Raphaël Feuillâtre: Latin Passions
The young French guitarist Raphaël Feuillâtre signed with Deutsche Grammophon in 2022 and won first prize at the 2018 Guitar Foundation of America International Competition. Since then, he has recorded two albums on the Yellow Label and become one of the most listened-to classical artists on Apple Music. This recital includes Spanish and Latin American works by Francisco Tárrega, Isaac Albéniz, Sergio Assad, Heitor Villa-Lobos, and Astor Piazzola, among other composers. BBC Music Magazine has praised Feuillâtre’s “formidable yet remarkably unshowy expressive power.”
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Program
FRANCISCO TÁRREGA: Caprice arabe
FRANCISCO TÁRREGA: Prelude No. 18 in D major
ISAAC ALBÉNIZ (arr. Feuillâtre): Torre Bermeja
FRANCISCO TÁRREGA: Recuerdos de la Alhambra
ISAAC ALBÉNIZ (arr. Feuillâtre): Asturias (Leyenda) from Suite española, Op. 47
MIGUEL LLOBET SOLÉS: El Testament d’Amelia
ISAAC ALBÉNIZ (arr. R. Feuillâtre): Capricho Catalan
DOMENICO SCARLATTI (arr. G. Abiton): Sonata in D major, K. 492
MARIO CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO: Capriccio Diabolico (Homage to Paganini), Op. 85
AGUSTÍN BARRIOS: Mazurka Appassionata
ANTONIO LAURO: Valse No. 3
ANTONIO LAURO: Ana Florencia (Canción de Cuna)
LEO BROUWER: La hudia de los amentos por el valle de los enamorados from El Decamerón Negro
SERGIO ASSAD: Caterete from Suite Brasileira No. 4
HEITOR VILLA-LOBOS: Selections from Suite populares brésilienne
HEITOR VILLA-LOBOS: Etude No. 12 in A minor
ASTOR PIAZZOLLA (arr. Sergio Assad): Invierno Porteño
ROLAND DYENS: Fuoco
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco's American Story
After Italy’s 1938 Fascist racial laws under Mussolini barred Jewish artists from public life, Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco emigrated to the United States in 1939 with the sponsorship of violinist Jascha Heifetz, settling in Los Angeles. He became a prolific Hollywood film composer at MGM Studios and, more importantly, a mentor to an entire generation of major film scorers. As a longtime teacher at the Los Angeles Conservatory, he trained and influenced figures including John Williams, Henry Mancini, Jerry Goldsmith, André Previn, and Nelson Riddle—helping shape the sound of American film music for decades. Beyond the screen, his concert works, especially for guitar championed by Andrés Segovia, greatly enriched the American guitar repertoire and supported the instrument’s growth in classical music.
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