Since the Renaissance many composers have use the word “fantasy” as a title for pieces outside of the traditional musical forms. Fiesta presents three very different fantasies by Spanish composers Fernando Sor and Joaquin Rodrigo and Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos.
Three Fantasies
Guitarist Nicholas Goluses
Playlist
Fantaisie Elegiaque, Op. 59, by Fernando Sor
Nicholas Goluses, guitar
Fantasia for Saxophone, W. 490, by Heitor Villa-Lobos
Yuli Turovsky, soprano saxophone; I Musici de Montréal
Fantasia para un Gentilhombre, by Joaquín Rodrigo
John Williams, guitar; Philharmonia Orchestra; Louis Frémaux, conductor
Romanesca, “Guárdame las vacas”, by Alonso de Mudarra
Toyohiko Satoh, vihuela
