This beautiful classical guitar solo was written when Cuban composer Leo Brouwer (b. 1939) was only 15 years old. The influence of Bach pervades this nostalgic Prelude to create a sentimental masterpiece crafted only within Brouwer's first few months of attempting composition.
While Brouwer’s music would shift to the avant-garde in the the 60s and 70s, his style made an abrupt return to the Neo-Romantic simplicity of works like this later in his career, though generally infused with a more overt Afro-Cuban influence and experimental harmonic palette. Brouwer continues to be one of the most widely performed and celebrated composers in the guitar canon, and it’s hard to imagine a better piece to represent the dawn of his long and illustrious career than this Prelude.
Performed by Jonathan Godfrey - www.TampaBayGuitar
Guitar — Double-top Cedar/CSAR by Jim Redgate
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