Modern repertoire for the classical guitar including videos and sheet music articles. From early 20th century composers to contemporary new music.
Sanel Redžić (guitar) & Jovan Bogosavljević (violin) play Bordel 1900, from L’Histoire du Tango by Argentine composer Astor Piazzolla (1921–1992). This comes via Redzic’s great YouTube channel. Recorded in Klettbach, Germany in June 2018. These works are played often but I always prefer to post chamber…
Xuanxuan Sun Plays Hymne a L’Amour (사랑의 찬가) by Roland Dyens (1955–2016) on a Manuel Ramirez guitar. This comes via PARTITA Guitar Salon in Seoul, Korea on their YouTube. Such a fantastic player, I’ve previously posted a video of her playing Bach. So legato…
Weimar Guitar Quartet playing Nebulae by Belorusian composer Olga Amelkina-Vera. The quartet is made up of Karmen Stendler, Stephanie Jones, Hanna Link, and Jakob Schmidt. This comes via Stendler’s YouTube channel or Jones’s Youtube. Great playing by this super group of young artists. I really enjoy…
Lorenzo Bernardi Plays Pièce en forme de Passacaille by Alexandre Tansman (1897-1986). This comes via Bernardi’s great YouTube Channel (go subscribe). Fantastic playing of this piece that I wasn’t completely familiar with. You can find the sheet music in Gilardino’s…
You had me at chamber music! Guitarist Taso Comanescu and cellist Yoshika Masuda play Taso’s arrangement of Tanti Anni Prima (Ave Maria) by Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992), with Taso playing a 2016 Francois Leonard classical guitar. Recorded at the Guitar Salon International showroom in Santa…
“…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.…
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.…
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…
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…
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…