Duets with Spanish Guitar

Duets with Spanish Guitar
Studio album by Laurindo Almeida
Released	1958
Genre	Classical
Length	55:18
Label	Capitol
Producer	Robert E Myers
Original 1958 cover

Duets with Spanish Guitar is an album by the Brazilian guitarist Laurindo Almeida, with the singer Salli Terri and the flautist Martin Ruderman. It was originally released by Capitol Records in 1958.

The recording has often been described as a masterpiece and won an award for Best Engineered Classical Album at the 1959 Grammy Awards for the recording engineer, Sherwood Hall III. The singer Salli Terri was also nominated for Best Classical Vocal Performance at the awards. Upon hearing her version of "Bachianas Brasilieras No 5" on the album, the composer Heitor Villa-Lobos stated that he considered it to be the best recorded performance of the work.^[1]

The album received extensive radio airplay and has sold consistently ever since it was released. Having originally been titled Duets with the Spanish Guitar, the current CD was released in 1990 and includes 6 bonus tracks from subsequent recordings.^[2] The Allmusic review awards the album with 3 stars.^[3]

Track listing

1. "Entr'acte" (Jacques Ibert) — 3:12
2. "Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5" (Heitor Villa-Lobos) — 2:24
3. "Ronde" (Emile Desportes) — 2:01
4. "Azulao" (Jayme Ovalle) — 1:28
5. "Prelude in E Minor" (Frédéric Chopin) — 2:13
6. "O Cacador" (Laurindo Almeida) — 1:47
7. "Pastorale Joyeuse" (Desportes) — 2:36
8. "Tres Pontos de Santo" (Ovalle) — 4:06
9. "Tambourin" (François-Joseph Gossec) — 1:26
10. "Boi-Bumbá" (Valdemar Henrique) — 1:35
11. "Sicilienne" (Gabriel Fauré) — 4:00
12. "Para Niñar" (Paurillo Barroso) — 2:20
13. "Pièce en Forme de Habanera" (Maurice Ravel) — 2:45
14. "Maracatu" (Ernani Braga) — 3:33
15. "Pavane pour une infante défunte" (Ravel) — [Bonus Track] 3:53
16. "Passarinho Está Cantando" (Francisco Mignone) — [Bonus Track] 1:23
17. "Modinha" (Bandeiro, Ovalle) — [Bonus Track] 2:20
18. "Waltz from the Serenade for Strings" (Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky) — [Bonus Track] 2:53
19. "Canción from Siete Canciones Populares Españolas" (Manuel de Falla) — [Bonus Track] 1:24
20. "Farrúca" (De Falla) — [Bonus Track] 2:38

• Engineered by Sherwood Hall III
• Produced by Robert E Myers

Personnel

• Laurindo Almeida - guitar
• Salli Terri - mezzo-soprano
• Martin Ruderman - flute

References

1. ^ salliterri.org: Duets with the Spanish Guitar (LP)
2. ^ salliterri.org: Duets with Spanish Guitar (CD)
3. ^ Allmusic Review: Duets with Spanish Guitar accessed 20 April 2010