Famous cycle of 24 preludes for guitar composed by Mexican composer Manuel María Ponce Cuéllar (1882 – 1948). The original plan was that Segovia and Ponce were going to co-author a Guitar Method. Ponce wrote 24 Preludes, in each major or minor key signature. The project never really got off the ground. Segovia felt that several of the preludes were too difficult for the audience of beginners. He transposed several of them into more fingerboard-friendly keys and recorded six of the Preludes for Decca in 1952. Laurindo Almeida recorded the other six for Capitol Records in around 1960. John Williams did all 12 for the Westminster label. Finally in 1980, Miguel Alcazar published a book of all 24 Preludes. http://www.el-atril.com/partitur ...
In video this is Sanja Plohl, Slovenian-born classical guitarist who is playing Preludes 1, 2, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11. Sanja studied under the guidance of such renowned guitarist as Zoran Dukić, , Eliot Fisk and Oscar Ghiglia. She earned her bachelor’s degree at The Rostock University of Music and Theatre, master’s degree at the Royal Conservatoire in The Hague and completed a postgraduate programme at University Mozarteum in Salzburg. She has won more than 30 international awards and has given recitals at important music festivals in London, Athens, Istanbul, Madrid, Lisbon, Barcelona, Seville, The Hague, Bournemouth, Vienna and Ljubljana.
Website: http://www.sanjaplohl.com/
