Aug '25 • Repertoire
Abel Carlevaro - HVL Etude #1 (first recording)
Here is the FIRST recording made of HVL's Etude #1. Note that he does not choose to play it like a runaway freight train. Carlevaro knew HVL directly, so it is safe to say this interpretation likely had some level of approval from the composer.
I've long thought that Segovia's 1949 London recording of the same piece did us all a huge disservice, because Segovia had a fantastic right hand agility. Consider his 1962 recording of the Aguado 'Lesson in A minor', which he knocks out in 29 seconds. Segovia's recording of HVL-1 set the mark for a speed test, rather than a musical experience. IMO this Etude sound just fine at a less aggressive pace.
On this same YT: Barrios' "Las Abejas", and Castelnuovo-Tedesco's "Tarentella". None of these pieces are taken at anything near the tempi we associate with them nowadays.
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Abel Carlevaro - HVL Etude #1 (first recording)
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