Compositions for Solo Instruments
GUITAR ORGAN PIANO BANDONEON VIOLIN CELLO
ANALOGIAS (1967) (7’) . commissioned and prem. Narciso Yepes. Many perf. USA and Europe
(LP rec. on Deutsche Grammophon) (Beteca Music)
"A stark, 20th-century work that sounded written with Mr. Yepes’s instrument in mind."-The New York Times;"...’ "‘Analogias’ brought the evening to a brilliant close."-The Washington Post.
FOUR CATALAN MELODIES(1978) (9’) commissioned by Andres Segovia (Beteca Music)
LENTO WITH VARIATION (1960) (6’) prem. John Williams, London (Columbia Music Co.)
Several perf. by several guitarists.
MINIS (1975) (15’) (Beteca Music)
SUITE n.1(1961)(12’) prem. Narciso Yepes, Town Hall, New York City (Columbia Music Co.)
several perf. by several guitarists.
TRES DIVAGACIONES (1962)(9’) (G.Schirmer)
ELEMENTALIS (1972) (7’) Several perf. by several organists. (G.Schirmer)
THE SEVEN LAST WORDS (1963) Prem. Monserrat Torrent (General Music - EMI)
MUSICA EN CUATRO TIEMPOS(8’)(1959) (LP rec. on Serenus Records) (Gen.Mus-EMI)
Several perf. by several pianists.
PERSISTENCIES (1979)(9’) Obligatory work composed for and premiered at the Three Rivers Piano Competition Pittsburgh. Many performances (G.Schirmer)
PRELUDIS OBSTINANTS(1979) (9’) many perf. prominently by Alicia de Larrocha. (G.Schirmer)
"Balada provided a bold five-part piece of thunder...each section suggested how much the instrument can shape creative imagination."-The Philadelphia Inquirer; "The pieces are cleverly written, but not too clever to be enjoyable and have distinctive personality."-The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
TRANSPARENCY OF CHOPIN’S FIRST BALLADE (1977) (10’) (G.Schirmer)Prem. A. di Bonaventura (CD rec. on New World Records)
"(this work) is a trip in both drug-world usage and distance covered between one of Romanticism’s tenderest melodies and Balada’s untoward vehicle. To witness this behemoth striding its way to the Chopin’s initial utterance is worth the price of admission."-Fanfare-the Magazine for Serious Record Collectors.
CONTRASTES (2004) (ca. 6’) Commissioned for the Piano International Competition Ciudad de Jaen of 2005.
MINIS (6') (1969) prem. Alejandro Barletta, Town Hall,N.Y.C.
(Gen Mus-EMI)
GEOMETRIES n.3 (1968) (5') prem. A. Barletta , Town Hall, N.Y.C.
(Gen Mus-EMI)
ADAGIO No. 2 (2004) (ca. 4’) (based on a Catalan folk melody) (Beteca Music)
Adagio No. 1 (2006) (ca. 5’) (based on a negro-spiritual) (Beteca Music)
ADAGIO No. 1 (2003) (ca. 7’) cello (based on a Negro-Spiritual) (Beteca Music)