Julian Bream

Julian Bream, CBE, violonista inglês nascido em Londres em 15 de Julho de 1933.

Um dos músicos mais influentes para o violão clássico, com mais de trinta gravações feitas ao longo da sua carreira. A importância do seu trabalho está ligada também ao surgimento da interpretação de música antiga historicamente informada: foi o um dos primeiros alaudístas do século vinte. Foi supostamente o primeiro a tocar, ao alaúde, uma suíte completa de Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750).

Em duo com o tenor Peter Pears, renovou o repertório para canto e violão, além de ressuscitar o repertório elizabetano de canções para voz alaúde. Uma das mais célebres obras escritas e dedicadas a ele é o Nocturnal after John Dowland op. 70, de Benjamin Britten.

Intervindo junto a compositores para a renovação e atualização do repertório, Julian Bream pode ser considerado um continuador da forma de trabalho de Andres Segóvia, com algumas importantes diferenças. Por exemplo, o repertório surgido sob a influência de Bream é de linguagem mais contemporânea do que as preferências neoclássicas dos compositores segovianos. Seus colaboradores incluem Walton, Britten, Hawshtorne, Reginald Smith-Brindle, Berkeley, Hans Werner Henze e muitos outros.

Discografia

LP

• 20th Century Guitar, RCA LSC-2964
• 70's, RCA ARL 0049
• Dedication, RCA ARL 5034
• A Bach Recital for the Guitar, Westminster CLP 1929
• Baroque Guitar (1966), RCA
• Collection of the Greatest Performances of Julian Bream, Vol. II, Westminster
• Concertos for Lute and Orchestra, RCA ARL1-1180
• Dances of Dowland, RCA LSC-2987
• Elizabethan Lute Songs, RCA LSC-3131
• Elizabethan Music by The Julian Bream Consort, RCA LSC-3195
• The Golden Age of English Lute Music, RCA LSC-3196
• Julian & John, RCA
• Julian Breams Greatest Hits, Westminster
• Julian Breams Greatest Hits Volume Two, Westminster 9008-8185
• Lute Music of John Dowland, RCA ARL1-1491
• Music for Voice and Guitar with Peter Pears, RCA LSC-2718
• Popular Classics for Spanish Guitar, RCA
• Rodrigo: Concerto De Aranjuez, Berkeley Guitar Concerto (1975), RCA
• Sonatas for Lute and Harpsichord—Bach, Vivaldi with George Malcolm, RCA LSC-3100
• Villa-Lobos, Twelve Etudes for Guitar, Suite populaire bresillienne (1978), RCA
• The Woods So Wild, RCA LSC-3331

CD

• Fret Works (1990), MCA
• Guitarra: The Guitar in Spain (1990), RCA
• Joaquin Rodrigo: Concerto Elegiaco/Fantasia Para Un Gentilhombre (1990), RCA
• Julian Bream plays Bach (1990), RCA
• Julian Bream Plays Granados & Albéniz (Music of Spain, Volume Five) (1990), RCA
• Music of Spain, Vol. 7 (1990), RCA
• Two Loves with Peggy Ashcroft (1990), RCA
• Baroque Guitar (1991), RCA
• La Guitarra Romantica (1991), RCA
• Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez; Villa-Lobos: Preludes (1991), RCA
• Romantic Guitar (1991), RCA
• Baroque Guitar (1993), RCA
• A Celebration Of Andrés Segovia—Bream (1993), RCA
• Highlights from the Julian Bream Edition (1993), RCA
• Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez; Fantasía para un gentilhombre No1-5 (1993), RCA
• Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez; Takemitsu: To the Edge of Dream with Simon Rattle and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (1993), Capitol
• Together/Julian Bream & John Williams (1993), RCA
• Together Again/ Julian Bream & John Williams (1993), RCA
• Villa-Lobos: Guitar Concerto; Preludes; Etudes with André Previn and the London Symphony Orchestra (1993), BMG International
• Bach Guitar Recital (1994), EMI Classics
• Bach: Lute Suites, Trio Sonatas (1994), RCA
• Guitar Concertos (1994), RCA
• Julian Bream Consort, Vol. 6 (1994), RCA
• Music of Spain (1994), RCA
• Popular Classics for Spanish Guitar (1994), RCA
• Romantic Guitar (1994), RCA
• Sonata (1995), Angel
• 20th Century Guitar I (1996), RCA
• The Golden Age of English Lute Music (1996), RCA
• Music for Voice & Guitar (1996), RCA
• Music of Spain: Milán, Narváez (1996), RCA
• Popular Classics for the Spanish Guitar (1997), RCA
• Julian Bream Edition, Volume 1: The Golden Age of English Lute Music (28 CDs) (1998), RCA
• The Romantic Hours (1998), RCA
• Spain—Sor, Vol. 24 (1998), BMG Classics
• Guitar Concertos (1999), RCA
• Guitar Music by Albeniz, Vivaldi, Rodrigo & Grandos (2 CDs) (1999), RCA Classics/BMG
• Woods So Wild (1999), RCA
• Nocturnal: Martin, Britten, Brouwer, Lutoslavski (2000), EMI
• The Ultimate Guitar Collection (2 CDs) (2000), RCA
• Duos de Guitares with John Williams (2001), RCA
• Spanish Guitar Music (remastered) (2001), Deutsche Grammophon
• Spanish Guitar Recital (2001), RCA
• Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez; Fantasía para un gentilhombre; Tres piezas espanolas; invocacion y danza (remastered) (2004), RCA
• Spanish Guitar Recital (2004)
• Guitar Recital: Bach, Sor, Turina, Tippet, Schubert (2005), Testament
• Music of Spain (2005), RCA
• Elizabethan Lute Songs, Decca
• Julian Bream & Friends, Musical Heritage Society
• Lute Music from the Royal Courts of Europe, BMG Classics
• Music of Spain: The Classical Heritage, RCA

Ligações externas

• Julian Bream's myspace page
• Biography (Hazard Chase)
• Discography at SonyBMG Masterworks
• Some photos of LP covers (Oviatt Library Digital Collections)