Brazilian guitarist Gilson Antunes plays Gramatge’s Little Suite in this version for solo guitar. Harold Gramatges (Santiago de Cuba 1918 – Havana 2008) was a Cuban composer, pianista and teacher who studied with Amadeo Roldán and José Ardevol at the Municipal Conservatorie of Havana. In 1942 he went to United States to study under the guidance of Aaron Copland and Serge Koussevitsky. Later he founded and directed Cuba's Municipal Conservatory Orchestra, and in 1959, he created the Musical Department at Casa de las Américas. His work tends to bridge the forms of contemporary classical and modern Cuban or Latin American music. His Pequeña Suite (Little Suite) was written in 1943, originally for piano solo as a hommage to Ravel. The guitar transcription was made by Jesus Ortega, and then became part of the latin american guitar repertoire.
This is a demo recording recorded at Faria And Friends Studio in São Paulo, Brazil. Waldir Jr and Thiago Faria were the sound engineers. Acknowledgements to D’Addario and Musical Express for the support.

PEQUEÑA SUITE (1943) - Harold Gramatges (1918-2008)

1- Prelúdio 00:00
2- Allemanda 00:55
3- Siciliana 03:10
4- Sarabanda 04:05
5- Minuetto 06:38