Re: Carlos Barbosa-Lima Scarlatti Sonatas recording

Hi Mark, 

The Mignone etude you're talking about with the triplets is the first 
one in A minor marked Vivo. It has a time signature of 2 over 2 . 
Maestro CB-L is very fond of these pieces and on several occasions 
played almost all of them for me in my lessons. My favorite and the one 
that I worked on the most with him was #5 marked Vagaroso (slow/vague) 
in A minor which reminds me both of Led Zep's "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You" 
and Harrison's "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" - it's got that mournful 
feeling with haunting lyricism and some of the chord changes are 
similar. Beautiful piece, I play it often. Etude #6 is a wonderful piece 
too with a very catchy melody and a bouncy rhythmic section with the 
melody in the bass - sorta like Brazilian country music.

I have a live recording taped off the radio that has him playing a few 
of the Mignone etudes (1, 5 & 6  I think), it's a wonderful concert. He 
also plays the Sonatina by Albert Harris, a light but very pleasant 
piece with a very sweet middle movement.

Vagaroso is the expression marking that Villa-Lobos uses in the Prelude 
to his Bachianas Brasileiras # 9 for string orchestra-"vagaroso e 
mistico" (vague and mysterious)


Take care,

Aryeh

http://www.aryeheller.com




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> I saw it maybe 4 or 5 times when I was in my mid -teens.  I
> swear, I thought carlos must be a superstar. It was great to see classical
> guitar get that exposure. 
> I think the mignone etude he played was in the first volume. It is slow has
> these nice triplets in the melodic line. Unfortunately. I only have the second
> volume. I thought it should be entitled "Ballade" . hey, maybe it does have
> that title or maybe I made it up.
> Does someone have the score???
> mark