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.

Tracklist:

Secondo Libro Di Chitarra: Preludio
Secondo Libro Di Chitarra: Allemanda
Secondo Libro Di Chitarra: Courante
Secondo Libro Di Chitarra: Brando
Secondo Libro Di Chitarra: Sarabande
Secondo Libro Di Chitarra: Gigue
Secondo Libro Di Chitarra: Passacaglie
Soavi Concenti Di Sonate Musicali, Op. 4: Allemanda
Soavi Concenti Di Sonate Musicali, Op. 4: Balletto
Soavi Concenti Di Sonate Musicali, Op. 4: Passacaglia
Soavi Concenti Di Sonate Musicali, Op. 4: Sarabanda
Soavi Concenti Di Sonate Musicali, Op. 4: Allemanda
Soavi Concenti Di Sonate Musicali, Op. 4: Passacaglia
La Guitarre Royalle Dediee Au Roy De La Grande Bretagne: Suite In D Major: I. Prelude
La Guitarre Royalle Dediee Au Roy De La Grande Bretagne: Suite In D Major: II. Allemande
La Guitarre Royalle Dediee Au Roy De La Grande Bretagne: Suite In D Major: III. Courante
La Guitarre Royalle Dediee Au Roy De La Grande Bretagne: Suite In D Major: V. Chacone
Livre De Pieces: Prelude
Livre De Pieces: Allemande
Livre De Pieces: Courante
Livre De Pieces: Sarabande
Livre De Pieces: Gigue
Livre De Pieces: Bouree
Instruccion De Musica Sobre La Guitarra Espanola: Preludio O Capricho Arpeado Por La X
Instruccion De Musica Sobre La Guitarra Espanola: Passacagles Por La X
Poema Harmonico: Canario
Poema Harmonico: Passacaglia De 7 Tono
Poema Harmonico: Passacaglia De 8 Tono
Poema Harmonico: Marionas

UPC: 4015023242876
Label: Accent Records
Release Date: 5.13.14
Format: CD

Pierre Pitzl - Rome Paris Madrid European Baroque Guitar Music (CD)