Platero y yo: An Andalusian Elegy Niklas Johansen

• Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895 - 1968): Platero y yo, Op. 190 (Version for Solo Guitar):
• 1 Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Platero y yo, Op. 190 (Version for Solo Guitar): I. Platero 03:19
• 2 Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Platero y yo, Op. 190 (Version for Solo Guitar): II. Angelus 04:29
• 3 Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Platero y yo, Op. 190 (Version for Solo Guitar): III. Return 04:32
• 4 Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Platero y yo, Op. 190 (Version for Solo Guitar): IV. Spring 01:57
• 5 Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Platero y yo, Op. 190 (Version for Solo Guitar): V. The Well 03:20
• 6 Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Platero y yo, Op. 190 (Version for Solo Guitar): VI. Sparrows 03:33
• 7 Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Platero y yo, Op. 190 (Version for Solo Guitar): VII. Melancholy 04:35
• 8 Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Platero y yo, Op. 190 (Version for Solo Guitar): VIII. Friendship 02:30
• 9 Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Platero y yo, Op. 190 (Version for Solo Guitar): IX. The Moon 02:17
• 10 Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Platero y yo, Op. 190 (Version for Solo Guitar): X. Twilight Games 03:38
• 11 Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Platero y yo, Op. 190 (Version for Solo Guitar): XI. Ronsard 03:33
• 12 Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Platero y yo, Op. 190 (Version for Solo Guitar): XII. The Crazy Man 02:43
• 13 Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Platero y yo, Op. 190 (Version for Solo Guitar): XIII. The Consumptive Girl 03:36
• 14 Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Platero y yo, Op. 190 (Version for Solo Guitar): XIV. Nostalgia 04:36
• 15 Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Platero y yo, Op. 190 (Version for Solo Guitar): XV. White Butterflies 01:39
• 16 Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Platero y yo, Op. 190 (Version for Solo Guitar): XVI. April Idyll 03:23
• 17 Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Platero y yo, Op. 190 (Version for Solo Guitar): XVII. The Canary's Flight 04:09
• 18 Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Platero y yo, Op. 190 (Version for Solo Guitar): XVIII. Lullaby 05:43
• 19 Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Platero y yo, Op. 190 (Version for Solo Guitar): XIX. The Canary Dies 07:14
• 20 Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Platero y yo, Op. 190 (Version for Solo Guitar): XX. November Idyll 04:46
• 21 Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Platero y yo, Op. 190 (Version for Solo Guitar): XXI. Death 04:03
• 22 Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Platero y yo, Op. 190 (Version for Solo Guitar): XXII. Convalescence 04:50
• 23 Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Platero y yo, Op. 190 (Version for Solo Guitar): XXIII. Swallows 04:22
• 24 Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Platero y yo, Op. 190 (Version for Solo Guitar): XXIV. Wayside Flower 04:01
• 25 Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Platero y yo, Op. 190 (Version for Solo Guitar): XXV. Sunday 03:11
• 26 Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Platero y yo, Op. 190 (Version for Solo Guitar): XXVI. The Gypsies 04:02
• 27 Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Platero y yo, Op. 190 (Version for Solo Guitar): XXVII. Carnival 04:47
• 28 Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Platero y yo, Op. 190 (Version for Solo Guitar): XXVIII. To Platero in the Heaven of Moguer 03:58
• Total Runtime 01:48:46

Info zu Platero y yo: An Andalusian Elegy

Platero y yo gilt berühmtestes Werk des katalanischen Nobelpreisträgers Juan Ramón Jiménez. Platero heißt ein kleiner, silbergrauer Esel, der dem melancholischen Ich-Erzähler als treuer Begleiter dient. Das 1917 erschiene Buch erzählt in 138 kurzen Geschichten vom Alltag des Esels in einem andalusischen Dorf. In Spanien gehört es zum Kanon der Schullektüre. Mehrere Komponisten ließen sich von Jiménez‘ Sammlung inspirieren. Die wichtigste Aneignung stammt von dem Italiener Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, der viele Jahre mit dem legendären Gitarristen Andrés Segovia zusammenarbeitete. 1960 schuf Castelnuovo-Tedesco eine Suite für Gitarre und Sprecher, für die er 28 Szenen von Jiménez auswählte. „Spiele in der Dämmerung“, „Weiße Schmetterlinge“ oder „Blume am Wegesrand“ heißen einige der poetischen Titel.

Johansen beleuchtet die zarte Melancholie der Szenen. Empfindsam fängt er die märchenhafte Atmosphäre der spanischen Landschaft und der innigen Beziehung zwischen Dichter und Esel ein. Seine Herangehensweise ist eher introspektiv, mit gemächlichen Tempi. Das Spiel wirkt nuanciert und klangfarbenreich. Die Gitarre sorgt natürlich für eine andalusische Atmosphäre; folkloristische Elemente lässt Johansen jedoch nur behutsam anklingen.

Die akustisch hervorragende Aufnahme in der Kapelle von Schloss Fredensborg, dem „dänischen Versailles“, bringt die intimen Farben der Gitarre exzellent zur Geltung. (Antje Rößler, klassik-heute.de)

Niklas Johansen, klassische Gitarre

Niklas Johansen
is a classical guitarist born in 1989 in Copenhagen, Denmark. He has recently received international acclaim after winning several international competitions. His prizes include: 1st prize in the 3rd International Guitar Competition in Pleven (Bulgaria) 2017 1st prize in the 6th International Guitar Competition in Berlin (Germany) 2016, 1st prize in the 2016 China Shenyang International Guitar Competition, 1st prize in the 18th “Alirio Diaz” International Guitar Competition in Rust (Austria) 2016, 1st prize in the 21st International Guitar Competition in Mottola (Italy) 2015, 2nd prize in the 17th International Guitar Competition “Alirio Diaz” in Rust (Austria) 2015, 1st prize in the 3rd International Guitar Festival “Aachener Gitarrenpreis” (Germany) 2014, 1st prize in the 9th International Guitar Competition in Olsztyn (Poland) 2014.

Niklas started playing the guitar at the age of 9, and began his studies in 2009 at the Royal Danish Academy of Music under Jesper Sivebæk. After finishing his bachelor exam and obtaining the highest grade possible, he went to Alicante in 2013 and finished his Master’s in Classical Guitar Performance with professors David Russell, Manuel Barrueco and others. After finishing his final exam and obtaining the highest grade possible, he received the Latin honor “cum laude”. In 2014 he went abroad for one year and studied with Ricardo Gallén at the Hochschule Für Musik Franz Liszt in Weimar, Germany. In 2015 he played his Master’s Recital in Denmark and received the highest grade.

He has played concerts as a soloist and in chamber ensambles in Denmark, Sweden, Germany, Austria, Iceland, The Faroe Islands, China, Russia and Spain. Furthermore he has recorded his debut CD in 2016 with the Italian label dotGuitar. Alongside his studies and career, he has attended several classes with high-profiled guitarists such as Marcin Dylla, Alvaro Pierri, Pavel Steidl, Scott Tennant, Ana Vidovic, Judicael Perroy, Aniello Desiderio and Zoran Dukic.

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