Arranger(s): Smith, Johan
Artist(s): Smith, Johan
Label: Naxos
Series: Guitar Collection
Genre: Instrumental
Period: 20th Century; Classical; Contemporary; Romantic
Catalogue No: 8.574442
Barcode: 747313444274
Release Date: 07/2023

Guitar Music - DEBUSSY, C. / GRANADOS, E. / MOZART, W.A. / SCHUBERT, F. / SCHUMANN, R. (Children's Corner)

Multi-award-winning guitarist Johan Smith has considerably extended his instrument’s repertoire with this selection of transcriptions celebrating childhood in a variety of ways. These popular piano works – Schubert’s Erlkönig, Granados’s atmospheric Tales of Youth, Mozart’s elegant Sonata facile, Schumann’s Scenes from Childhood and the exquisitely sensitive and insightful miniatures of Debussy’s Children’s Corner – are presented in a totally natural and idiomatic manner within the guitar’s distinctly expressive soundworld.

Tracklist

Schubert, Franz
Smith, Johan - Arranger
Smith, Johan (guitar)
1Erlkönig, Op. 1, D. 328 (arr. J. Smith for guitar)04:22
Smith, Johan (guitar)
Debussy, Claude
Smith, Johan - Arranger
Smith, Johan (guitar)
2I. Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum03:07
Smith, Johan (guitar)
3II. Jimbo's Lullaby03:36
Smith, Johan (guitar)
4III. Serenade for the Doll02:46
Smith, Johan (guitar)
5IV. The Snow is Dancing02:48
Smith, Johan (guitar)
6V. The Little Shepherd02:54
Smith, Johan (guitar)
7VI. Golliwogg's Cakewalk03:38
Smith, Johan (guitar)
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
Smith, Johan - Arranger
Smith, Johan (guitar)
8I. Allegro03:55
Smith, Johan (guitar)
9II. Andante04:30
Smith, Johan (guitar)
10III. Rondo: Allegretto01:59
Smith, Johan (guitar)
Schumann, Robert
Smith, Johan - Arranger
Smith, Johan (guitar)
11No. 1. Von fremden Ländern und Menschen (Of Foreign Lands and Peoples)01:47
Smith, Johan (guitar)
12No. 2. Curiose Geschichte (A Curious Story)01:10
Smith, Johan (guitar)
13No. 3. Hasche-Mann (Blind Man's Bluff)00:43
Smith, Johan (guitar)
14No. 4. Bittendes Kind (Pleading Child)01:05
Smith, Johan (guitar)
15No. 5. Glückes genug (Happiness)01:18
Smith, Johan (guitar)
16No. 6. Wichtige Begebenheit (An Important Event)00:51
Smith, Johan (guitar)
17No. 7. Träumerei (Dreaming)02:46
Smith, Johan (guitar)
18No. 8. Am Camin (At the Fireside)00:54
Smith, Johan (guitar)
19No. 9. Ritter vom Steckenpferd (Knight of the Hobbyhorse)00:40
Smith, Johan (guitar)
20No. 10. Fast zu Ernst (Almost Too Serious)01:41
Smith, Johan (guitar)
21No. 11. Fürchtenmachen (Frightening)02:01
Smith, Johan (guitar)
22No. 12. Kind im Einschlummern (Child Falling Asleep)01:52
Smith, Johan (guitar)
23No. 13. Der Dichter spricht (The Poet Speaks)02:01
Smith, Johan (guitar)
Granados, Enrique
Smith, Johan - Arranger
Smith, Johan (guitar)
24No. 1. Dedicatoria (Dedication)01:01
Smith, Johan (guitar)
25No. 2. La mendiga (The Beggar Woman)02:44
Smith, Johan (guitar)
26No. 3. Canción de Mayo (May Song)02:05
Smith, Johan (guitar)
27No. 4. Cuento viejo (Old Tale)01:15
Smith, Johan (guitar)
28No. 5. Viniendo de la fuente (Coming From the Fountain)01:14
Smith, Johan (guitar)
29No. 6. —00:52
Smith, Johan (guitar)
30No. 7. Recuerdos de la infancia (Remembrance of Childhood)01:18
Smith, Johan (guitar)
31No. 8. El fantasma (The Phantom)02:35
Smith, Johan (guitar)
32No. 9. La huérfana (The Orphan)02:02
Smith, Johan (guitar)
33No. 10. Marcha (March)03:02
Smith, Johan (guitar)

Total Playing Time: 01:10:32