“…through which the past shines…”Nils Vigeland/Reiko Füting/Daniel Lippel/John PophamLabel: New Focus RecordingsRelease Date: May 4, 2018 Listen or Buy at New Focus Recordings Make sure to check out this excellent new release by Daniel Lippel (guitar) and the other great…
Canadian guitarist Jérôme Ducharme plays Serenade by Sofia Gubaidulina (b.1931). Played on a La Bavaria 1 guitar From Luthier Wolfgang Jellinghaus at the Grand Guitar Salon over in Montreal, Québec, Canada. This comes via the Salon’s YouTube with video and sound production by the amazing Drew Henderson. Ducharme is one of Canada’s great guitarists.…
Vietnamese guitarist Thu Le graduated from the Hanoi National Conservatory of Music in the year 2001. I’ve been following her videos on her YouTube and was particularly impressed both with her performances of traditional classical rep such as the Introduction and Rondo…
Prelude from Cello Suite No. 1, BWV 1007 by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) – PDF sheet music for classical guitar with free video lesson and performance. Includes both a notation-only edition and a tab edition. Prelude edited for guitar in…
Fabio Zanon gives us an introduction to the compositions and impact of Leo Brouwer as well as a brief intro of Sonata V – Ars Combinatoria performed here by Andrey Lebedev. Lebedev was coached by Brouwer and Bream for this work…
Rebeca Oliveira plays her arrangement of Sonata No. 23 by the Portuguese composer Carlos Seixas (1704–1742). This comes via Open Strings Berlin and their amazing Youtube Channel. Fantastic playing, great technique and musicality. I love how Open Strings Berlin is introducing me to great players.…
Samatureya by Frederic HandLabel: Panoramic RecordingsRelease Date: April 6, 2018 Listen or Buy at New Focus Recordings Glad to hear this nicely recorded new release from guitarist/composer Frederic Hand. A beautiful album filled with solos and ensemble music. I particularly…
Jacob Cordover plays Vals Venezolano No. 3 by Antonio Lauro (1917-1986) on a 2008 Andrea Tacchi guitar. This comes via the excellent Siccas Guitars in Germany and their YouTube. Venezuelan composer Antonio Lauro wrote a sizeable amount of guitar music filled with Venezuelan…
Bradford Werner (me) and Natasha play Plaine Song for Two Lutes by Thomas Robinson (c. 1560 – 1610) – From the The Schoole of Musicke. This period lute duet is arranged for 2 guitars in score format. It includes notation only and is a PDF…
Bradford Werner (me) plays Giga by David Kellner (1670-1748) arranged for classical guitar (originally for lute). You can also watch this larger on my Youtube channel. David Kellner (1670–1748) was a German composer of the baroque period and a contemporary…
Bradford Werner (me) and Natasha play La Rossignol (Anonymous) – From Jane Pickering’s Lute Book. This period lute duet is arranged for 2 guitars in score format. It includes notation only and is a PDF download. Includes a fingered version for regular…
The amazing Italian guitar duo SoloDuo (Lorenzo Micheli & Matteo Mela) play Sonata no. 8, op. 13 (“Grande Sonate Pathétique”), I. Grave – Allegro di molto e con brio, II. Adagio cantabile, III. Rondo: Allegro by Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827). This comes via Micheli’s great…