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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 No.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)
CAPRICHOS No. 8 (2010) (11’) (five short pieces base on Albeniz’ piano compositions) prem. Adam Levin.

Formas (Shapes) (1996) (2’) (Beteca Music).

Insistencies (1990) (8’) (Beteca Music)

 

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ELEMENTALIS (1972) (7’) Several perf. by several organists. (G.Schirmer)

THE SEVEN LAST WORDS (1963) Prem. Monserrat Torrent (General Music - EMI)

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MUSICA EN CUATRO TIEMPOS (8’)(1959) (LP rec. on Serenus Records)(CD Naxos Records 2012 perf. by Pablo Amorós) (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(CD Naxos Records 2012 perf. by Pablo Amorós) (G.Schirmer)

PRELUDIS OBSTINANTS(1979) (9’) many perf. prominently by Alicia de Larrocha. (CD Naxos Records 2012 perf. by Pablo Amorós) (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.

MINI-MINIATURES (2010) (ca. 6’) prem. Pablo Amorós. (CD Naxos Records 2012 perf. by Pablo Amorós) (Beteca Music)

ALAIRVING VARIATION (2006) (ca. 3’) (short variation on Irving Berlin’s “They say It’s Wonderful”) prem. Pablo Amorós. (CD Naxos Records 2012 perf. by Pablo Amorós) (Beteca Music)

TRANSPARENCY OF CHOPIN’S FIRST BALLADE (1977) (10’) (G.Schirmer) Prem. A. di Bonaventura (CD rec. on New World Records) (CD Naxos Records 2012 perf. by Pablo Amorós)

"(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. (CD Naxos Records 2012 perf. by Pablo Amorós)

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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) 

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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)

CAPRICHOS No. 9 (2011) (6’) ( a French-Canadian and a Japanese folk melody are used in a collage-like manner) prem. by Rebecca Mac Leod.

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ADAGIO No. 1 (2003) (ca. 7’) cello (based on a Negro-Spiritual)  (Beteca Music)

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