Kevin Cahill plays Equinox by Toru Takemitsu (1930-1996). This comes via Open Strings Berlin and their amazing Youtube Channel which has been a new source of high quality productions and great music. Takemitsu is one of my favourite composers. His music has a beauty…
Duo Tandem (Necati Emirzade & Mark Anderson) have a new album out titled Watching the World Go By. The above video Before you Wake is the first track off the album and comes via their Youtube.. Here’s promo info, “This…
Natasha and I play Lesson for Two Lutes – Anonymous – This period lute duet is arranged for 2 guitars. From the ‘Dowland Lute Book’ (Folger Shakespeare Library, Ms. V.b.280). Big thanks to Natasha for joining me. It includes notation only and is a…
The fantastic Canadian Azuline Duo (Emma Rush, guitar and Sara Traficante, flute) play Danza del molinero by Manuel de Falla (1876-1946). This comes via Emma Rush’s great YouTube Channel. This piece comes from act one of El sombrero de tres picos (The Three-Cornered Hat or Le tricorne),…
Sanel Redžić (guitar) & Emir Radiševič (clarinet) play Capringo by Konstantin Vassiliev. This comes via Sanel Redžić’s amazing YouTube Channel. Recorded in Jakobskirche in Weimar in April 2018. Love the combo of guitar and clarinet and the recording quality sounds great.…
German guitarist Julia Lange & tenor Rolando Villazón perform El Paño Moruno & Asturiana from Siete canciones populares españolas by Manuel de Falla (1876-1946). This comes via Julia Lange’s YouTube Channel. Lange also plays steel-string acoustic and has some great…
Classical Guitar Series 2018 Edition – The Royal Conservatory of Music Toronto (RCM) has a new series of graded books for classical guitar to replace the 2011 Bridges Guitar Series. Click here to see the book sampler (PDF). At first…
Aros Guitar Duo (Mikkel Egelund Nielsen & Simon Wildau) play Nocturnal Procession by Danish composer John Frandsen. This comes via Mikkel’s YouTube Channel. Great performance and piece, love the rotating repetitive progression and the thematic development. Also, unexpectedly, love the whistling that is used…
Fingernail Lesson for Classical Guitar By popular demand, a lesson about filing and shaping your nails. This is all about how I shape my nails and might be of interest and a starting point for students. Make sure to see…
The fantastic Croatian guitarist Zoran Dukic plays “451” from Cinema Paradiso by Stephen Goss. This comes via Guitar Salon International and their YouTube Channel. Played on the Jose Ramirez guitar that Andres Segovia owned and performed on from 1969 until 1980. Recorded at the Guitar Salon…
Beautiful playing by German guitarist Heike Matthiesen performing Georgian Lullaby by Kacha Metreveli, “a haunting old Georgian song also sang for healing.” Dedicated to Heike Matthiesen. Recorded by Jakob Schmidt. This come via Matthiesen’s great YouTube channel.
The Quattro Palos Guitar Quartet from Tokyo, Japan, playing Shigeru Matsuoka’s Samba de Viento. This comes via Guitar Salon International and their YouTube and played on on guitars by La Cañada – Torres replicas. These are all the “A” models, which have an antiqued…