Music of Spain, vol. 1-Plays Milán & Narváez

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Music of Spain, vol. 1 - Plays Milán & Narváez

Recorded: Spring 1979
Location: Wardour Chapel (Chapel of All Saints) at Wardour Castle, Wiltshire, Dorset, England
Instrument: Lute-David Rubio, 1968
Producer: James Burnett
Recording Engineer: John W. Bower
Label: RCA Red Seal
Released: September 1979

de Milán: El Maestro-Pavana I ( played w/ lute )
de Milán: El Maestro-Pavana V ( played w/ lute )
de Milán: El Maestro-Pavana VI ( played w/ lute )
de Milán: El Maestro-Fantasia XXII ( played w/ lute )
de Milán: El Maestro-Fantasia VIII ( played w/ lute )
de Milán: El Maestro-Fantasia IX ( played w/ lute )
de Milán: El Maestro-Tento I ( played w/ lute )
de Milán: El Maestro-Pavana IV ( played w/ lute )
de Milán: El Maestro-Fantasia XVI ( played w/ lute )
de Narváez: Los seys libros del delphín; Libro I, Fantasía (V) ( played w/ lute )
de Narváez: Los seys libros del delphín; Libro II, Fantasía (V) ( played w/ lute )
de Narváez: Los seys libros del delphín; Libro III, La Cancion del Emperador ( played w/ lute )
de Narváez: Los seys libros del delphín; Libro II, Fantasía (VI) ( played w/ lute )
de Narváez: Los seys libros del delphín; Libro V, Arde Coraçon Arde ( played w/ lute )
de Narváez: Los seys libros del delphín; Libro V, Ya Se Asiente el Rey Ramiro ( played w/ lute )
de Narváez: Los seys libros del delphín; Libro IV, O Gloriosa Domina (Seys Diferencias) ( played w/ lute )
de Narváez: Los seys libros del delphín; Libro VI, Conde Claros ( played w/ lute )
de Narváez: Los seys libros del delphín; Libro VI, Guardame las Vacas ( played w/ lute )
de Narváez: Los seys libros del delphín; Libro VI, Baxa de Contrapunto ( played w/ lute )
de Narváez: Los seys libros del delphín; Libro VI, Tres Diferencias por Otra Parte ( played w/ lute )

Music of Spain, vol. 1-Plays Milán & Narvaez ARC1-3435 (initial LP release)

Compilations:

THE ULTIMATE GUITAR COLLECTION -VOLUME 2 (compilation)
BMG Released 2000

Only selection from the LP album above is included in this compilation is de Milan's "El Maestro-Fantasia XXII"

Compilation CD Box Sets:

JULIAN BREAM EDITION - THE ULTIMATE GUITAR COLLECTION (box set compilation)
RCA/BMG Music. Released 1993.
Disc (vol.) - Music of Spain - Milán & Narváez (JBE)

MUSIC OF SPAIN - COMPLETE COLLECTIONS (box set compilation)
RCA Red Seal/Sony BMG Music Entertainment. Released 2005
CD 1 - All the selections from the LP album above are included in this compilation.

THE COMPLETE RCA ALBUM COLLECTION -CLASSICAL GUITAR ANTHOLOGY (box Set compilation)
RCA Red Seal/Sony Music Entertainment. Released 2013.
Disc 30 - Music of Spain, vol. 1 - Plays Milán & Narváez

Webmaster's note:

All these renaissance pieces were recorded by Julian Bream on a lute. While the lute did exist in Spain, it did not have a significant presence soon after the Moors were banished from the Iberian peninsula. Other instruments started taking its place such as the four-course guitar/renaissance guitar and the Spanish vihuela. Later on the Baroque guitar would emerge. The pieces on this album were most definitely written for the vihuela. Julian Bream's close association with José Romanillos (the famous guitar luthier) would eventually provide him with the opportunity to play these pieces on their intended instruments. Sadly, Julian Bream never found the time to re-record this entire album on the vihuela but he did re-record a few selected works from this album on their intended instruments for the album "¡Guitarra! The Guitar in Spain" and the BBC filmseries "¡Guitarra! A Musical Journey Through Spain".

Most of the liner notes throughout Julian Bream's career were commissioned out to notable writers/authorities of the guitar or the music being represented on the album. On occasion, Julian Bream would write his own liner notes and this album is a good example of a job well done by Mr Bream.