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This CD restores to the catalog one of the most popular classical guitar LPs from the 50s and 60s. Originally recorded for Philharmonia in 1952, it was last released on a Nonesuch/Elektra LP. Also featured is Rey de la Torre’s studio recording of the Boccherini D Major “Fandango” Quintet (the premiere recording of this work, made in 1950), issued here for the first time in any format. Also included is a live concert performance of Villa-Lobos’s Etude No. 11, issued for the first time. Born in Gibara, Cuba, in 1917, Rey was a child prodigy on the guitar, known as “El Niño”. At the age of 14, Rey’s parents sent him to Barcelona to study with the great guitarist, Miguel Llobet. The young artist was to spend two and a half years under Llobet’s tutelage and the triumphs that followed had the Barcelona critics comparing him not only to Llobet, but to Casals as well. This recital shows Rey at his best, and includes works that he gave the world premiere performances of-! the compositions by Nin-Culmell and Orbon. The Boccherini Quintet recording is a real rarity- the first recording of this now-famous composition- and a recording that, mysteriously, was never released. In it, Rey is joined by the superb Stuyvesant String Quartet. This recording includes extensive essays about Rey de la Torre by his former student, Anthony Weller, and about the Stuyvesant String Quartet by producer Jay Shulman.Bridge has also released this recording by the Stuyvesant String Quartet with Benny Goodman, clarinet: works by G.F. Malipiero, Debussy, Ravel and Alan Shulman; BRIDGE 9137
L**O
Five Stars
Great recording, great guitarist!
G**N
Excellence rather unrecognized today
To add to Betelgeuze's review, my first phono LP at age 10 was Segovia exquisitely playing Granados de Visee, and I've been enchanted by classical and Spanish guitar music for the rest of my 66 years.I own de la Torre's original album Spanish Music for the Classic Guitar, of which this present album is a re-release which adds the Boccherini Quintet No. 1. His tone, tempo and interpretations are perfectly executed, he understands the compositions deeply, and he is totally a virtuoso. No wonder, since his guitar career started at age 10 in Havana. He left for Spain at age 14, studied under the well-known virtuoso, teacher and arranger Miguel Llobet, and debuted at age 16 in Barcelona to a "resounding success". He "premiered the Rodrigo Guitar Concerto with the Cleveland Orchestra . . ." and "re-discovered a number of guitar works of Heitor Villa-Lobos," and not only did he also premier Nin-Culmell's "Six Variations on a Theme by Milan" and Julian Orbon's "Preludio y Tocata" but, I was interested to read, he "was privileged to enjoy the friendship of [them both, and] whose respective works were written for and dedicated to me." De la Torre is not as familiar a performer today as the relative new-comers: Parkening, Fisk, Isbin, the Natona Twins, etc., or even the older masters Yepes, Alirio Diaz, Bream, John Williams, and of course the incomparable Segovia, partly because he doesn't seem to have that many album releases, but he is the equal of them all. His performances of the very familiar and beloved pieces by Albeniz and Granados on my album are thoroughly satisfying, but I found the raw originality, modernity and power of Orbon's Preludio y Tocata a source of unexpected delight. De la Torre is the man!
I**D
Historical recording of rare quality.
Rey de la Torre from Cuba was a Llobet pupil active as a concert guitarist around 1950 - 1975. His name deserves to become better known among today's guitarists and others. This CD has some well known pieces (Albeniz, Granados, Rodrigo, Villa-Lobos) as well as some rarely heard today (Nin-Culmell, Orbón) + a beautiful Boccherini quintet.Rey was in my opinion a guitarist who deserves to be compared with Bream for his rich, colorful, most often powerful tone and profound musicality.My favorite piece on the CD is a unique interpretation of the de Falla "Homenjahe a Debussy". Highly recommended!
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