Fábio Fernandes performs William Walton - Bagatelle n.3 (Alla Cubana).

Alla Cubana is part of a set of Five Bagatelles written by William Walton, around 1971, for Julian Bream and dedicated to composer Malcolm Arnold.
On these Bagatelles William Walton avoids the recurring Spanish influence of the guitar repertoire and retains his own language while deeply exploring the vast range of the guitar’s musical possibilities.
A few years later Walton orchestrated the Bagatelles into a suite, “Varii Capricci”.

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Guitar: José Ramirez Traditional 1A

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William Walton - Bagatelle n.3 (Alla Cubana)

Fábio Fernandes performs Isaac Albéniz - Sevilla (Sevillanas)

Sevilla is the 3rd movement of Isaac Albéniz's Suite Española No.1, Op. 47, originally written for solo piano in the early 1880's.
Albéniz is a Spanish Post-Romantic composer that explored deeply the Spanish folk music idiom. This suite is a perfect example of his nationalistic influences as each movement refers to a different region and to its traditional dance. 
Sevilla has as base the Sevillana dance, a lively dance in 3/4, and in the middle section we can hear resemblances to cante jondo (flamenco).
Albéniz never wrote for guitar but often used its idioms into piano writing, this lead his music to be widely arranged for guitar, being even, sometimes, better known on this version than on its original.

In this video I am playing an arrangement made by Manuel Barrueco with a few alterations of my own.

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Guitar: José Ramirez Traditional 1A

Produced by Monteverde - Audio Production.

Copyright © Fábio Fernandes 2018

Isaac Albéniz - Sevilla

Soprano- Regina Freire 
Conductor - Simon Over 
Southbank Sinfonia

Live performance

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Regina Freire - Soprano

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