Andrés Segovia - Andrés Segóvia In Portrait (DVD-V, Comp, RE, NTSC) (Very Good Plus (VG+))

Media Condition: Very Good Plus (VG+)
Sleeve Condition: Very Good Plus (VG+)

Notes:

Music By Bach, Albéniz, Scarlatti, Ponce, Torroba, Rameua, Granados and Others

Featuring Segovia At Los Olivos & The Song Of The Guitar

Spoken in English with subtitles in English, French, German, Spanish and Italian

This portrait celebrates the extraordinary quest of Andrés Segovia, the Andalusian par excellence who, in his childhood, efll in love with the sounds of the Spanish Guitarand within 20 years had elevated it from the status of a folk instrument to the highest levels of the international concert platform.His achievement is among the marvels of Western music.

The two very different Christopher Nupen films on this DVD are Segovia at Los Olivos, shot in Segovia's new home on the Costa del Sol in Andalucia in 1967, when he was 75, and thought by Segovia to be the best thing he ever did for television, and the prize-winning Andrés Segovia: The Song of the Guitar, filmed in Granada and the Palaces of the Alhambra in 1976 when the Grand Master was 84.

Running Time Aprox: 196 minutes

Comes with booklet with 24 pages, with texts in english, french and german

. Segovia At Los Olivos
1. Introduction By Christopher Nupen 3:11
2. The Opening Sequence 3:57
3. Bach 0:45
4. Sarabande And Gavotte 5:35
5. The Guitar Repertoire 3:38
6. Frederico Moreno Torroba 0:14
7. Fandanguillo 2:11
8. Tarrega, Torres, Ramirez 3:24
9. Ignacio Fleta 1:26
10. Fingernails 3:09
11. Linares 1:37
12. Granada 4:54
13. Andalucia And Its Poets 3:28
14. Platero Y Yo 5:19
15. Emilita Segovia 0:51
16. Albéniz And Granados 2:03
17. Danza In G 4:34
18. Concert Life 2:34
19. Looking Forward, Looking Back 4:21
20. End Credits 0:45
. Andrés Segovia: The Song Of The Guitar
1. Introduction By Christopher Nupen 7:12
2. Morning In Granada 1:26
3. The Sounds Of The Spanish Guitar 2:51
4. This Place Of Dreams 1:18
5. Tonadilla: La Maja De Goya 1:10
6. The First Call Of My Destiny 0:23
7. La Torre Bermeja 1:25
8. A Man Came To My House 1:17
9. Sonata 2:40
10. The Guitar Is Like An Orchestra 0:35
11. Minuet 3:18
12. The Gift For Music That Heaven Bestowed Upon Me 2:48
13. The Prevailing Idea During My Youth 0:41
14. Ballet 5:17
15. The First Concert Of My Life 2:07
16. Gavotte 4:12
17. The Hardest Task That I Assigned To Myself 1:55
18. Sonatina 4:08
19. My Life Has Been An Ascending Line 0:59
20. Leyenda 6:54
21. If I Had Selected Another Instrument 0:33
22. El Noy De La Mare (Catalan Melody) 1:07
23. End Credits 0:58
. Music Only Option
1. Gavotte 4:16
2. La Torre Bermeja 1:59
3. Sonata 2:45
4. Sonatina 4:12
5. Ballet 5:22
6. From Minuet 3:24
7. From Leyenda 6:59
8. Fandanguillo 2:18
9. Dansa In G 4:08
10. Sarabande And Gavotte 5:40
. Extra Films
1. Introduction By Christopher Nupen 1:19
2. Allegro Molto: A Montage Of Memorable Sequences From 25 Christopher Nupen Films 38:50

Barcode and Other Identifiers:

Barcode 8 09478 00931 3

Record Company Allegro Films

Location : GRCDWB138