The great recordings
To celebrate the occasion of Parkening's 25th year of recording, this is a digitally remastered collection of Christopher Parkening's personal favorite recordings from the beginning of his career to the present.
| Main Author: | Parkening, Christopher, |
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| Format: | CD |
| Language: | No linguistic content |
| Published: |
[Hollywood, Calif.] :
EMI Classics,
[1993]
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| Physical Description: |
2 audio discs (145 min.) : digital, stereophonic ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Subjects: |
| Summary: |
To celebrate the occasion of Parkening's 25th year of recording, this is a digitally remastered collection of Christopher Parkening's personal favorite recordings from the beginning of his career to the present. |
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| Item Description: |
Guitar music, principally transcriptions. Christopher Parkening, guitar. Produced by Richard Jones, Patti Laursen and Patrick Russ. Recorded between 1968 and 1993. Selections previously released. Compact disc. Program notes (26 p. : ill.) inserted in container. Disc 1. Fugue from Violin sonata no. 1, BWV 1001 / J.S. Bach ; trans. Segovia -- Estudio brillante / F. Tárrega (2:03) -- Etude no. 1 in E minor / H. Villa-Lobos (1:52) -- Recuerdos de la Alhambra / F. Tárrega (3:52) -- Leyenda / I. Albéniz ; trans. Segovia (6:20) -- Romance / Anon. ; arr. Marshall (1:53) -- Rumores de la Caleta / I. Albéniz ; arr. Parkening (3:32) -- Capricho Árabe / F. Tárrega (5:07) -- Jesu, joy of man's desiring from Cantata 147 / J.S. Bach ; trans. Foster (3:03) -- Prelude no. 1 from Well-tempered clavier (2:01) ; Prelude no. 6 from Well-tempered clavier (1:39) ; Sleepers awake from Cantata 140 (4:30) / J.S. Bach ; trans. Parkening -- Allegro from Prelude, fugue & allegro / J.S. Bach ; trans. Williams (3:00) -- Sheep may safely graze from Cantata 208 / J.S. Bach ; trans. Foster (4:45) -- Les barricades mystérieuses (2:12) / F. Couperin ; arr. Parkening -- Preámbulo & allegro vivo / M. Ponce (4:16) -- Passacaglia / S.L. Weiss ; arr. Parkening (3:54) -- Girl with the flaxen hair / C. Debussy ; arr. Marshall (2:30) -- Gymnopédie no. 1 / E. Satie ; arr. Parkening (2:48) -- Empress of the pagodas / M. Ravel ; arr. Hyman (3:22) -- Afro-Cuban lullaby / trad. ; arr. Marshall (2:36). Disc. 2. Präludium from Fourth lute suite / J.S. Bach ; trans. Parkening (3:37) -- Fairest Lord Jesus / trad. ; arr. Ravenscroft (1:59) -- Praise ye the Lord, K. 339 / W.A. Mozart ; trans. Ravenscroft (3:40) -- Simple gifts / trad. ; arr. Ravenscroft, Sutherland (2:37) -- Hymn of Christian joy / G. Young ; trans. Ravenscroft (2:40) -- We thank thee, Lord from Cantata 29 / J.S. Bach ; trans. Ravenscroft, Parkening (4:03) -- Arioso from Cantata 156 / J.S. Bach ; arr. Russ (3:01) -- What God hath done from Cantata 99 / J.S. Bach, W. Walton ; arr. Ravenscroft (2:39) -- Canon / G. Telemann ; trans. Parkening (1:31) -- Berceuse from Dolly suite / G. Fauré, trans. Russ (2:50) -- Spanish dance no. 1 from La vida brève / M. Falla ; trans. Pujol (3:10) -- Terezinha de Jesus / H. Villa-Lobos ; trans. Pujol (2:34) -- Prelude : in the Baroque style / M. Ponce ; trans. Ravenscroft (2:35) -- Intermezzo from Goyescas / E. Granados ; trans. Pujol (4:28) -- Fugue from Prelude & fugue no. 4 in E / M. Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1:53) -- Evening dance / A. York (4:02) -- Variations on a theme of Mozart / F. Sor (6:15) -- Canarios / G. Sanz ; trans. Parkening (1:23) -- La maja de Goya / E. Granados ; trans. Russ (4:55) -- El noi de la mare / trad. ; arr. Segovia, Llobet (2:08) -- Adagio from Concerito de Aranjuez / J. Rodrigo (10:31). To celebrate the occasion of Parkening's 25th year of recording, this is a digitally remastered collection of Christopher Parkening's personal favorite recordings from the beginning of his career to the present. |
| Physical Description: |
2 audio discs (145 min.) : digital, stereophonic ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Playing Time: |
01:44:38 |
| Production Credits: |
Produced by Richard Jones, Patti Laursen and Patrick Russ. |