Milán: El Maestro: Libro 1
Works for Solo Vihuela
José Antonio Escobar (vihuela de mano)
The performances are all so clean, always precise in swift scales and complex figuration, and making light of the most elaborate passages. There is not a fingerboard squeak to be heard anywhere....
Milán: El Maestro: Libro 1
Works for Solo Vihuela
José Antonio Escobar (vihuela de mano)
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The performances are all so clean, always precise in swift scales and complex figuration, and making light of the most elaborate passages. There is not a fingerboard squeak to be heard anywhere....
About
Although biographical details of his life remain sketchy, Luys Milán’s Libro de música de vihuela de mano intitulado El Maestro is certainly the oldest surviving printed collection of vihuela music. Tuned like the contemporary Renaissance lute, the Spanish vihuela is a guitar-shaped instrument and for it Milán wrote a series of compelling works including fantasias and pavans that maturely fused improvisatory and polyphonic elements. This recording presents all the solo vihuela pieces from the first book of El Maestro in the order in which they appear.
Contents and tracklist
- José Antonio Escobar (vihuela)
- Recorded: 1-4 May 2014
- Recording Venue: The Green Room, Offord Hall, Aurora, Ontario, Canada
Awards and reviews
February 2018
The performances are all so clean, always precise in swift scales and complex figuration, and making light of the most elaborate passages. There is not a fingerboard squeak to be heard anywhere. The sound is nicely caught in a warm acoustic, close enough to feel intimate but not so close as to become wearying.
