Anabel Montesinos Plays Preludio in E Major by Ponce

ByBradford Werner
2023

Spanish guitarist Anabel Montesinos performs Preludio in E Major by Manuel Ponce (1882-1948). This comes via Altamira Guitars and their YouTube channel. You can also see Montesinos’ full concert on YouTube. This work was inspired by Baroque music, Bach and Weiss in particular with a whole story of false attribution in connection with Segovia’s performances and commissioning of the work. Great performance by Montesinos with crisp articulations and rhythmic momentum.

This work also has a version for guitar and harpsichord as heard below by Adam Holzman and Stephanie Martin.

Bradford Werner

Bradford Werner is a classical guitarist and music publisher from Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. He originally created this site for his students at the Victoria Conservatory of Music but now shares content worldwide. Curating guitar content helps students absorb the culture, musical ideas, and technique of the classical guitar. Bradford also has a YouTube channel with over 94,000 subscribers and 13 million views. He taught classical guitar at the Victoria Conservatory of Music for 16 years and freelanced in Greater Victoria for 20 years and now dedicates much of his time curating content online and helping connect the classical guitar community. See more at his personal website.