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Manuel Barrueco / Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia / Víctor Pablo Pérez CONCIERTO BARROCO
Here are five excellent
works for guitar and orchestra. The longest are the pair by Roberto
Sierra (b. 1953), each a few seconds over 13 minutes. Folías is a modern
set of variations on that tune most of us first met in Corelli’s
variations (La folia). Concierto barroco combines Afro-Cuban and Baroque elements. It also contains some modern dissonances or polytonalities
along with its neo-Baroque passages. Folías sounds rather like Richard
Strauss combined with Manuel de Falla and seasoned with a dash of
Joaquín Rodrigo. Sierra’s pieces begin and end the concert, while
Vivaldi’s typically vigorous—and genuinely Baroque—concertos are second
and fourth on the disc. Arvo Pärt’s mesmerizing Fratres serves as
centerpiece.
Pärt wrote Fratres for violin, string orchestra, and percussion, but
suggested this arrangement when Manuel Barrueco approached him about
writing a work for guitar. I have compared the guitar version with the
original on a Deutsche Grammophon disc with violinist Gil Shaham,
conductor Neeme Järvi, and the Gothenburg Symphony; either version holds
my attention very well indeed.
As expected, Barrueco plays splendidly, and so does the Symphony
Orchestra of Galicia, based in La Coruña—yet another provincial band
capable of world-class performance. Koch delivers deliciously warm and
vivid sound. This disc will be high on my list of potential holiday
presents. (Robert McColley, FANFARE)
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