{"id":6678,"date":"2017-04-18T15:17:24","date_gmt":"2017-04-18T22:17:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/classicalguitarmagazine.com\/?p=6678"},"modified":"2017-04-18T16:55:23","modified_gmt":"2017-04-18T23:55:23","slug":"recent-releases-tuesday-albums-from-pepe-romero-vicente-coves-carlos-walter-and-david-harenstam-et-al","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/classicalguitarmagazine.com\/recent-releases-tuesday-albums-from-pepe-romero-vicente-coves-carlos-walter-and-david-harenstam-et-al\/","title":{"rendered":"Recent Releases Tuesday: Albums from Pepe Romero, Vicente Coves & Extremadura Orchestra; Carlos Walter; and David H\u00e4renstam (et al.)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here’s our bi-weekly listing of some of the CDs that have come into the\u00a0Classical Guitar<\/em>\u00a0office recently.<\/p>\n

If you have a CD you\u2019d like to submit to us, here\u2019s our address:<\/p>\n

Classical Guitar
\n501 Canal Blvd. suite J
\nRichmond, CA 94804-3505<\/p>\n

Some of these will be reviewed in the magazine, some not. But we want to at least mention them here. You can listen to some of these on various of streaming services, but we always encourage you to support the artists by actually\u00a0buying<\/em>\u00a0anything you like!<\/p>\n

To see our previous listings, scroll to the bottom of the page.<\/p>\n

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\nTorroba: Guitar Concertos 2
\n<\/em><\/strong>Pepe Romero, Vicente Coves (guitars); Extremadura Symphony Orchestra
\n<\/strong>Naxos<\/p>\n

Spanish composer Federico Moreno Torroba (1891\u20131982) is probably best known in the guitar world for the solo pieces he penned for Andr\u00e9s Segovia beginning in the 1920s, but later in life Torroba wrote several major works for guitar and orchestra, three of which are presented here on the second volume of a Naxos’ series: two are played by Pepe Romero fronting the Extramadura Symphony Orchestra, led by Manuel Coves, and one by Romero protege Vicente Coves (the conductor’s brother) with that same orchestra. \u00a0Two date from the early \u203260s, one from the early \u203270s, but all three are lushly Romantic in character, redolent with Spanish personality throughout, and each contains multiple cadenzas that afford the guitarist many opportunities to flex his creative muscles, whether it’s through rasgueado strumming, tremolo passages, flashy runs, or beautiful, heart-piercing melodic flights. Movement to movement there’s tremendous variety, but the essential lyricism never really leaves for a second, whether it’s a sweeping orchestral statement or a quiet moment of introspection.<\/p>\n

Homenaje a la seguidilla<\/em>; Tonada Concertante<\/em>; Concierto de Castilla<\/em><\/p>\n

Purchase through Naxos<\/a>, Amazon<\/a>, or other retailers. The entire album can also be heard (in individual movements) on YouTube.<\/p>\n

Check out the varied textures of first movement of the <\/em>Homenaje a la seguidilla, featuring Pepe Romero at his best:<\/em><\/p>\n