Appunti, Preludes and Studies, Op. 210

Mario Castelnuovo‐Tedesco fled anti‐semitism before the 2nd World War and settled in Hollywood, where he successfully composed film scores for more than 200 movies.

Castelnuovo‐Tedesco, a prolific composer, is best known for his numerous works for the guitar. His Op.210, Appunti, is a didactic work for students, in increasing level of difficulty, divided in three books. These delightful works often surpass their didactic aim, and become exquisite miniatures, full of invention and wit. Nowhere evident here are the composer's experiments with the avant‐garde language of his time, but rather a compendium of the guitar's poetic and dance‐like expressive potential across the ages.

They are played with enthusiasm and imagination by Italian guitarist Enea Leone, who has already recorded successfully the studies by Fernando Sor.

Recorded in the Parish Church of Prina, Strona, Italy