Classical guitarist Domenico Mottola performs Variations sur Folia de España et Fugue by by Mexican composer Manuel María Ponce (1882–1948). This comes via Edoardo Lambertenghi’s YouTube channel. Amazing performance by Mottola with an impressive variety of unique interpretations of each variation. Such a wide array of articulations and virtuosic…
Capricho Arabe by Francisco Tarrega (1852–1909), Serenata para Guitarra, Al eminente maestra Tomas Breton. PDF sheet music and lesson video for classical guitar. Comes with both a notation edition with left hand fingering and a separate tab edition in the…
Classical guitarist Thomas Flippin performs his arrangement of Nimble Feet from Dances in the Canebrakes by Florence Beatrice Price (1887-1953). This comes via Flippin’s YouTube channel. Wonderful performance by Flippin with such playful rhythms, articulations, and beautiful phrasing. Florence Price…
Pastiches John Schneider, GuitarsMatthew Cook, Percussion Gloria Cheng, HarpsichordMicrofest Records, 2024 Buy or Learn about the Album via MicroFest Records or Listen on Spotify Great to hear the new release from Grammy Award winning guitarist John Schneider. Pastiches highlights an…
Complete Etudes No.1-25, Op.60 by Matteo Carcassi (1796-1853) performed on classical guitar by Bradford Werner. This comes from my sheet music edition of 25 Etudes, Op.60 by Matteo Carcassi. PDF or hardcopy sheet music for classical guitar. Includes both a notation edition…
Marcin Dylla performs Sonata, Op.23 (after Haydn Hob. XVI:32) by Wenzel Thomas Matiegka (1773-1830). This comes via Dylla’s YouTube channel. Wonderful performance by Dylla with lots of energy and directional phrasing. It’s also great to hear this sonata as I have it previously bookmarked for…
JIJI performs the world premiere of Aluminum Flowers, classical and electric guitar concerto by Steven Mackey (b.1956) with the Curtis Symphony Orchestra conducted by Maestro Robert Spano. This comes via JIJI’s YouTube Channel. Amazing performance by JIJI presenting an array of excellent musical skills, guitar work,…
Classical guitar duo Ziggy and Miles (Ziggy Johnston and Miles Johnston) perform their own arrangement of Passepied from Suite Bergamasque by Claude Debussy (1862-1918). Recorded in collaboration with Young Concert Artists. This comes via thier YouTube channel. Excellent ensemble performance with beautiful control over…
Sanel Redžić performs Rossiniana No. 3, Op.121 by Mauro Giuliani (1781-1829). This comes via Redžić’s fantastic YouTube channel at Schottenkirche, Erfurt, Germany. Giuliani’s six Rossiniane are fantasias or medleys on themes from Rossini’s operas. In Giuliani’s day audiences would have been well acquainted with all the…
Musicians on Pitch – A brief history of pitch and tuning practices in music, in particular, in the music of Bach. The amazing Netherlands Bach Society via their YouTube from their project All of Bach interview various musicians on the history of pitch and tuning…
Duo Diversitas with Marisa Minder (guitar) and Evgeniya Spalinger (Flute) perform the third movement Allegro from Sonata in G minor, BWV 1020 by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750). This comes via Minder’s YouTube channel. This is originally for flute and obbligato harpsichord and arranged…
Evangelina Mascardi performs London Suite IV in G major by Sylvius Leopold Weiss (1686–1750) on Baroque lute in Orte, Italy. This comes via Mascardi’s YouTube channel. I adore Weiss and Mascardi’s performance is wonderfully elegant. The combination of a strong rhythmic character and flowing galant lines…