IDAGIO | Castelnuovo-Tedesco, M.: Music for Two Guitars, Vol. 2 - Fuga Elegiaca / Les Guitares Bien Temperees: Nos. 13-24 747313077977

Featuring

João Luiz
Douglas Lora
Brasil Guitar Duo
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco

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Composition History

Castelnuovo-Tedesco's interest in writing for the guitar began after meeting Andrés Segovia, a renowned classical guitarist, in Venice in 1932.

Performer Biography

The Brasil Guitar Duo, the performers on this album, won the 2006 Concert Artists Guild International Competition.

Composition History

The composer dedicated his Preludes and Fugues, Op. 199, to the famous French guitar duo Ida Presti and Alexandre Lagoya, who inspired his works for two guitars.

Compositional Technique

Castelnuovo-Tedesco's "The Well-Tempered Guitars" is a set of 24 Preludes and Fugues for two guitars, organized by selecting keys in a cycle of rising fifths, alternating major and minor.

Composer Biography

Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, the composer, was forced to leave Italy in 1939 due to Mussolini's anti-Jewish edicts and settled in California.

Composer Biography

After moving to California, Castelnuovo-Tedesco became a film music composer and taught notable pupils like Henry Mancini, Nelson Riddle, André Previn, and John Williams at the Los Angeles Conservatory of Music.