Brancaccio, Vincenzo Sandro
Francisco Tarrega: Complete Guitar Works, Vol. 2
The second volume of the complete guitar works by Tarrega issued in this Da Vinci Classics recording encompasses an impressive quantity of pieces. A cursory look to the publications track list reveals that there are just two pieces whose duration exceeds five minutes: the opening Sueno and the concluding Recuerdos de la Alhambra. All the other tracks last between a handful of seconds and one or two minutes. In fact, this recording is practically entirely composed of Etudes or Preludes, either explicitly or implicitly indicated as such. These two genres are closely related. They share some common features: they are normally short; they typically focus on few musical ideas, frequently explored by means of modular writing; they regularly appear in collections grouping sets of them; and they often present and represent one particular technical difficulty and/or musical characterization.