Segovia plays Guitar Concerto

Side 1

• Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Concerto for Guitar. and Orchestra, Op. 99, I. Allegretto giusto (July 11-12, 1949)
  
• Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Concerto for Guitar. and Orchestra, Op. 99, II. Andantino - Alla romanza (July 11-12, 1949)
  
• Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Concerto for Guitar. and Orchestra, Op. 99, III. Ritmico e cavalleresco (July 11-12, 1949)
  

Side 2

• Manuel Ponce: Sonatina Meridional, I. Campo: Allegretto (June 29-30, 1949)
  
• Manuel Ponce: Sonatina Meridional, II. Copla: Andante (June 29-30, 1949)
  
• Manuel Ponce: Sonatina Meridional, III. Fiesta: Allegro con brio (June 29-30, 1949)
  
• Jorge Gómez Crespo: Norteña (June 22, 1949)
  
• Federico Moreno Tórroba: Suite Castellana, No. 2, Arada, (June 27, 1949)
  
• Federico Moreno Tórroba: Suite Castellana, No. 1, Fandanguillo (June 27, 1949)
  
• Joaquín Turina: Fandanguillo, Op. 36 (June 27, 1949)
  

LP

Columbia, 33FCX 127 (France), Columbia, 33QCX 127 (Italy)

(The French and Italian release eliminated the Villa-Lobos etudes and Ponce's "Rondo on a Theme by Sor" and added another recording from the June 1949 recording sessions in London, "Norteña" by Jorge Gómez Crespo.)

Andrés Segovia - The New London Orchestra with Alec Sherman

Recorded: June and July 1949

• June 27 - side 2, selections 4-6
  
• June 29-30 - side 2, selections 1-3
  
• July 11-12 - side 1, selections 1-3
  

Location: London, England

Instrument: Guitar

Orchestra: The New London Orchestra (selections 1-3, Side 1)

Conductor: Alec Sherman

Guitar solos all selections on Side 2

Producer:

Recording Engineer:

Label: Columbia

Released: 1949-50

Side 1

• Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Concerto for Guitar. and Orchestra, Op. 99, I. Allegretto giusto
  
• Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Concerto for Guitar. and Orchestra, Op. 99, II. Andantino - Alla romanza
  
• Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Concerto for Guitar. and Orchestra, Op. 99, III. Ritmico e cavalleresco
  

Side 2

• Manuel Ponce: Sonatina Meridional, I. Campo: Allegretto
  
• Manuel Ponce: Sonatina Meridional, II. Copla: Andante
  
• Manuel Ponce: Sonatina Meridional, III. Fiesta: Allegro con brio
  
• Federico Moreno Tórroba: Suite Castellana, No. 2, Arada
  
• Federico Moreno Tórroba: Suite Castellana, No. 1, Fandanguillo
  
• Joaquín Turina: Fandanguillo, Op. 36
  

LP

Columbia, 33 CX 1020

(while this was a proper LP, it had a total running time per side more consistent with an EP or 10-inch LP)

Webmaster's notes:

The 1949 London sessions for the Columbia label

Andrés Segovia arrived in London preparing to record the Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco's concerto, Concerto for Guitar and Orchestra, No. 1 in D major, Op. 99. The concerto was composed in 1939, just before Castelnuovo-Tedesco moved to the US and he dedicated the work to Andrés Segovia. He had been performing it for a few years and some of the earlier reviews of performances had been mixed.  In 1949, the concerto was 10 years old and Segovia felt that it was now ready to preserve on vinyl. He chose to record the concerto for the Columbia label. While the Castelnuovo-Tedesco concerto would be the focal point of the Columbia recording sessions and would always be issued on Side 1 with no other selections (until the HMV Treasury reissue in 1978), Side 2 would require additional material. Two weeks prior to recording the concerto, Segovia recorded a number of solo guitar pieces to fill the second side of the release. He recorded more solo pieces than would fit on one side of a vinyl LP so Columbia issued the LP in different countries with different track listings on Side 2.

Side 1 (all LP releases would place the concerto on Side 1 by itself until the HMV Treasury reissue in 1978)

• Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Concerto for Guitar. and Orchestra, Op. 99, I. Allegretto giusto (July 11-12, 1949)
  
• Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Concerto for Guitar. and Orchestra, Op. 99, II. Andantino - Alla romanza (July 11-12, 1949)
  
• Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Concerto for Guitar. and Orchestra, Op. 99, III. Ritmico e cavalleresco (July 11-12, 1949)
  

Side 2 (a combination of the solo guitar recordings from the June 1949 London sessions to be used on side 2)

• Jorge Gómez Crespo: Norteña (June 22, 1949)
  
• Federico Moreno Tórroba: Suite Castellana, No. 2, Arada, (June 27, 1949)
  
• Federico Moreno Tórroba: Suite Castellana, No. 1, Fandanguillo (June 27, 1949)
  
• Joaquín Turina: Fandanguillo, Op. 36 (June 27, 1949)
  
• Heitor Villa-Lobos: Etude No. 8 in C-Sharp Minor (June 27, 1949)
  
• Heitor Villa-Lobos: Etude No. 1 in E Minor (June 27, 1949)
  
• Manuel Ponce: Sonata Clásica -  IV. Allegro (Rondo on a Theme by Sor) (June 29, 1949)
  
• Manuel Ponce: Sonatina Meridional, I. Campo (Allegretto) (June 29-30, 1949)
  
• Manuel Ponce: Sonatina Meridional, II. Copla (Andante) (June 29-30, 1949)
  
• Manuel Ponce: Sonatina Meridional, III. Fiesta (Allegro con brio) (June 29-30, 1949)
  
• Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Tarantella, Op. 87, No. 1 (June 30, 1949)
  

Unreleased recording from the 1949 London Sessions

• Johann Sebastian Bach: Partita No. 1 in B minor, BWV 1002 - IV. Bourrée I (Tempi de Bore) (June 27, 1949)
  
• Johann Sebastian Bach: Partita No. 1 in B minor, BWV 1002 - IV. Bourrée II (Tempi de Bore/Double) (June 27, 1949)
  
• Fernando Sor: Six Divertimentos, Op. 2, No. Andantino (June 21, 1949)
  
• Andrés Segovia: Estudio Remembranza (June 30, 1949)
  

All 18 tracks are included in a 1994 CD release titled Andrés Segovia The Complete 1949 London Recordings (including unpublished material)

Side 1

• Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Concerto for Guitar. and Orchestra, Op. 99, I. Allegretto giusto (July 11-12, 1949)
  
• Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Concerto for Guitar. and Orchestra, Op. 99, II. Andantino - Alla romanza (July 11-12, 1949)
  
• Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Concerto for Guitar. and Orchestra, Op. 99, III. Ritmico e cavalleresco (July 11-12, 1949)
  

Side 2

• Joaquín Turina: Fandanguillo, Op. 36 (June 27, 1949)
  
• Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Tarantella, Op. 87, No. 1 (June 30, 1949)
  
• Federico Moreno Tórroba: Suite Castellana, No. 2, Arada, (June 27, 1949)
  
• Federico Moreno Tórroba: Suite Castellana, No. 1, Fandanguillo (June 27, 1949)
  
• Jorge Gómez Crespo: Norteña (June 22, 1949)
  
• Heitor Villa-Lobos: Etude No. 8 in C-Sharp Minor (June 27, 1949)
  
• Heitor Villa-Lobos: Etude No. 1 in E Minor (June 27, 1949)
  

LP
Columbia, 33FCX PM 30357 (France)
This French release added another recording from the June 1949 recording sessions in London that had not been included in other Columbia releases, "Tarantella" by Castelnuovo-Tedesco.

Side 1

• Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Concerto for Guitar. and Orchestra, Op. 99, I. Allegretto giusto (July 11-12, 1949)
  
• Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Concerto for Guitar. and Orchestra, Op. 99, II. Andantino - Alla romanza (July 11-12, 1949)
  
• Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Concerto for Guitar. and Orchestra, Op. 99, III. Ritmico e cavalleresco (July 11-12, 1949)
  
• Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Tarantella, Op. 87, No. 1 (June 30, 1949)
  

Side 2

• Manuel Ponce: Sonatina Meridional, I. Campo (Allegretto) (June 29-30, 1949)
  
• Manuel Ponce: Sonatina Meridional, II. Copla (Andante) (June 29-30, 1949)
  
• Manuel Ponce: Sonatina Meridional, III. Fiesta (Allegro con brio) (June 29-30, 1949)
  
• Jorge Gómez Crespo: Norteña (June 22, 1949)
  
• Federico Moreno Tórroba: Suite Castellana, No. 2, Arada, (June 27, 1949)
  
• Federico Moreno Tórroba: Suite Castellana, No. 1, Fandanguillo (June 27, 1949)
  
• Joaquín Turina: Fandanguillo, Op. 36 (June 27, 1949)
  
• Heitor Villa-Lobos: Etude No. 8 in C-Sharp Minor (June 27, 1949)
  
• Heitor Villa-Lobos: Etude No. 1 in E Minor (June 27, 1949)
  

LP

EMI - HMV Treasury, HLM 7134 - 1978 Reissue

Side 2 contains all the selections included in all the prior releases except for Manuel Ponce's "Rondo on a Theme by Sor".

Liner note of this 1978 reissue was written by John Duarte in 1978.

Andrés Segovia: Estudio Remembranza (June 30, 1949)

with The New London Orchestra with Alec Sherman

Side 1

• Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Concerto for Guitar. and Orchestra, Op. 99, I. Allegretto giusto (July 11-12, 1949)
  
• Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Concerto for Guitar. and Orchestra, Op. 99, II. Andantino - Alla romanza (July 11-12, 1949)
  
• Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Concerto for Guitar. and Orchestra, Op. 99, III. Ritmico e cavalleresco (July 11-12, 1949)
  

Side 2

• Manuel Ponce: Rondo on a Theme by Sor (from first movement of Sonata Classique) (June 1949)
  
• Heitor Villa-Lobos: Etude No. 8 in C-Sharp Minor (June 27, 1949)
  
• Heitor Villa-Lobos: Etude No. 1 in E Minor (June 27, 1949)
  
• Manuel Ponce: Sonatina Meridional, I. Campo: Allegretto (June 29-30, 1949)
  
• Manuel Ponce: Sonatina Meridional, II. Copla: Andante (June 29-30, 1949)
  
• Manuel Ponce: Sonatina Meridional, III. Fiesta: Allegro con brio (June 29-30, 1949)
  
• Federico Moreno Tórroba: Suite Castellana, No. 2, Arada, (June 27, 1949)
  
• Federico Moreno Tórroba: Suite Castellana, No. 1, Fandanguillo (June 27, 1949)
  
• Joaquín Turina: Fandanguillo, Op. 36 (June 27, 1949)
  

LP

Columbia Masterworks, ML 4732, 1953

(This LP kept Side A the same as the initial release but took advantage of the space and added additional recordings to Side B from the June 1949 recording sessions in London. Ponce's "Rondo on a Theme by Sor" and two etudes by Villa-Lobos were added).

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