10-CD box set celebrating one of the great virtuosos of the 20th century, the Spanish classical guitarist Andrés Segovia

The master guitarist shows the complete range of his skill across ten original albums recorded between 1949 and 1962. Numerous compositions which now belong to the classical guitar repertoire were originally written for Segovia, among them works by Manuel Ponce, Federico Moreno Torroba, Joaquín Rodrigo, Fernando Sor, Joaquin Turina and Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco. These and other pieces, for instance by Grieg, Schubert, Rameau, Franck, Schumann and Chopin, can be heard in this collection.

No other guitarist changed the image of this instrument as much as Andrés Segovia. His influence on the development and importance of classical guitar playing in the 20th century was immense. Through his perfect technique and style Segovia set new standards in the modern art of guitar playing. At the same time he was instrumental in widening and increasing the quality of its repertoire. He arranged music from the Baroque and Classical epochs and his colossal series of transcriptions and editions laid the foundations for the renaissance of the guitar in the 20th century. His Bach arrangements amounted to a musical revelation not only for admirers of that great Baroque master's music.

"He made the guitar an instrument to be mentioned in the same breath as Casals' cello or Kreisler's violin." - New York Tribune

CD 1:
1. ALBÉNIZ: Granada (serenata) - Suite española, op.47 no.1
GRANADOS:
2. La Maja de Goya - Tonadillas al estilo antiguo no.7
3. Melancolica - Danza española no.10 in G major, op.37
4. ALBÉNIZ: Torre Bermeja (serenata) - Piezas características, op.92 no.12
5. GRANADOS: Andaluza - Danza española no.5 in E minor, op.37
6. ALBÉNIZ: Sevilla - Suite española, op.47 no.3
7. MILÁN/SANZ: Tres Pavanas
8. Anonymous: Canzone e Saltarello
TORROBA:
9. Burgalesa e Albada
10. Arada - Suite castellana
LLOBET: Dos cancones catalanes
11. El noi de la mare
12. El testamento de Amelia
13. TÁRREGA: Danza mora y Minueto
DE VISÉE:
14. Entrada y Giga
15. Bourrée y Minueto

CD 2:
1. MUDARRA: Romanesca
PONCE:
2. Prélude
3. Ballet
4. Gigue
J.S. BACH:
5. Prélude - Cello Suite no.1 in G major, BWV 1007
6. Gavotte I & II - Cello Suite no.6 in D major, BWV 1012
7. SOR: Allegro non troppo - Deuxième Grande Sonate, op.25
8. MENDELSSOHN: Venetian Gondola Song - Lieder ohne Worte, op.19 no.6
9. SCHUBERT: Menuetto - Piano Sonata no.10 in G major, op.78 D894
TORROBA: Sonatina in A major
10. Allegretto
11. Andante
12. Allegro
ALBÉNIZ:
13. Asturias (leyenda) - Suite española, op.47 no.5

CD 3:
1. MILÁN: Fantasia XVI
2. DE VISÉE: Suite D minor (Prélude - Allemande - Bourrée - Sarabande - Gavotte - Gigue)
3. SOR: Variations on a theme by Mozart, op.9
HANDEL:
4. Allegretto grazioso (Menuett) - Suite in G minor, HWV 453
5. Gavotte in G major, HWV 491
J.S. BACH:
6. Bourée - Partita no.1 in B minor for violin, BWV 1002
7. Courante - Cello Suite no.3 in C major, BWV 1009
8. GIULIANI: Allegro spirituoso - Sonata in C major, op.15/1
9. FALLA: Hommenaje “Le Tombeau de Claude Debussy”
10. VILLA-LOBOS: Etude no.7 in E minor

CD 4:
1. MILÁN: Pavana
2. HANDEL: Sarabande - Suite no.4 in D minor, HWV 437
3. Menuett in G major, HWV 531
4. GLUCK: Dance of the Blessed Spirits - Orfeo ed Euridice
J.S. BACH:
5. Violin Sonata no.1 in G minor, BWV 1001
6. Bourrée - Lute Suite in E minor, BWV 996
7. SOR: Minuetto - Deuxième Grande Sonate, op.25
8. CHOPIN: Prélude in A major op.28/7
9. SCHUMANN: Frühlingsgruss - Album für die Jugend, op.79/4
10. PONCE: Andantino variation on a theme by Paganini
11. BRAHMS: Waltz in B flat major, op.39/8
12. TORROBA: Madroños
13. VILLA-LOBOS: Prélude no.1 in E minor
14. J.S BACH: Chaconne - Partita for solo violin in D minor, BWV 1004

CD 5:
FRESCOBALDI:
1. Aria con variazioni detta la Frescobalda
2. Corrente
3. CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO: Capriccio diabolico (Omaggio a Paganini)
PONCE: 24 Preludios (excerpts)
4. No.7 in A major
5. No.2 in A minor
6. No.9 in E major
7. No.8 in F sharp minor
8. No.13 in F sharp major
9. No.11 in B major
10. RAMEAU: Menuet in G major - Nouvelles Suites de pièces clavecin
TANSMAN: Cavatina (Suite)
11. I. Preludio
12. II. Sarabande
13. III. Scherzino
14. IV. Barcarola
15. V. Danza pomposa
16. TORROBA: Nocturno

CD 6:
1. COUPERIN: Passacaglia
PONCE:
2. Prélude
3. Allemande
4. HAYDN: Minuet and Trio from Symphony no.96 ('Miracle')
5. GRIEG: Melodie - Lyric Pieces, op.47/3
6. PONCE: La Valentina - Mexican Folk Song
7. TORROBA: Serenata burlesca
8. C.P.E. BACH: Siciliana in F sharp minor
FRANCK:
9. Quasi lento (Preludio) - L’Organiste
10. Andantino poco allegretto - L’Organiste
11. PONCE: Thème varié et finale
12. AGUIRRE: Canción
13. PEDRELL: Guitarreo
14. MALATS: Serenata española

CD 7:
1. MURCIA: Prelude and Allegro
SOR:
2. Study no.1 in C major
3. Study no.9 in A minor
4. CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO: Sonata “Hommage à Boccherini”
5. RODRIGO: Fandango
RONCALLI:
6. Passacaglia
7. Gigua e Gavotta
SOR:
8. Study no.20 in C major
9. Two Minuets
10. GRANADOS: Spanish Dance no.10 in G major

CD 8:
BOCCHERINI: Concerto for Guitar and Orchestra in E major (ed. Gaspar Cassadó)
1. I. Allegro non tanto
2. II. Andante cantabile
3. III. Allegretto. Più mosso
J.S BACH: Suite no.3 in A major  (originally Cello Suite in C major, BWV 1009; trans. John W. Duarte)
4. I. Prélude
5. II. Allemande
6. III. Courante
7. IV. Sarabande
8. V. Bourée I & II
9. VI. Gigue

CD 9:
SCARLATTI:
1. Praeambulum et Gavotte
2. Sonata
3. DOWLAND: Two Pieces for Lute
4. TORROBA: Madronos
5. GIULIANI: Sonata
NARVAEZ:
6. Cancion de Emperador
7. Variations on “Guardame las vacas”
8. FALLA: Homenaje pour le tombeau de Debussy
9. ESPLÀ: Dos impresisones levantinas
RODRIGO: Fantasía para un Gentilhombre
10. I. Villano y ricercar
11. II. Españoletta y fanfare de la caballeria Nápoles
12. III. Danza de las hachas
13. IV. Canario

CD 10:
TORROBA: Castles of Spain
1. Turegano
2. Torija
3. Manzanares del Real
4. Montemayor
5. Alcaniz
6. Siguenza
7. Alba de Tormes
8. Alcazar de Segovia
GRIEG:
9. Peasant's Song - Lyric Pieces, op.65/2
10. Waltz, op.12/2
11. MURCIA: Prelude and Allegro
SOR:
12. Study no.1 in C major
13. Study no.9 in A minor
CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO: Sonata “Hommage à Boccherini”
14. Allegro con spirito
15. Andantino, quasi canzone
16. Tempo di Minuetto
17. Vivo ed energico
18. RODRIGO: Fandango
SOR: Etudes, op.6 (excerpts)
19. No.8 in C major - Andantino
20. No.2 in A major - Andante allegro
21. No.11 in E minor - Allegro moderato
22. No.13 in B flat major - Andante (Lento)
23. No.17 in C major - Allegro moderato
RONCALLI: Capricci armonici sopra la chitarra Spagnola (excerpts)
24. Gigue - Suite in G major
25. Gavotte - Suite in E minor