Modern repertoire for the classical guitar including videos and sheet music articles. From early 20th century composers to contemporary new music.
Isaac Bustos performs Prelude No. 4 in E Minor by Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959). This comes via his great YouTube Channel. Audio and Video by Mark Bueno. 2013 Martin Blackwell Spruce doubletop guitar. Great performance by Bustos, you can also check…
Canadian guitarist Adam Cicchillitti plays his own composition Europa. This comes via his YouTube Channel. Here’s the YouTube blurb: “Europa is my first published composition for solo guitar. It was written for my darling wife Virginie Abat-Roy in 2015. The…
Bosnia- Herzegovina guitarist Sanel Redžić plays Lament and Dance by Vojislav Ivanovic (dedicated to Sanel Redzic). Recorded in April 2017. This comes via his great YouTube Channel. I love Redžić’s playing, thoughtful and controls but not without excitement and risk. Pretty nice sound…
Singapore guitarist Kevin Loh (19) and flutist Roberto Alvarez plays the first movement Pompeya from Suite Buenos Aires by Argentine composer Máximo Diego Pujol (b. 1957). This comes via Kevin Loh’s great Youtube. Great playing by Loh here with some good aggressive accents for this fun…
Lesson of the Week for Classical Guitar Leo Brouwer’s Etude No. 8 from Estudios Sencillos via my YouTube Channel.Sheet Music (complete etudes in one book) via amazon: Leo Brouwer Guitar Works Cuban composer Leo Brouwer’s Etude No. 8 from Estudios Sencillos. I play the…
Peter Graneis plays La Gaubança from Collectici Intim by Vicente Asencio (1908–1979) on a 2010 Andrés. D. Marvi guitar.This comes via Siccas Guitars and their great YouTube channel. Great playing by Graneis, lots of crisp articulations, excitement, but some nice sweet…
Slovenian-born (Madrid based) guitarist Sanja Plohl plays Preludes No. 1, 2, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 from 24 Preludes by Mexican composer Manuel Ponce (1882-1948). This comes via Sanja Plohl’s YouTube Channel. There are two sets of Preludes from Ponce, the set of…
The amazing Italian guitar duo SoloDuo (Lorenzo Micheli & Matteo Mela) play Quattro Danze for 2 guitars by Italian composer Raffaele Bellafronte (b. 1961) – Bossa nova (0:00), Valzer (3:02), Fox-trot (5:46), Mambo (8:11). This comes via Teatro Rossetti‘s YouTube Channel. Fantastic…
Italian guitarist Gian Marco Ciampa plays the theme from Variations on a Theme of Scriabin by Polish composer Alexandre Tansman (1897–1986). This comes via Siccas Guitars and their great YouTube Channel. You can see the whole set of variations performed below by…
‘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…
Leo Brouwer’s Etude No. 7 from Estudios Sencillos via my YouTube Channel.Sheet Music (complete etudes in one book) via amazon: Leo Brouwer Guitar Works Cuban composer Leo Brouwer’s Etude No. 7 from Estudios Sencillos. I play the study and then give a lesson…
Isaac Bustos performs Prelude No. 3 in A Minor by Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959). This comes via his great YouTube Channel. Audio and Video by Mark Bueno. 2013 Martin Blackwell Spruce doubletop guitar. Great performance by Bustos, filled with rubato and…