10 CD box set celebrating one of the great virtuosos of the 20th century,

the Spanish classical guitarist Andrés Segovia.

The master guitarist shows the complete range of his skill across ten original albums recorded between 1949 and 1962. Numerous compositions which now belong to the classical guitar repertoire were originally written for Segovia, among them works by Manuel Ponce, Federico Moreno Torroba, Joaquín Rodrigo, Fernando Sor, Joaquin Turina and Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco. These and other pieces, for instance by Grieg, Schubert, Rameau, Franck, Schumann and Chopin, can be heard in this collection.

No other guitarist changed the image of this instrument as much as Andrés Segovia. His influence on the development and importance of classical guitar playing in the 20th century was immense. Through his perfect technique and style Segovia set new standards in the modern art of guitar playing. At the same time he was instrumental in widening and increasing the quality of its repertoire. He arranged music from the Baroque and Classical epochs and his colossal series of transcriptions and editions laid the foundations for the renaissance of the guitar in the 20th century. His Bach arrangements amounted to a musical revelation not only for admirers of that great Baroque master's music.

anon.: Canzone e Saltarello
Aguirre: Cancion
Albéniz: Asturias (from Suite espanola, Op. 47)
Albéniz: Granada (from Suite española No. 1, Op. 47)
Albéniz: Sevilla (from Suite Española, Op. 47)
Albéniz: Torre Bermeja (No. 12 from Piezas Características, Op. 92)
Bach, C P E: Siciliana in F sharp minor
Bach, J S: Partita for solo violin No. 2 in D minor, BWV1004: Chaconne
Bach, J S: Sonata for solo violin No. 1 in G minor, BWV1001
Brahms: Waltz, Op. 39 No. 8 in B flat major
Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Capriccio diabolico, Op. 85 (Homage to Paganini)
Chopin: Prelude Op. 28 No. 7 in A major
Couperin, L: Passacaille in G minor
Falla: Homenaje a Debussy
Frescobaldi: Aria detta la Frescobalda (1627)
Frescobaldi: Corrente
Giuliani, Mauro: Sonata in C major, Op. 15: Allegro spiritoso
Gluck: Dance of the Blessed Spirits (from Orfeo ed Euridice)
Granados: Danza española, Op. 37 No. 5 'Andaluza'
Granados: Danza española, Op. 37 No. 10 'Melancólica'
Granados: Tonadillas: No. 7, La maja de Goya
Grieg: Lyric Pieces Op. 47: No. 3 - Melody
Handel: Gavotte in G major, HWV491
Handel: Minuet in G major, HWV531
Llobet: Dos Canciones catalanas: El Noi de la Mare; El Testamento de Amelia
Malats: Serenata espanola
Mendelssohn: Song without Words, Op. 19b No. 6 in G minor 'Venetianisches Gondellied'
Milán: Fantasia XVI
Milán: Pavana
Milán: Tres Pavana
Mudarra: Romanesca
Pedrell, C: Guitarreo
Ponce, M: Allemande
Ponce, M: Andantino variato on a theme by Paganini
Ponce, M: Mexican Folksong No. 3 La Valentina
Ponce, M: Prelude / Ballet and Gigue (originally attributed to S.L. Weiss)
Ponce, M: Prelude for Guitar and Harpsichord in E major
Ponce, M: Prelude No. 2 in A minor
Ponce, M: Prelude No. 7 in A major
Ponce, M: Prelude No. 8 in F sharp major
Ponce, M: Prelude No. 9 in E major
Ponce, M: Prelude No. 11 in B major
Ponce, M: Prelude No. 13 in F sharp major
Ponce, M: Theme Varie et Finale
Rameau: Menuet in G minor
Schumann: Frühlingsgruss Op. 79/4
Sor: Grande Sonate, Op. 25, "Guitar Sonata No. 2"
Sor: Grande Sonate, Op. 25, "Guitar Sonata No. 2": Allegro non troppo
Sor: Introduction and Variations on a Theme by Mozart, Op. 9
Tansman: Cavatina
Tárrega: Danza Mora
Tárrega: Minuet
Torroba: Albada
Torroba: Burgalesa
Torroba: Madroños
Torroba: Nocturno
Torroba: Serenata burlesca
Torroba: Sonatina in A major for solo guitar
Villa-Lobos: Etude for Guitar, W 235 No. 7 in E major
Villa-Lobos: Prelude No. 1 in E minor
Visée: Entrada y Giga; Bourrée y Minueto
Visée: Suite in D minor