# Leo Brouwer: Guitar Concerto No. 5 · Iberia Suite · From Yesterday to Penny Lane · - Seven Beatles Transcriptions

> Leo Brouwer: Guitar Concerto No. 5 · Iberia Suite · From Yesterday to Penny Lane · - Seven Beatles…. Ondine ODE 979-2, CD, released January 2002.

Source: https://ondine.eyelabel.com/catalogue/ode-979-2

- **Composer:** Leo Brouwer
- **Work(s):** Guitar Concerto No. 5 · Iberia Suite · From Yesterday to Penny Lane · - Seven Beatles Transcriptions
- **Performers:** Timo Korhonen, guitar; Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra; Tuomas Ollila, conductor
- **Label:** Ondine
- **Catalogue no.:** ODE 979-2
- **Format:** CD
- **Release date:** 1 January 2002
- **EAN / UPC:** 0761195097922
- **Tracks:** 13, total 65:31
- **Genres:** Orchestral, Instrumental
- **Series:** Critics' choices
- **Awards:** Cannes Classical Award, ClassicsToday.com '10/10'

## Track listing

**Leo Brouwer**

- *Guitar Concerto No. 5 "Helsinki"*
1. I. Spaces (10:16)
2. II. Lightness and Heaviness (10:33)
3. III. Luminosity (8:35)

**Isaac Albéniz**

- *Iberia Suite (arr. Leo Brouwer)*
4. I. Evocación (5:21)
5. II. El Puerto (4:12)
6. III. El Albaicín (7:18)

**Leo Brouwer**

- *From Yesterday to Penny Lane - Seven Beatles Transcriptions*
7. I. She's Leaving Home (2:41)
8. II. A Ticket to Ride (2:37)
9. III. Here, There and Everywhere (2:50)
10. IV. Yesterday (2:40)
11. V. Got to Get You Into My Life (1:43)
12. VI. 	Eleanor Rigby (4:08)
13. VII. 	Penny Lane (2:37)

## About this recording

This CD features Finnish guitarist Timo Korhonen with Leo Brouwer's "Helsinki" Concerto, which the Cuban composer wrote in 1991-92 on commission from the Helsinki Festival. The work is dedicated to Timo Korhonen, who is here accompanied by the Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of Tuomas Ollila-Hannikainen. This recording further contains two transcriptions by Brouwer: of Albeniz's Iberia Suite and of seven Beatles tunes.

This CD won a Cannes Classical Award in 2003, in the category 'Solo with Orchestra'.

## Features

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

## Press

Timo Korhonen, dedicatee of the concerto, is resourceful, with a magisterial technique, and here wedded to Brouwer's stylistic manner. The recording is up to Ondine's usual high standards.

Christopher Williams, Fanfare Magazine, January/February 2003

The performances from soloist and orchestra are consistently splendid, and the recording quality is outstanding.

Steven Rings, American Record Guide, September/October 2002

Timo Korhonen is a superb guitarist who takes everything in his clean-fingered stride. The Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra shares his zest, the recording is first-class.

John Duarte, Gramophone, May 2002

I doubt that there's a better played, better recorded, more musically varied and appealing guitar and orchestra disc in the catalog. Magnificent!

David Hurwitz, ClassicsToday.com, April 2002, Artistic Quality 10 / Sound Quality 10

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## Related pages

- [Isaac Albéniz (1860-1909)](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/composers/alb-niz-isaac.md)
- [Leo Brouwer (1939-)](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/composers/brouwer-leo.md)
- [Timo Korhonen, guitar](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/artists/korhonen-timo.md)
- [Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra, Ensemble](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/artists/tampere-philharmonic-orchestra.md)

## Also recommended

- [Heitor Villa-Lobos · Leo Brouwer: 12 Etudes (Original version, 1928) · Estudios sencillos](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/catalogue/ode-1028-2.md): Timo Korhonen, guitar (ODE 1028-2, 2004)