Pitzl Rome Paris Madrid European Baroque Guitar Music CD

Rome - Paris - Madrid - European Baroque Guitar Music Import, Pierre Pitzl - More or less 'invented' in Spain in the mid-17th century, it did not take long for the guitar to start it's triumphal march through all of Europe. On this recording, guitarist Pierre Pitzl, on his first solo CD for Accent, explores this development in exemplary fashion, using the examples of three musical centers and composers active there: Granata and Bartolotti in Rome, de Visee and Corbetta in Paris as well as Sanz and Gerau in Madrid. The image resulting from this is a highly varied one: only a strummed instrument in the beginning, the guitar soon developed a highly differentiated technique consisting of both strumming and plucking. In this way, a new style of composition and sound was created hand in hand with a previously unheard-of, bold treatment of dissonances. Pitzl plays all of the selections with impressive bravura.

1. Prelude 2. Allemande 3. Courante 4. Brando 5. Sarabande 6. Gigue 7. Passacaglie 8. Allemanda 9. Balletto 10. Passacaglia 11. Sarabanda 12. Allemanda 13. Passacaglia 14. Prelude 15. Allemande 16. Courante 17. Chacone 18. Prelude 19. Allemande 20. Courante 21. Sarabande 22. Gigue 23. Bouree 24. Preludio O Capricho Arpeado Por la X 25. Passacagles Por la X 26. Canario 27. Passacaglia de 7 Tono 28. Passacaglia de 8 Tono 29. Marionas