Robert de Visée: Excerpts from "Livre de pièces pour la guitare" Manuel Maria Ponce: Courante from Suite in D major Recorded in the Freemason's Hall | Edinburgh, 28.08.1955 Live performance
Magnificent playing and a rich sumptuous tone. What's being presented as a "prelude" here is actually a super-slowed and rubato version of the "Minuet I" from Suite 9, with thicker harmonies added. And in the middle of the "Minuet" here, he plays a transposed version of the "Minuet" from Visee's Suite #12 in E minor.
In this performance, Segovia interpolates six pieces by de Visée with the Courante from Ponce’s Suite in D major. ROBERT DE VISÉE (1650 - 1725) 00:00 | I. Prélude (Minuet I) from Suite n. 9 01:53 | II. Allemande from Suite n. 9 04:10 | III. Bourrée from Suite n. 9 04:48 | IV. Sarabande from Suite n. 9 06:36 | V. Minuet in D major - Minuet I from suite n. 12 MANUEL MARIA PONCE (1882 - 1948) 08:24 | VI. Courante from suite n. 2 in D major
