Invocación Mattias Schulstad

• Catalan Traditional:
• 1 El Testament d’Amelia 02:13
• Francisco Tárrega (1852 - 1909):
• 2 Capricho Árabe 05:45
• 3 Recuerdos de la Alhambra 04:55
• Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849):
• 4 Nocturne Op.9 No.2 04:11
• Emilio Pujol (1886 - 1980):
• 5 Trois Morceaux espagnols: I. Tonadilla (Manola de Lavapies) 02:35
• 6 Trois Morceaux espagnols: II. Tango 03:22
• 7 Trois Morceaux espagnols: III. Guajira 04:46
• Francisco Tárrega:
• 8 Endecha 01:20
• Frédéric Chopin:
• 9 Prelude Op.28 No.15 ‘Raindrop’ 05:21
• Francisco Tárrega:
• 10 Lágrima 02:00
• Frédéric Chopin:
• 11 Prelude Op.28 No.20 01:32
• 12 Prelude Op.28 No.6 01:53
• 13 Prelude Op.28 No.7 00:47
• Francisco Tárrega:
• 14 Prelude No.18 in D 01:17
• 15 Prelude No.2 01:59
• Catalan Traditional:
• 16 Cançó del Lladre 02:09
• Frédéric Chopin:
• 17 Mazurka No.22, Op.33 No.1 01:37
• Francisco Tárrega:
• 18 Adelita 01:33
• 19 Mazurka in G 02:37
• 20 Sueño 01:21
• Frédéric Chopin:
• 21 Mazurka No.25, Op.33 No.4 05:58
• Catalan Traditional:
• 22 El Noi de la Mare 02:34
• Total Runtime 01:01:45

Info zu Invocación

It is now almost a decade since I recorded Invocación, an album based on the idea that the Spanish composer Francisco Tárrega (1852-1909) was deeply influenced by the music of Frederic Chopin. Produced by David Frost, Invocación has proven successful – chosen as Album of the Week by both Classic FM in London and WQXR in New York, and played on radio stations throughout the world. It has now been rereleased by my own label with updated sound and new cover art. I welcome any thoughts and inquiries at info@mattiasguitar.com.

Tárrega is recognized today as a founding composer for the modern classical guitar. His steady use of guitars made by Antonio de Torres (1817-1892, Spanish) helped standardize the design and sound qualities of the instrument we know today and his pupils carried forth his ambitious ideas about its possibilities.

So what was this young Spaniard doing writing mazurkas, a regional Polish dance popularized by Chopin?

Tárrega made transcriptions of works by Bach, Mendelssohn, Schumann and Wagner. But what makes his Chopin transcriptions stand out are their effect on his original work. Tárrega adopted several of Chopin's compositional formats, not only mazurkas, but preludes and waltzes, too. And he wrote pieces that weren’t called nocturnes, but that function like nocturnes.

Among Tárrega’s pupils were Emilio Pujol (1886-1980) and Miguel Llobet (1878-1938); Barcelona served as common ground. The city was home for many years to Tárrega and Pujol, and it was the place of birth for Llobet. Llobet made arrangements of Catalan traditionals, which show another facet of Tárrega’s cultural framework. The arrangements are sparse and exposed, and allow the guitar to sing. By contrast, the original music of Pujol is rhythmic and dance-like.

“The playing throughout is refined, intelligent and highly musical; the tone, though never sweet, is fulsome and appealing. An outstanding debut.” (Gramophone)

Mattias Schulstad, classical guitar

Mattias Schulstad
Mattias Schulstad is a Swedish classical guitarist who has made recordings, performed as soloist with orchestra, and developed the guitar’s repertoire. His full-length recording debut Invocación explores Spanish composer Francisco Tárrega, and introduced the notion in recent history that Tárrega was inspired by Chopin. Invocación is produced by David Frost, and named Editor’s Choice by Gramophone. It is chosen Album of the Week by Classic FM (U.K.) and WQXR (New York), and for editorial playlists such as “Soft Instrumental” on Spotify.

Mattias is inspired by the human voice, and often plays music rooted in song. His recording of “Come, Heavy Sleep,” from Benjamin Britten’s Nocturnal after John Dowland, was made for The Metropolitan Museum of Art. His performance was chosen for The Met’s Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History, where it complements the essay “The Spanish Guitar,” which spans the 14th to 21st Century.


Mattias’s filmed live performance of Joaquín Rodrigo’s Concierto de Aranjuez, with conductor André de Ridder and the Malmö Academy Symphony Orchestra, was featured by the work’s publisher Schott Music in the essay “Berühmte Gitarren-Werke,” on significant works for the guitar. Mattias’s teachers include Göran Söllscher. He plays strings by Albert Augustine, on “Erik,” a cedar top Ignacio Fleta e hijos guitar, No. 577, from 1971.

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