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STEPHEN MARCHIONDA - La guitarra po?tica
1 Granados - Galante - Minueto
2 Granados - Oriental
3 Granados - Fandango o Danza gallega
4 Granados - Villanesca
5 Granados - Andaluza
6 Granados - Ronadalla aragonesa - Jota
7 Granados - Valenciana
8 Granados - Danza Triste - Melancolica
9 Granados - Arabesca - Bolero
10 Granados - La Maja de Goya
11 Granados - El Mirar de la Maja
12 Granados - 12 Ochos valses poeticos
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The new release from Stephen Marchionda, "La guitarra poética", celebrates Enrique Granados' 150th anniversary with adventurous transcriptions for guitar taken from the composer's original piano music. During his lifetime Granados was highly valued for the poetry of his compositions, and Marchionda, honors this aspect with personal and virtuostic arrangements for guitar which breathe the poetic spirit. The guitar holds a special place in Spain, so not surprisingly it's imitated repeatedly in the original piano version of Danzas españolas. Especially impressive is the dazzling intensification of Rondalla aragonesa which culminates in wild rasgueados that embrace flamenco. Marchionda's renderings create an impressive authenticity and an illuminating link to Granados' interest in Spanish folkloric music.

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  • Stephen Marchionda offers a new perspective on dance music by Granados / WCRB: CD Of the Week
    Posted At: December 24, 2017 12:00 AM

    Guitarist Stephen Marchionda performs dance suites by the Spanish composer, showcasing Granados the composer, nature lover, and poet. "As Enrique Granados was improvising at the piano in the home of a friend, someone asked what music he was playing. Gesturing towards to the courtyard, Granados explained that he was 'playing' 'that garden, those flowers, the blue and orange heavens at sun...
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  • Stephen Marchionda - Granados, La guitarra poetica is KDFC: Album of the Week
    Posted At: November 27, 2017 12:00 AM

    American-born guitarist Stephen Marchionda now makes his home in Barcelona and brings an almost-native's sensibility to his interpretation of the music of Spaniard Enrique Granados. This week we sample La guitarra poetica just in time for the 150th anniversary of the composer's birth. During his lifetime Granados was highly valued for the poetry of his compositions, and Marchionda, honors this aspect wit...
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  • Stephen Marchionda - Granados, La guitarra poetica is KUSC: Album of the Week
    Posted At: November 27, 2017 12:00 AM

    American-born guitarist Stephen Marchionda now makes his home in Barcelona and brings an almost-native's sensibility to his interpretation of the music of Spaniard Enrique Granados. This week we sample La guitarra poetica just in time for the 150th anniversary of the composer's birth. During his lifetime Granados was highly valued for the poetry of his compositions, and Marchionda, honors th...
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  • Stephen Marchionda - La guitarra poetica is KDFC: Download of the Week
    Posted At: November 15, 2017 12:00 AM

    The new release from Stephen Marchionda, "La guitarra poética", celebrates Enrique Granados' 150th anniversary with adventurous transcriptions for guitar taken from the composer's original piano music. During his lifetime Granados was highly valued for the poetry of his compositions, and Marchionda, honors this aspect with personal and virtuostic arrangements for guitar which bre...
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