The Agnew McAllister Duo (Aisling Agnew and Matthew McAllister) perform ‘Sivi Grivi’ by Alan Thomas live during the Lake Recording Session in the Port of Menteith Church. Lots of energy, works well (listen to the end!). Always enjoy hearing McAllister.
Spanish Music for Two Guitarsby Kacha MetreveliBuy via Sheet Music PlusPublished by Mel Bay Publications. I know Spanish guitar music is overplayed and not always every teacher’s choice but this book of duets is great. These intermediate level duos for…
Good music, good player. I don’t know much about the Italian scene but glad to find this player. Emanuele Buono from Italy playing Mario Castelnuovo Tedesco Quintetto per chitarra e quartetto d’archi op.143. Quartetto Perosi: M.Bianchi, M.Coco, M.Redegoso, C.Merlo.
Korean guitarist Kyu Hee Park plays 3rd movement of Mauro Giuliani’s concerto op.30. She makes it look so easy. I really like her ultra clear musical ideas in shaping, articulation, and colour. So direct and well executed. Hard to accomplish…
An excellent performance of Spanish Dance no. 1 from La Vida Breve by Manuel De Falla. Performed by Gohar Vardanyan via her YouTube. I thought this was tricky enough on two guitars but Gohar rocks it. Nice one. Guitar by Jean Rompré.
I guess today the site is called this is electric guitar! My good friend and colleague Adrian Verdejo has just released a brilliant recording of new music and modern works for electric guitar. Adrian is an excellent classical guitarist but…
I don’t know what to make of this! It’s certainly interesting but cluttered sounding. Not a bad cluttered, but just intensely crowded. Neat though and the interaction between them is great. Via Sharon Isbin’s YouTube: Sharon Isbin, Stanley Jordan &…
An interesting project including guitarist Jason Vieaux. The below quote from the YouTube source explains more: Al-Bustan Arab Music Concert Series features classical guitarist Jason Vieaux in a concert “Revisiting Hybridity: (Western) Harmony and (Arab) Heterophony” with Al-Bustan Takht Ensemble: Music…
Buy via Amazon: Aranjuez by Miloš Karadaglić Artist Website: milosguitar.comOrchestra: London Philharmonic OrchestraConductor: Yannick Nezet-SeguinLabel: Mercury Classics / Deutsche Grammophon / et al.. The new release by Miloš Karadaglić begins and ends with two of the most popular concertos in the repertoire: Joaquín Rodrigo’s Concierto de Aranjuez…
I’m very pleased to post this great interview with composer Geoffrey Gordon regarding his composition Fancywork. Not only is it a great piece but it was also commissioned by the excellent Duo46 who have been featured on the site a…
Thomas Viloteau via his youtube channel gives a lesson in right hand arpeggios of classical guitar. He discusses aspects of gaining control, variety to avoid the difficulty of repetitive motions as well as control the texture, keeping the hand stable,…
Very sad news via the BBC. I remember as a kid taking classical guitar lessons and hearing “Friday Night in San Francisco” thinking, hey there are rock stars in the nylon world after all. I later saw him live in…