Shand - Guitar Music
£14.20
In stock - available for despatch within 1 working day
Despatch Information
This despatch estimate is based on information from both our own stock and the UK supplier's stock.
If ordering multiple items, we will aim to send everything together so the longest despatch estimate will apply to the complete order.
If you would rather receive certain items more quickly, please place them on a separate order.
If any unexpected delays occur, we will keep you informed of progress via email and not allow other items on the order to be held up.
If you would prefer to receive everything together regardless of any delay, please let us know via email.
Pre-orders will be despatched as close as possible to the release date.
Label: Brilliant Classics
Cat No: 96435
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 3
Genre: Instrumental
Release Date: 10th December 2021
Contents
Works
A Forgotten Strain, op.116A Fragment from Improved Method, op.100
An Evening Reverie, op.54
Andante caprice, op.65
Andante espressivo, op.60
Andante in E major, op.86
Andante religioso, op.87
Au Coin de feu, op.202
Auf Wiedersehn, op.117
Autumn Leaves, op.129
Calme du soir et Berceuse, op.58
Chanson
Chant du soir
Cradle Song, op.99
Dance capriccio, op.28
Danse antique, op.88
Divertimento in A major, op.6
Fantaisie irlandaise, op.59
Farewell, op.10
Forever
Funeral March, op.89
Gavotte et Meditation, op.69
Gavotte rococo
Graceful Dance, op.29 no.2
Hungarian Dance, op.96
Impromptu, op.108
Introduction et Chanson, op.220
La Danse des nymphes, op.205
Legende, op.201
Marche triomphale, op.109
March in E minor, op.91
March of the Pixies, op.16
Mazurka in E minor, op.36
Mazurka russe, op.21
Melodie - Nocturne, op.51
Morceau lyrique no.1, op.97
Morceau lyrique no.2, op.104
Morceau lyrique no.3, op.111
Phyllis-Gavotte, op.200
Pieces (6)
Scene de Ballet, op.72
Songe d'amour, op.57
Songes d'ete, op.95
Sorrow and Song, op.70
Souvenir (A Memory), op.53
Study (from op.2)
Study (from op.19)
Study for the right hand (from op.41)
Study on repeated notes (from op.43)
The Gnomes, op.77
Tsigane, op.66
Vain Regrets, op.112
Valse legere
Varsovie mazurka, op.204
Artists
Alberto La Rocca (guitar)Works
A Forgotten Strain, op.116A Fragment from Improved Method, op.100
An Evening Reverie, op.54
Andante caprice, op.65
Andante espressivo, op.60
Andante in E major, op.86
Andante religioso, op.87
Au Coin de feu, op.202
Auf Wiedersehn, op.117
Autumn Leaves, op.129
Calme du soir et Berceuse, op.58
Chanson
Chant du soir
Cradle Song, op.99
Dance capriccio, op.28
Danse antique, op.88
Divertimento in A major, op.6
Fantaisie irlandaise, op.59
Farewell, op.10
Forever
Funeral March, op.89
Gavotte et Meditation, op.69
Gavotte rococo
Graceful Dance, op.29 no.2
Hungarian Dance, op.96
Impromptu, op.108
Introduction et Chanson, op.220
La Danse des nymphes, op.205
Legende, op.201
Marche triomphale, op.109
March in E minor, op.91
March of the Pixies, op.16
Mazurka in E minor, op.36
Mazurka russe, op.21
Melodie - Nocturne, op.51
Morceau lyrique no.1, op.97
Morceau lyrique no.2, op.104
Morceau lyrique no.3, op.111
Phyllis-Gavotte, op.200
Pieces (6)
Scene de Ballet, op.72
Songe d'amour, op.57
Songes d'ete, op.95
Sorrow and Song, op.70
Souvenir (A Memory), op.53
Study (from op.2)
Study (from op.19)
Study for the right hand (from op.41)
Study on repeated notes (from op.43)
The Gnomes, op.77
Tsigane, op.66
Vain Regrets, op.112
Valse legere
Varsovie mazurka, op.204
Artists
Alberto La Rocca (guitar)About
According to the guitarist Alberto La Rocca, Ernest Shand can be considered ‘one of the greatest composers for the guitar of all time’. Born into a musical family in Hull in 1868, Shand firstly learnt the rudiments of the instrument from his father before coming under the instruction of Catharina Pratten, a German guitarist who had performed as a child with Regondi and later with Gounod and Tárrega. She later married the English flautist Robert Sidney Pratten, settled in the UK and became known as ‘Madame Sidney Pratten’, and as one of the most celebrated guitar virtuosos of her day.
Shand quickly proved himself to be her most talented pupil, and Pratten declared that his compositions far surpassed her own. During his lifetime Shand was widely recognized as the greatest English classical guitarist and composer, but his music fell into obscurity soon after his death in 1924. His surviving output of 220 works reveals a guitar composer of great originality and charm who had a gift for spinning infectious melodies.
Many of these pieces were originally composed for Shand to perform himself on tours which took him afar as Australia. He retired from performance in 1897, however, after being assaulted at a concert in Nottingham by a Russian audience-member who had taken exception to a patriotic song. Thereafter he concentrated on composition, and his later music inflects his essentially Romantic style with bold modulations, modal writing and hints of the Impressionism that would become hallmarks of the revolution in guitar music wrought some decades later by Villa-Lobos above all.
The sentimental melodies and colourful harmonies of Shand's music impart a unique Victorian flavour which often seems to echo the sing-along anthems and nostalgia of English music halls. There is an instant, repeatable charm to the gently swaying rhythm of the Prélude et Impromptu; a teasing and memorable melancholy to the melody of the Morceau lyrique no.2; and a no less catchy wistfulness to the Légende which has survived on the fringes of the repertoire as probably his best known work.
In 2016 Brilliant Classics issued Alberto La Rocca’s collection of music (95369) by the most celebrated guitar virtuoso of the last century, Andres Segovia.
‘La Rocca’s technical facility cannot be faulted… We are fortunate to live in an era when these miniature master pieces have emerged from obscurity and when guitarists with the capabilities of Alberto La Rocca have embraced them, and found a place for them in recorded history for all to enjoy.’ – MusicWeb International
Error on this page? Let us know here
Need more information on this product? Click here