Tales Of Fate: 20th Century Rarities For Guitar – Christophe Dejour

Acclaimed guitarist Christophe Dejour brings together four works that were premiered many years after they were composed, due to unpredictable and, in some cases, fateful circumstances. Both Óscar Esplá’s ground-breaking Tempo di Sonata and Ignace Strasfogel’s monumental Prelude, Elegie and Rondo were written for Andrés Segovia but remained hidden for decades, while Alois Hába’s neglected Guitar Sonata is a fantastic work of the highest musical quality. Antonio José’s music was banned under the Franco regime in Spain, yet his extraordinary Guitar Sonata, composed in 1933 and only rediscovered in the late 1980s, is revealed as a true masterpiece.