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Krzysztof Meisinger - Heitor Villa-Lobos: Melodia Sentimental; Guitar Concerto; Five Preludes (2012)

Posted By: Designol

Date: 31 Jan 2022 16:56:35

Krzysztof Meisinger - Heitor Villa-Lobos: Melodia Sentimental; Guitar Concerto; Five Preludes (2012)

The young Polish musician Krzysztof Meisinger (b. 1984) is one of the most fascinating and charismatic guitarists of his generation. With the legendary Academy of St Martin in the Fields under the direction of the Brazilian conductor José Maria Florêncio, he has recorded the famous Guitar Concerto of Heitor Villa-Lobos. In this work of 1951, Villa-Lobos paid eloquent homage to the guitar’s qualities as a concert instrument. The recording also includes the Five Preludes for solo guitar, and an arrangement of Melodia Sentimental for guitar, violin, and string orchestra. This programme – recorded at Abbey Road Studios in London! – ideally displays the flexibility of a young soloist ready to conquer the world with his bewitching playing.

Villa-Lobos’s Five Preludes (1940) are, alongside the Twelve Studies (1924 29; not included on this new disc), the cornerstones of the modern guitar repertory, with a rich recorded legacy from Gramophone Hall of Fame members Segovia (dedicatee of most), Bream and Williams not least, Turibio Santos, Yepes and many others.

Krzysztof Meisinger is certainly a fine player with a warm tone and enviable technique. His way with the Preludes is loving to the point of sensuality. Where most interpretations of the First (the homage to the Brazilian peasant) run at around the five-minute mark, Meisinger takes 6'20", quite convincingly. Nos 2 3 are similarly extended, the Bachian Third uneasily to a full 7'30". Yet in Nos 4 and 5 Meisinger is more up-tempo; comparisons with the often sedate Korhonen (with whose versions John Duarte was not wholly impressed) show that having trailed in Nos 1 3 by over two and a half minutes, Meisinger cuts the deficit by more than 60 seconds in Nos 4 5, yet without sounding rushed. For my money, Bream rules.

The Guitar Concerto is not the best of Villa-Lobos but Meisinger and the ASMF make as good a case for it as any performers I recall since, well, Romero and the ASMF! Tempo variations are less wide here and Fuga Libera’s rich recording makes this a happy recommendation; Moreno on EMI sounds thin and raw by comparison and even Korhonen does not dominate. The arrangement of Melodia sentimental (originally part of Floresta do Amazonas) is nicely delivered. The main drawback to Meisinger’s playing is the extraneous noises in the recording; while I am content to know the soloist breathes, I do not need to hear so prominently that he does.

Review by Guy Rickards, Gramophone

Heitor Villa-Lobos at Allmusic
Heitor Villa-Lobos at Wiki

Krzysztof Meisinger Website

Krzysztof Meisinger, guitar
Andrew Haveron, solo violin ([9])
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
José Maria Florêncio, conductor

Tracklist:

Five Preludes for guitar solo (1940), W419
01. Prelude No.1 in E minor (06:15)
02. Prelude No.2 in E major (03:57)
03. Prelude No.3 in A minor (07:30)
04. Prelude No.4 in E minor (03:50)
05. Prelude No.5 in D major (04:48)

Concerto for guitar and orchestra (1951), W502
06. I. Allegro preciso (06:03)
07. II. Andantino e andante (09:28)
08. III. Allegretto non troppo (04:58)

09. Melodia Sentimental (1958), W555 (03:43)
(Arrangement for guitar, violin and orchestra by Bernard Chmielarz)

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