Category Modern Repertoire

Modern repertoire for the classical guitar including videos and sheet music articles. From early 20th century composers to contemporary new music.

John Cage Piano Music Arranged for Guitar

Piano Music Arranged for Guitarby John Cage, arranged by Aaron Larget-CaplanEdition Peters, 2017Sheet Music, Notation, 20 PagesBuy or Learn More at Edition Peters Also see his beautifully recorded album of this music and more via Amazon or iTunes on his…

Alberto Mesirca plays Kcor by Marco De Biasi

Alberto Mesirca plays Kcor by Marco De Biasi. This comes via De Biasi’s YouTube Channel. Great performance by Mesirca of this extroverted work. I performed some of Marco De Biasi’s studies (studio) for guitar trio last year which are pretty cool…

Thomas Viloteau plays Valse en Skaï by Dyens

French guitarist Thomas Viloteau plays Valse en Skaï by Roland Dyens (1955–2016). This comes via his great Youtube channel. Viloteau is a GFA winner and concert guitarist but also very down to Earth, I love these at-home videos from such an amazing player. Nice…

Aniello Desiderio Plays Wie Die Nacht Übers Land Kommt by Schmitz

Fabio Zanon gives us an introduction to composer Georg Schmitz and his new work Wie Die Nacht Übers Land Kommt (trans. How The Night Comes Over The Land) followed by a performance by Aniello Desiderio. English subtitles: Click on subtitle button next to the…

Johan Löfving Plays Canto & Finale from Ginastera’s Op.47

Swedish guitarist Johan Löfving performs the Canto & Finale from A. Ginastera’s Sonata Op.47. Produced by TallWall Media in Swedish Church London. This comes via his Youtube Channel. Also check out his last video that I featured on the site with him playing Mertz…

Jeffrey McFadden Plays Cuatro Piezas by Ponce

Canadian guitarist Jeffrey McFadden plays Cuatro piezas para guitarra by Manuel Ponce (1882-1948). This comes via McFadden’s fantastic Youtube channel. Recorded by Drew Henderson in July, 2018 at St. Anne’s Anglican, Toronto. Guitar by Marcus Dominelli, 2017. Excellent playing as usual from McFadden with beautiful phrasing and…

Ben Diamond Plays Night Spirit Suite by Andrew Staniland

Canadian guitarist Ben Diamond plays Night Spirit Suite (2008) by Canadian composer Andrew Staniland (b.1977). This comes via Diamond’s YouTube. A well-title work for this Halloween night post! Staniland has written a number of solo and ensemble works for guitar including the excellent…

Klangbilder No.1-24 by Carlo Domeniconi

Enjoy this wonderful set of 24 pieces for students, Klangbilder No.1-24 (Band 1 & 2) by Carlo Domeniconi (b.1947) for classical guitar, ranging from easy to early-intermediate, filled with a wealth of musical moods and motifs. Klangbilder essentially translates to…

Tengyue Zhang Plays Hommage a Villa-Lobos by Roland Dyens

Tengyue ‘TY’ Zhang plays Hommage a Villa-Lobos (Tuhu) by Roland Dyens (1955–2016). This comes via Guitar Magazine on their Youtube channel. Zhang is the winner of the Guitar Foundation of America (GFA) International Concert Artist Competition last year. He is…

Giacomo Susani Quintet with QuartettoCMantova

QuartettoCMantova and Giacomo Susani (guitar) perform Quintet written by Susani. This comes via his YouTube Channel. Susani is an Italian classical guitarist based in London. Some great ensemble work with all the precise group articulations. Refined playing and composing by Susani, very well…

Brouwer Conducts Elegiaco with Zaira Meneses

Composer Leo Brouwer (b.1939) conducts his 1986 Concierto Elegiaco with Zaira Meneses playing the guitar. This was at the 2018 Boston GuitarFest at the New England Conservatory of Music and comes to us via Zaira Meneses and her great YouTube Channel. Great…

Julia Trintschuk plays Allegro from Sonata Giocosa by Rodrigo

Julia Trintschuk plays Allegro from Sonata Giocosa by Joaquín Rodrigo (1901–1999) on a 2016 Richard Newman guitar. This comes via the excellent Siccas Guitars and their fantastic YouTube channel. Great playing by Trintschuk of this difficult but wonderful piece. Also see her past videos I’ve posted. She…