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Cover: Beethoven · Wagner · Verdi – The Tárrega Transcriptions

Beethoven · Wagner · Verdi

The Tárrega Transcriptions

Timo Korhonen, guitar

ODE 1013-2 · CD · April 2003

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Track listing

14 tracks · 56:08

Listen to samples on selected tracks.

Ludwig van Beethoven

  1. 1 Claro de luna (Moonlight) Adagio sostenuto de la Sonata Op. 27/2 5:34
  2. 2 Menuet - Septet, Op. 20 3:35
  3. 3 Fragmento de la 7a Sinfonía - Allegretto, Op. 92 1:27
  4. 4 Marcha fúnebre de la Sonata No. 12, Op. 26 5:30
  5. 5 Scherzo de la Sonata No. 2, Op. 2 4:03
  6. 6 Adagio cantabile - Sonata No. 8, Op. 13 3:55
  7. 7 Tema - Tema con variazioni, Op. 20 1:06
  8. 8 Variación del Septimino - Tema con variazioni, Op. 20 0:57
  9. 9 Andante de la Sonata No. 9, Op. 47 "Kreutzer" 4:37
  10. 10 Menuet No. 3, 6 Minuets, WoO 10 2:19
  11. 11 Largo con gran espressione - Sonata No. 4, Op. 7 8:11

Richard Wagner

  1. 12 Fragmento de la Sinfonía (Pilgrims' Chorus), from: Tannhäuser 3:35
  2. 13 Marcha de Tannhäuser, from: Tannhäuser 4:35

Francisco Tárrega

  1. 14 Fantasía sobre motivos La Traviata (Fantasy on Themes from La Traviata by Giuseppe Verdi) 6:44

About this recording

Finnish guitarist Timo Korhonen is one of the most versatile proponents of his instrument in the world. On this recording, he performs his selection of famous pieces by Beethoven, Wagner and Verdi in arrangements by the "father of modern guitar" Francisco de Asís Tárrega y Eixea (1852-1909). These transcriptions do not aim to reproduce the original works literally, but to shape the compositions of great composers into guitar works in their own right.

Timo Korhonen also contributed with liner notes to this recording.

Features

Booklet with liner notes, written by the performing artist, in English, German, French and Finnish

The artists

Timo Korhonen

The Finnish guitarist Timo Korhonen (b. 1964) is one of the most versatile proponents on his instrument in the world. Freedom of interpretation, bearlike strength and richness of sound are components of his deep-rooted artist persona. Korhonens interpretations are natural, strong in contrast and uncompromising in their aim at reprodusing the content of a composition in as true manner as possible and with the profound understanding of its style.

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