Jens-Uwe Popp - Spanienreise (2025) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

In 2020 – at a time when travel wasn't readily possible – this unusual journey of the mind was born, crossing the country and taking us to a variety of places.

The guitar is our guide. But it doesn't travel alone; instead, it gathers mandolin, double bass, and accordion, inviting us to make music together in duets. The music comes from Spain, often from the pen of the famous composer and pianist Enrique Granados, who lived from 1867 to 1916 and wrote for the piano. His compositions vividly capture the atmosphere of the country. In the arrangements with guitar and partner instruments, new pages are opened, and the sounds lead us to new places.

The central work is the "Valses Poeticos," which illuminate a different scene in each of the ten short movements.

In "Spain Journey," the guitar isn't just a guiding thread throughout the production—a specific instrument is the protagonist: a 1955 concert guitar from the workshop of master guitar maker Ricardo Sanchis-Carpio from Valencia.

The accompanying musicians, Jochen Roß on mandolin, Florian Dohrmann on double bass, and Alexander Pankow on button accordion, are all long-time and beloved collaborators and musicians. The electric guitar, which can match the accordion's volume and range, finds its place in the interplay with the accordion.

"Spain Journey" is a free journey that began in the mind and has now become audible, with impressions of Spain, echoes of jazz and classical music, and subtle emotionality.

Tracklist:
01. 12 Danzas españolas, Op. 37, H. 142: No. 3, Fandango - Zarabanda (Arr. for Guitar & Double Bass by Anonymous)
02. 12 Danzas españolas, Op. 37, H. 142: No. 4, Villanesca (Arr. for Guitar & Double Bass by Anonymous)
03. La próxima salida
04. 8 Valses poeticos, H. 147 (Arr. for Guitar, Mandolin & Accordion by Anonymous): No. 1, Melodico
05. 8 Valses poeticos, H. 147 (Arr. for Guitar & Mandolin by Anonymous): No. 2, Tempo de vals noble
06. 8 Valses poeticos, H. 147 (Arr. for Guitar & Double Bass by Anonymous): No. 3, Tempo de vals lento
07. 8 Valses poeticos, H. 147 (Arr. for Guitar & Accordion by Anonymous): No. 4, Allegro humoristico
08. 8 Valses poeticos, H. 147 (Arr. for Guitar & Mandolin by Anonymous): No. 5, Allegretto
09. 8 Valses poeticos, H. 147 (Arr. for Guitar by Anonymous): No. 6, Quasi ad libitum
10. 8 Valses poeticos, H. 147 (Arr. for Guitar & Mandolin by Anonymous): No. 7, Vivo
11. 8 Valses poeticos, H. 147 (Arr. for Guitar & Accordion by Anonymous): No. 8a, Presto
12. 8 Valses poeticos, H. 147 (Arr. for Guitar & Double Bass by Anonymous): No. 8b, Tempo de vals
13. Cuentos de la juventud, Op. 1, H. 39: No. 2, La mendiga (Arr. for Guitar & Double Bass by Anonymous)
14. Suite castellana: II. Arada
15. Castillos de España: No. 5, Alcañiz
16. Cuentos de la juventud, Op. 1, H. 39: No. 1, Dedicatoria (Arr. for Guitar & Double Bass by Anonymous)


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