Guridi: Ten Basque Melodies / An Adventure Of Don Quixote

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Cat No: 8557110

Release Date: 01 May 2003

Label: Naxos / Naxos Classics

Packaging Type: Jewel Case

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Barcode: 747313211029

Genres: Classical

Composer/Series: GURIDI

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Jes??s Guridi (1886-1961)Diez melodias vascas (Ten Basque melodies)Asi cantan los chicos (So the boys sing) Una aventura de Don Quijote (An Adventure of Don Quixote)En un barco fenicio (In a Phoenician Vessel)Canta el gallo tempranero (The early cock is crowing)Jes??s Guridi is regarded not only as one of the twentiethcentury's foremost exponents of Basque nationalism but also as one of Spain'sgreatest operatic and orchestral composers. He lived and worked in an age ofmany different and contrasting aesthetic trends, and absorbed elements of themall while declining to attach himself wholly to the Viennese school or anyother European musical current. His music combined rich Romanticism withtouches of modernity, thereby creating a very personal idiom which brought himsuccess and international renown. Guridi,who was born in Vitoria in 1886, came from a family of musicians, and his owngifts became apparent at an early age, when several short pieces of his becameknown to Bilbao's musical circles. He studied the organ and composition inParis, then continued his studies in Cologne with Otto Neitzel and in Li?¿gewith Joseph Jongen. On his return to Spain he devoted himself principally toteaching the organ. In1910 he became choirmaster of the Bilbao Choral Society, for whom he wouldwrite a number of works, the most significant being his three collections ofBasque folk-songs and an early masterpiece: Asi cantan los chicos (1915). Twoof his most important stage works also date from this period: Mirentxu (1915)and Amaya (1920) (Marco Polo 8.225084-85). His principal works include the Diezmelodias vascas, the symphonic poem Una aventura de Don Quijote and thezarzuelas El caserio (The Homestead), La meiga (The Witch) and La cautiva (TheCaptive), among others. As an organist he was famed for his skills atimprovisation and he also made a significant contribution to the instrument'srepertoire with works such as El triptico del Buen Pastor (The Good ShepherdTriptych). He was appointed organ professor at the Madrid Conservatory, andlater became its director. He also wrote film scores and in his later years wasgarlanded with many honours and awards. He died in Madrid in 1961. Guridi'sfascination with classical themes lay behind En un barco fenicio, his thirdsymphonic poem, which was first performed to great acclaim in Madrid on 30thDecember 1927. Taking as his inspiration Greek myth, specifically the story ofTelemachus, son of Odysseus, rather than Basque folk-lore in this instance, heconstructed a work which, though it may lack a little in terms of formalfreedom and smoothness of contrast, is nevertheless rich in orchestral colour,melodic inventiveness and rhythmical precision. &n
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