • Joseph Haydn: Minuet and Trio from Symphony No. 96 (NY 1954)
  • Edvard Grieg: Lyric Pieces Book IV, Op. 47, No. 3 Melody NY May 1954
  • Manuel Ponce: Mexican Folk Song - La Valentina NY May 1952
  • Federico Moreno Tórroba: Serenata Burlesca NY May 1954

Side 2

  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Siciliana in F Sharp Minor (NY 1952 (1954 on A vol.1 )
  • César Franck: L'organiste volume 1, M. 41 - Quasi lento (Preludio) NY May 1954
  • César Franck: L'organiste volume 1, M. 41 - Andantino poco allegretto NY May 1954
  • Manuel Ponce: Thème varié et finale NY May 1954
  • Julián Aguirre: Canción NY April 1954
  • Carlos Pedrell: Guitarreo NY May 1954
  • Joaquín Malats: Serenata Española NY April 1954



Andrés Segovia trancriptions/arrangement:

  • Side 1 - Selections 1, 4-5
  • Side 2 - Selections 1-3, 5, 7


LP

Decca DL 9734 US, Canada, 1954

Brunswick AXA 4504 UK 1954

Deutsche Grammophon DGG 19138 Germany 1959

Fonit 3015 Italy

Columbia CCL 35.013 Spain 1955

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Webmaster's note:
* The three pieces attributed to Sylvius Leopold Weiss (Prelude, Ballet and Gigue) on the original album release in 1952, were actually composed by the Mexican composer, Manuel Ponce.

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