Paul O Dette - Jacaras[Flac] [Tntvillage.Scambioetico]
Paul O'Dette, Andrew Lawrence-King, Pedro Estevan, Pat O'Brien, Steve Player
¡Jacaras! 18th Century Spanish Baroque Guitar Music of Santiago de Murcia
Paul O'Dette, Pat O'Brien, Steve Player, baroque guitars; Andrew Lawrence-King, harp, psaltery; Pedro Estevan, percussion
Harmonia Mundi 907212 (CD). 1998. DDD. TT: 78:21
Performance *****Sonics *****
Santiago de Murcia was probably born in Madrid around 1682. It is not known where or when he died, but he led an active life. He studied guitar with Francisco Guerau between 1690 and 1700, traveled with King Philip V to Naples (where he probably met Scarlatti and Corelli), was Guitar Master to Queen Maria Luisa Gabriela of Savoy, and probably traveled to Mexico around 1720.
"Probably" because, while his name appears on no travel documents, the three surviving collections of his guitar music were found in Mexico, and his works appear in several Mexican sources.rnrnWhat is certain is de Murcia's fascination with a wide variety of musical styles—he composed works in the styles of Italy, Spain, France, Mexico, and even West Africa. This gives ¡Jácaras! a variety unusual in an instrumental collection dedicated to a single composer. Most of the pieces here are bailes, a dance form introduced in the early 17th century, but the spirited fandangos, exotic cumbées (introduced to Mexico by West African slaves), and jotas add spice and fire to the proceedings.rnrnFor all of the foreign influences in these compositions, no one listening to this disc could mistake it for anything but Spanish. All of the elements that have come to typify our romantic notion of Spanish guitar music already exist in de Murcia: the plucked line (punteado) alternating with the strummed (rasgueado) chorus; the slurred estrasinos and the bell-like campanelas; and that most Iberian of effects, the percussive golpe.Paul O'Dette seems as much at home on baroque guitar as he does on lute—that is to say, it's difficult to imagine this music played any better. Andrew Lawrence-King's harp and psaltery add beautifully bright contrast to the mellow sound of the guitar, and the two musicians seem to frolic as they trade melodic lines back and forth.rnrnHesperion XX's Pedro Estevan adds percussion as necessary: hand-claps, foot stamps, castanets, and tambourine. He's tasteful and very tuneful; this would be a much less exciting recording without him. Pat O'Brien and Steve Player, from the Harp Consort, add guitar support in the ensemble portions, and pull off the rather nifty trick of reinforcing the guitar sound without blurring it.
As good as the music and performances on ¡Jacaras! are, it is the sound of this disc that makes it so very special. The guitars and harp are recorded with extraordinary warmth and clarity in a beautifully engaging acoustic, Holland's Valkkoog Church. Estevan's percussion reveals it to be a large hall with an extremely clean decay. It sounds clear and articulate, and supports the delicate sound of the guitars without interfering with the rhythmic momentum of the dances
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Jácaras! - 18th Century Spanish Baroque Guitar Music of Santiago de Murcia
Paul O'Dette (See All Contributors)
Compact Disc
Harmonia Mundi
March 11, 2008
01 - Jacaras por la E
02 - La Jota
03 - Marizapalos
04 - Gallardas
05 - Tarantelas
06 - Preludio Grabe
07 - La Cadena
08 - Una Giga de Corelli
09 - Zarambeques
10 - Passacalles por la E
11 - Fandango
12 - Mariones por la B
13 - Cumbees
14 - Payssanos
15 - Folias Ytalianas
16 - Las Penas
17 - Allegro
18 - Grabe
19 - Allegro
20 - Otros canarios
21 - Canarios
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- PAUL O'DETTE -
E' stato riconosciuto come “il più grande genio che abbia mai suonato questo strumento”(Toronto Globe and Mail).
Ha svolto concerti per Festival Internazionali a Los Angeles, Vancouver, Berkeley, Londra, Bath, Parigi, Montpellier, Amsterdam, Utrecht, Berlino, Monaco, Brema, Vienna, Praga, Milano, Madrid, Barcellona, Copenhagen, Oslo, Cordoba, Montevideo, Buenos Aires, Melbourne, Tokyo spesso invitato come ospite “straordinario” dei più importanti Festival.
Unanimemente riconosciuto un grandissimo virtuoso nelle registrazioni e nei concerti da solista, Paul O’Dette svolge un’intensa carriera internazionale suonando con artisti del calibro di Jordi Savall, Gustav Leonhardt, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, William Christie, Christopher Hogwood, Sylvia McNair, Andrew Parrott, Nicholas McGegan, Nigel Rogers, Tafelmusik ecc., fa inoltre parte dell’acclamato ensemble Tragicomedia.
Ha effettuato più di 100 registrazioni, molte delle quali hanno ricevuto prestigiosi premi internazionali come il Gramophone “Premio come miglior disco dell’anno” o il “Diapason D’oro”. “The Royal Rewters” è stato riconosciuto dalla critica come “Uno Choc nel mondo della Musica” , ha ottenuto inoltre 5 stelle nel BBC Music Magazine, 5 stelle in Golberg e il punteggio di 10 nel Classicstoday.com. Ha svolto moltissime registrazioni televisive in tutto il mondo tra le quali ricordiamo la BBC (Gran Bretagna), RAI (Italia) SFB (Germania), CBS (USA) ecc.
Recentemente si è dedicato alla direzione d’orchestra, dirigendo varie opere tra le quali l’Orfeo di Luigi Rossi, l’Ercole Amante di Cavalli, l’Orfeo e l’incoronazione di Poppea di Claudio Monteverdi con molte orchestre come la Portland Baroque Orchestra, Tafelmusik, Apollo’s Fire, Ensemble Arion, Chatham Baroque e Corona Artis.
Oltre all’attività di concertista Paul O’Dette svolge un intensa attività di ricerca sulla pratica del basso continuo, canzoni e tecnica liutistica del diciasettesimo secolo in Italia ed in Inghilterra. A risultato di questa ricerca saranno pubblicati quattro volumi in coproduzione con Patrick O'Brien.
Ha inoltre pubblicato numerosi articoli sulla tecnica esecutiva liutistica, ed il suo saggio su Dowland è stato pubblicato per il New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians.
Paul O'Dette è professore di liuto e Direttore di Musica Antica alla Eastman School of Music.
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