The Legendary Segovia

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The Legendary Segovia is a 1999 classical CD on EMI Classics featuring guitarist Andrés Segovia performing works by Bach and Enrique Granados. Recorded between 1927 and 1939, these sessions capture Segovia during his peak years of virtuosity and interpretive brilliance. The album opens with Bach transcriptions including the Cello Suite in G Major prelude, Partita No. 3 gavotte and rondo, and the Lute Prelude in C Minor, before moving into Granados compositions and other romantic and twentieth-century pieces that showcase Segovia’s mastery of the instrument.

This single CD contains eight tracks with a total runtime of approximately 21 minutes, compiled from Segovia’s historic 78 RPM recordings. The remastering work on these sessions is notably clean, presenting performances from nearly a century ago with remarkable clarity and presence. Acquire this piece of guitar history as a used CD from us and own a window into one of the twentieth century’s most influential classical musicians.