Written for Rubén Riera in 1995, a commission from Proyecto Cultural Mavesa for the first "Concurso International de composición para guitarra clásica Rodrigo Riera" in Caracas, Venezuela.
- Borbye, Anders 'Refolia, contemporary works for guitar'
Marisela González wrote in 2007 for the slipcase:"Folías de España is an old and new work, full of vigour and virtuosity. Izarra uses the Marin Marais version of the Folia theme and confronts it with an introduction of her own creation. The variations are full of rhythmic displacements, shifting odd meters and harmonic tension based on the use of semitones and Venezuelan rhythms. This confrontation produces an inner tension between the highly virtuosic and expressive variations, embedding baroque elements reflecting the originsof the theme.
The texture of the work is generally monodic, with changes in register that create dynamics and contrasts.
After taking us through several recreations of the theme of the Folia it is only at the end we hear the original form of the theme by Marais, which imposes itself over the use of semitones, which characterizes the work from its introduction."- Title: Folías de Espanã, Sobre las Folias de Marina Marais de 1701 (1995)
- Released October 2008 by Gateway ordernumber AB001
- Duration: Introducción 0'38" Rápido 1'10" Muy rápido 1'25" Rápido, misterioso 2'19" Veloz 2'08" Lenta 5'08" Ansiosa, muy rápida 2'06" Final 2'02"
- Recording date: August-September 2008 in the Frederikskirken, Aarhus, Denmark
- See also the page Recommended Folia recordings
- More about Anders Borbye at http://www.andersborbye.dk
- Izarra, Adina 'Desde una ventana con loros musica para solistas'
Paul Fowles wrote March 1999 in the magazine Classical Guitar:
Particularly memorable is the relatively brief Luvina, in which Toro creates a particularly spooky sounscape...the delicate imagery of the former ('Desde una ventanta con Loros' for solo guitar) and the virtuosity of Folías de España provide ample rewards to those who allow them a second innings. A significant contemporary release.
Duration: 2'06", 493 kB.( 24kB/s, 11KHz)
Veloz, as a part of Folías de España
© Adina Izarra 1995, used with permission- Released 1996 by Equinoccio, Colección Armonia compact disc
- Duration: Introducción y tema 1'29", Rápida 1'41", Misteriosa 1'53", Veloz 2'06", Lenta 3'27", Ansiosa 2'24", Final 2'44"
- More about the oeuvre of Adina Izarra at http://prof.usb.ve/aizarra
- The part Introducción y tema (1'29") of Folías de España you can find in mp3-format at http://prof.usb.ve/aizarra/guitarra.html
- The entire sheet music with finger-indication of Folías de España you can find in pdf-format at http://prof.usb.ve/aizarra/guitarra.html
- Izarra, Adina
Paul Fowles wrote December 1998 in the magazine Classical Guitar about the sheet music:Impressive set of Variations on a familiar theme...The work as a whole is a demanding schedule both technically and musically, but there is nothing here which can´t be made to work well. A demanding yet by no means unapproachable work by a time served composer with a natural feel for the guitar.
- Published 1995 by Edicion Rubén Riera
- Score 17 p., 22 x 33 cm
