Sean Shibe - Profesión (2023)

Sean Shibe returns to the classical guitar on Profesión, bringing together works by Agustín Barrios, Heitor Villa-Lobos and Alberto Ginastera. The album derives its name from Barrios’s “Profesión de Fe” (profession of faith), a poem which he often used as a preface to his concerts. The poem references indigenous mythological deities, and praises the power of the guitar as the ultimate conduit to the secrets of the divine South-American destiny. Barrios’s La Catedral and Julia Florida are combined with Villa Lobos’s 12 Études, while Ginastera’s Sonata completes the programme. These works by South American composers begin with homage and pastiche in reverence of the Old World, but build towards a totally original idiom – musical magical realism. The repertoire is voluminous, indulging in excess, and narcotic, and as such creates a counterweight to the reserved and introspective nature of Shibe’s acclaimed classical predecessor album Camino. This will be Shibe’s first-ever album focussing on repertoire that was originally written for the classical guitar, and he plays a Hauser copy built for Julian Bream. It was considered one of the best instruments of the 1930s, and fits the sound world of this programme like a glove.

Tracklist
01. Mangore: La catedral: I. Preludio (Saudade)
02. Mangore: La catedral: II. Andante religioso
03. Mangore: La catedral: III. Allegro solemne
04. Mangore: Julia Florida
05. Villa-Lobos: 12 Studies, W235, A235: No. 1, Allegro non troppo
06. Villa-Lobos: 12 Studies, W235, A235: No. 2, Allegro
07. Villa-Lobos: 12 Studies, W235, A235: No. 3, Allegro moderato
08. Villa-Lobos: 12 Studies, W235, A235: No. 4, Un peu modéré
09. Villa-Lobos: 12 Studies, W235, A235: No. 5, Andantino
10. Villa-Lobos: 12 Studies, W235, A235: No. 6, Poco allegro
11. Villa-Lobos: 12 Studies, W235, A235: No. 7, Tres animé
12. Villa-Lobos: 12 Studies, W235, A235: No. 8, Modéré - Lent
13. Villa-Lobos: 12 Studies, W235, A235: No. 9, Très peu animé
14. Villa-Lobos: 12 Studies, W235, A235: No. 10, Très animé[ME-1953]
15. Villa-Lobos: 12 Studies, W235, A235: No.11, Lent
16. Villa-Lobos: 12 Studies, W235, A235: No. 12, Animé
17. Ginastera: Sonata, Op. 47: I. Esordio
18. Ginastera: Sonata, Op. 48: II. Scherzo
19. Ginastera: Sonata, Op. 49: III. Canto
20. Ginastera: Sonata, Op. 50: IV. Finale