Romain Bockler (baritone) & Bor Zuljan (lute) perform an arrangement of Dulces Exuviae – Nimphes nappes by Josquin des Prez (1450/1455–1521). This comes via Zuljan’s Youtube channel. Video by the amazing Uros Baric and Marie Delorme Zuljan (audio) with lute…
English guitarist Laura Snowden plays Catalan Peasant With Guitar by Julian Anderson (b.1967). This is part of New Music for Guitar produced by GuitarCoop in association with Julian Bream Trust. Curated by Fabio Zanon and Produced by Stephen Goss. This comes via their great YouTube Channel.…
Australian guitarist Stephanie Jones plays Recuerdos de la Alhambra by Francisco Tárrega (1852-1909). This comes via her great YouTube channel. Also check out her new album including this work. Great video and excellent playing once again by this amazing young artist. For all…
Boyd Meets Girl (Sono Luminus), 2017Duo Website: boydmeetsgirlduo.comRupert Boyd, guitar & Laura Metcalf, cello Buy or Listen to Samples via Amazon: Boyd Meets GirlFull Release on July 28th, Pre-orders Available. Rupert Boyd & Laura Metcalf have been featured on the site…
Spanish guitarist Andrea González Caballero plays Danza del Molinero (Dance of the Miller) by Manuel de Falla (1876-1946). This comes via Guitar Salon International and their YouTube and played on a 2014 Pepe Romero Jr. guitar. Last week GSI posted her playing Aire Vasco by Antonio Manjón. Both…
French guitarist Thomas Viloteau Plays Recuerdos de la Alhambra by Francisco Tárrega (1852-1909). This comes via his great Youtube channel. Viloteau is a GFA winner and concert guitarist but seems really down to earth with these at-home videos and extra…
One of my favorite guitarists, Kyuhee Park Plays Sonata in D major K.178 by Domenico Scarlatti (1685–1757). I love how clean and rhythmically she plays, and those crisp ornaments! Piece info via her Naxos Album: Sonata in D major, K 178, a…
Australian guitarist Stephanie Jones plays Five Bagatelles (1971) by English composer William Walton (1902-1983). This comes via Jones’ YouTube channel. Fantastic playing by this young artist who has the technique, musicality, but also digs in and takes risks. “Stephanie is currently in Germany studying a…
BeNe Guitar Duo – Lisa Denoo & Rolf van Meurs play Un Petit Train de Plaisir by Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868). This comes via BeNe Duo’s YouTube and was recorded at Gitaarsalon Enkhuizen. This is quite a fun piano work from later in Rossini’s life.…
Adelita (Mazurca) by Francisco Tárrega (1852–1909). PDF sheet music and video lesson for classical guitar. Comes with both a notation edition with left hand fingering and a separate tab edition. The level is intermediate (Grade 6). This is a PDF download. My PDF…
De Cascia, Sylvia Model Classical Guitar – I was pleased to get to review this instrument that is a mid-range guitar with lots of bells and whistles. De Cascia is a Montreal based company in connection with Grand Guitar Salon.…
‘To Be Useful Is Something Incredible’: Leo Brouwer Reflects On His LegacyHeard on All Things ConsideredGo to NPR for text write up instead. “To be useful is something incredible, because you’re at the service of the world,” Brouwer says in…