List of compositions by Leo Brouwer

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This is a list of compositions by the Cuban composer and guitarist Leo Brouwer. Given the prominence of the instrument in Brouwer's oeuvre, his works for guitar solo, guitar ensembles, as well as guitar concertos, are all placed in a separate category. However, pieces which include guitar as part of a mixed ensemble, and ones for guitar and tape, are placed into the chamber music category.

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Works for guitar

Solo guitar

  • Guajira criolla
  • Zapateo cubano (Zapateado)
  • Eclosion
  • Ditirambo
• Fandangos y boleros
• Sarabanda de Scriabin
• Toccata de Pasquini

Guitar duo

Guitar quartet

Guitar and string quartet

Guitar & orchestra

Guitar concertos

  • 1972 Concierto num. 1
  • 1981 Concierto num. 2 "de Lieja"
  • 1986 Concierto num. 3 "Elegiaco"
  • 1987 Concierto num. 4 "de Toronto"
  • 199192 Concierto num. 5 "de Helsinki"
  • 1997 Concierto num. 6 "de Volos"
  • 1998 Concierto num. 7 "de La Habana"
  • 1999 Concierto num. 8 "Concierto Cantata de Perugia" (for chorus, guitar, and orchestra)
  • 2002 Concierto num. 9 "de Benicassim"
  • 2003 Concierto num. 10 "Book of Signs" (for two guitars)
  • 2007 Concierto num. 11 "de Requiem (In memoriam Toru Takemitsu)"
  • 2016 Concierto num. 12 "Austral"

Other works

Orchestral

Vocal

Chamber and solo instrumental

Piano trios

  • 1983 Manuscrito antiguo encontrado en una botella
  • 1992 Sonata, sones y danzones
  • 20002007 Cuadros de otra exposición
  • 2007 El triángulo de las Bermudas
  • 2011 El Oráculo de Ifá

String quartets

  • 1961 Cuarteto de cuerdas num. 1 a la memoria de Bela Bártok
  • 1968 Cuarteto de cuerdas num. 2 Rem tene verba sequentur
  • 199197 Cuarteto de cuerdas num. 3

Other chamber

  • 1956 Trío para dos violines y viola
  • 1957 Finale, for guitar and string quartet
  • 1957 Homenaje a Manuel de Falla, for flute, oboe, clarinet, and guitar
  • 1959 Dos bocetos, for piano solo
  • 1959 Música, ballet scene for dancer, guitar, piano, and percussion
  • 1960 Fuga cervantina, for piano solo
  • 1960 Sonata para flauta sola
  • 1960/1994 Sonata para cello solo
  • 1960/2008 Sonata para viola, for solo viola
  • 1961 Fanfarria de celebración, for flute solo
  • 1962 Variantes, for a percussionist
  • 1963 Sonograma I, for prepared piano
  • 1964 Trio No. 2, for oboe, clarinet, and bassoon
  • 1965 Dos Conceptos del Tiempo, for ensemble
  • 1966 Conmutaciones, for percussion (2 players) and prepared piano
  • 1968 El reino de este mundo, for wind quintet
  • 1968 Epigramas, for violin and piano (or cello and piano)
  • 1969 Exaedros III, for 6 instruments or any multiple of 6 instruments
  • 1970 Per suonare a Tre, for flute, viola, and guitar
  • 1970 Sonata piane forte, for piano and tape
  • 1970 Varias maneras de hacer música con papel, for three or four groups of musicians
  • 1972 Basso Continuo I, for clarinet and tape, or 2 clarinets
  • 1972 Ludus metalicus, for saxophone quartet
  • 1974 Metáforas del amor, for guitar and tape
  • 1974 Música para tres pianos, for three pianos
  • 1974 Oda a la alegría, for guitar, piano, and percussion
  • 1980 Sonograma III, for two pianos
  • 1982 La región más transparente, for flute and piano
  • 1985 Los negros brujos se divierten, for ensemble
  • 1989 Paisaje cubano con ritual, for bass clarinet and percussion
  • 1990 Divertimento (minuetto mozartiano), for two flutes, timpani, and strings
  • 1997 Paisajes, retratos y mujeres, for flute, viola, and guitar
  • 1999 La Vida Misma, for piano, violin, cello, and percussion
  • 1999 Los pasos perdidos, for double bass and percussion
  • 2001 Cuadros de otra exposición, for horn, violin and piano
  • 2008 Sonata para violín, for solo violin
  • 2009 Mitología de las Aguas (Sonata No. 1 for flute and guitar)
  • 2009 Diez Bocetos, for piano
  • 2011 Sonata para Bandurria
  • 2011 Sonata de los Misterios, for archlute, transcribed as Sonata de los Enigmas for guitar by Ricardo Gallén in 2018
  • 2012 Elegía por Cintio Vitier, for flute and guitar
  • 2017 Diálogos de la Isla y el Mar, for cello and guitar
  • 2018 Lorquianas, for cello and guitar
  • 2019 Guerra del Tiempo, for guitar and piano
  • 2021 In Praise of Folly (after Erasmus of Rotterdam), for recorder
  • 2021 Perpetuum mobile, for clarinet and guitar
  • 2022 Isla de rojo coral, for violin and guitar

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