John W. Duarte: Complete Works for Guitar Quartet (2CD)

John W. Duarte 1919-2004

Complete Works for Guitar Quartet

CD1 Original Works                                                                                                                                                      52’12

Concerto Democratico Op.108

1. I. Ritmico 2’50
2. II. Adagio 3’50
3. III. Con brio 1’46

4. Ballade Op.53 4’19

Diptych No.1 Op.80

5. I. Aria 4’56
6. II. Toccata 2’26

Tentos I Op.63*

7. I. Sostenuto 4’58
8. II. Calmo 4’04
9. III. – 4’31

Going Dutch Op.36

10. I. Windmill 1’12
11. II. Pastorale 0’56
12. III. March 1’18
13. IV. Carillon 1’31
14. V. Dutch Dance 1’40

Little Suite No.1 Op.68

15. I. Anglaise 0’53
16. II. Sarabande 2’25
17. III. Bourrée 1’17
18. IV. Gigue 1’08

English Suite No.3 Op.78

19. I. Rufty Tufty 1’29
20. II. The Crystal Spring 2’02
21. III. The Black Nag 1’53

CD2 Arrangements & Transcriptions                                                                                                                           63’26

John W. Duarte

Sonatina di Primavera Op.27a

1. I. Allegretto molto lirico ma facile 2’31
2. II. Espressivo 3’55
3. III. Vivo 2’24

Americana Op.96a

4. I. Broadway 2’17
5. II. Work song & Blues 4’44
6. III. Hoe-Down 2’56

Moraviana No.2 Op.146*

7. I. Kdo si tu pěsničku zazpívá (Who is singing the song?) 1’19
8. II. Ach, bože moj (Oh, my God) 3’00
9. III. Co sa to šupóce (Polka antojadizo) (What is happening behind the barn?) 1’40

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky 1840-1893

Three pieces from Album for the Young Op.39*

10. A Winter Morning 1’06
11. The New Doll 0’39
12. The Old Wife’s Tale 0’46

Four pieces from Album for the Young Op.39*

13. March of the wooden soldiers 0’54
14. In Church 2’01
15. Dolly is ill 1’46
16. The Hobby-Horse 0’41

Frederick Delius 1862-1934

17. Serenade from Hassan* 1’54

Michael Praetorius 1571-1621

Four French Dances*

18. I. Courante 0’47
19. II. Ballet 1’34
20. III. Galliarde 1’02
21. IV. Galliarde 0’55

John W. Duarte

Four Elizabethan Pieces*

22. Anon: La shy myze 0’58
23. Richard Edwards (1525-1566): When griping griefs 0’50
24. William Byrd (1543-1623): Coranto 1’09
25. Anon: La doune cella 1’03

Four pieces from The Mulliner Book*

26. Anon: My friends 0’58
27. Richard Edwards: O, the syllye man 1’29
28. Anon: I smyle to see howe you devyse 0’39
29. Thomas Tallis (1505-1585): Ffonde youthe is a bubble 1’15

Four French Renaissance Dances*

30. Anon: Au joli bois (Gaillarde) 1’00
31. Anon: Premier Bransle de la guerre 0’54
32. Anon: Almande 0’56
33. Anon: Allemande Courrante 1’22

Three French Renaissance Works*

34. Claudin de Sermisy (1490-1562): Amour me voyant 0’48
35. Claudin de Sermisy: De vous servir 1’16
36. Guillaume le Heurteur (fl. 1530-1545): Trois Jeunes Bourgeoises 1’11

Tack för Allt (Thanks for everything)*

37. Heinrich Schütz (1585-1672): Allas ögon vänta på dig, Herre 0’41
38. Francis Pilkington (c. 1570-1638): Downe a downe 1’05
39. J.S. Bach (1685-1750): Chorale (Dir, dir Jehovah will ich singen) BWV299 0’50
40. J.W. Duarte: 3444 0’54
41. From Hesse, Germany: Tack Gud att Brödet 1’03

Two English Traditional Songs*

42. I. Sing Ivy 1’33
43. II. The Scolding Wife 1’07

*first recordings

Quartetto Santórsola

Antonio Rugolo, Angelo Gillo,

Vincenzo Zecca, Livio Grasso guitars