Album cover of Irina Kulikova – Laureate Series (Pittaluga Competition winner recording for Naxos). Featuring works by Ponce, Tansman, Brouwer and Antonio José.

Laureate Series Michele Pittaluga

℗ 2009 Naxos

About the Recording

The First Prize at the Pittaluga International Guitar Competition in 2008 led to this recording for the Naxos Laureate Series, a collection of recordings associated with major international competition laureates. The Pittaluga Competition in Alessandria is regarded as one of the most established international guitar competitions.

The programme brings together key works from the twentieth-century guitar repertoire, including Manuel Ponce’s Sonata III and Sonatina Meridional, Alexandre Tansman’s Variations on a Theme of Scriabin, Leo Brouwer’s Variations on a Theme of Django Reinhardt, and Antonio José’s Sonata.

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Alexandre Tansman in the Amsterdam Concertgebouw

Programme – Laureate Series Michele Pittaluga

Manuel Ponce (1882–1948)
Sonata III (1927)
1. Allegro moderato
2. Chanson: Andantino molto espressivo
3. Allegro non troppo

Alexandre Tansman (1897–1986)
Variations on a Theme of Scriabin (1972)

Manuel Ponce
Sonatina Meridional (1930)
1. Campo: Allegro non troppo
2. Copla: Andante
3. Fiesta: Vivace

Leo Brouwer (b. 1939)
Variations on a Theme of Django Reinhardt (1984)

Antonio José (1902–1936)
Sonata (1933)
1. Allegro moderato
2. Minuetto
3. Pavana triste
4. Final

Album notes

“When Andrés Segovia began giving guitar recitals in the early twentieth century, the repertoire consisted of works written by guitarist/composers and transcriptions from the music of other instruments. Segovia soon began to request new pieces from the leading composers of his era, by this route intending to establish a worthwhile treasury of modern works appropriate for the concert hall.”

Read the complete album commentary by Graham Wade in the official companion booklet via the Naxos Music Library.