Word: celedonio
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...Virtuoso Masterworks for Guitar (Angel; $6.98); Spanish Virtuoso Romantic Music for Guitar (Angel; $6.98). At 29, Romero belongs to the new generation of guitar virtuosos. But the Spanish-born musician is no stranger to the concert hall; along with Brothers Celin and Pepe, Angel has been appearing with Papa Celedonio Romero's family quartet since he was six. Angel's Spanish guitar music vibrates with the heroic digital work and high coloration associated with the repertory. He peels off Tarrega's Chopinesque Estudio Brillante in a fiery burst of romanticism. He can be soft-spoken when...
Just how the road work helps Celedonio Romero and his sons to play the guitar, no one in the family can explain. But it is all part of a pattern of dedicated practice that very clearly pays off. In Manhattan's Town Hall last week, upright, tuxedoed and wide awake, the Romeros demonstrated that they are indisputably one of the best guitar ensembles around. Celedonio, 45, opened with a generous sampling of the literature for the classical guitar-Galilei, Sanz, Bach, Sor, Albéniz. His sound was lushly colored, his touch always impeccable, his readings alive with...
...Romero sons sound much like Romero senior. "His hand and our hands are just the same," explains Celin. "If it's good for him, it's good for us." More important, Celedonio got his sons their first guitars when they were three, had them in the concert hall by the time they were eleven. Four years ago, an American studying with Celedonio in Spain persuaded the family to move to California, where they soon set up a guitar school. As for the profits, Romero senior has a patriarchal concept of money: he takes all of it, doles...
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