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Product Details:
Audio CD Release Date:
August 15, 2000
Studio:
Naxos
Composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach, Manuel Ponce, Stjepan Sulek, Francisco Tarrega, William Walton
Number Of Discs:
1
Average Customer Rating:
based on 18 reviews
Track Listing:
1.
Prelude
2.
Loure
3.
Gavotte en rondeau
4.
Menuet I / Menuet II
5.
Bourree
6.
Gigue
Customer Reviews:
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Very few times in a lifetime...Dec 26, 2007 This is how John Duarte described the privilege of listening to the performance of this exceptional young girl at the Albert Augustine Memorial International Guitar Competition in Bath, England. Indeed, there are few words that could describe the surprise one may experience after seeing the fragile demeanor of this child, when the first notes of the Prelude to the Partita in E Major start without a warning. A stunning velocity and technical perfection combined with unexpected maturity and deep and profound understanding of the music give the listener over an hour of exquisite musical pleasure. She is absolutely brilliant, perhaps one of the greatest performers ever, in the tradition of Barrios, Luise Walker, Ida Presti and Alexandre Lagoya.
1 of 2 found the following review helpful:
DreamyDec 31, 2006 I've had the recording for a while and I saw her live too. The recording is a nice interpretation of Bach because of the speed of the pieces. I met her after I saw her live in '05 and she is a total doll. Buy it even if you don't like classical cuz it will change your mind.
7 of 7 found the following review helpful:
Remarkable young artistJul 05, 2006 This CD is a stunning debut recording by one of the most gifted young guitarists to appear in some time. Her technical abilities are of the highest level. Anyone that can play the Prelude to the 4th Lute Suite this briskly AND musically is above most criticism. And I have been playing the 4th Lute Suite for thirty years myself.
Now, of course Ana Vidovic has lots of room to grow aesthetically--how could it not be so, as she made this recording before she was twenty years old? For example, the Sonata Romantica suffers a bit from excess impetus. She almost never lets the music breath and in this music, hommage to Schubert as it is, expansiveness is inherent to the style. But let us also praise her choice of repertoire. She has unerringly chosen very fine pieces from the repertoire, which is not always the case. Her Walton Bagatelles are remarkable, showing a panache that we are used to hearing only from Julian Bream, for whom they were written.
One thing that Ana Vidovic has in spades is a real ear for harmonic progression--this is one of the many things that sets this recording apart from many others by those with velocity and fingers and little else.
So, my advice is to purchase this recording. I doubt very much that you will regret it and you will be hearing a lot more from this artist over the years.
2 of 10 found the following review helpful:
Stunning technique, needs much workJun 25, 2006 This performer deserves all the latitude necessary, as she may yet develop into a relevant, insightful, and original interpreter of the music she offers. I truly hope she does not choose to compete with Eliot Fisk in the Indy-500 or the 24-Hours of Le Mans. Based on the samples, I won't be buying this CD as I can program my computer to play just as fast or even faster, and just as clear. Instead, I recommend the Frank Bungarten recording (also available on Amazon). But Ana Vidovic does show a lot of promise, and deserves encouragement.
3 of 4 found the following review helpful:
Best version of the Prelude BWV 1006 for GuitarMay 21, 2006 For anyone following ALL previous versions of Bach's Fourth Lute Suite (Williams, Barrueco, Galbraith, Russell, and a long etc) Vidovic deserves a place of her own. Her playing is superb: it has energy, character, precision and strength enough to deceive anybody ignoring she was barely 19 at the time of the recording. If you do not have this CD buy it now. Bear in mind it is not Sony, or BMG with their outstanding sound engineers, but Vidovic makes up for all that absence. She is part of a new generation of croatian world class virtuosi and in my opinion, a clear step forward in Classical Guitar Playing.
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