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

Total Playing Time: 01:10:32