Modern repertoire for the classical guitar including videos and sheet music articles. From early 20th century composers to contemporary new music.
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…
Collectici Intim by Vicente Asencio (1908–1979). Vicente Asencio was a Spanish composer and wrote Colletici Íntim in 1965 for Narciso Yepes. Asencio’s movements are based on ‘affects’: La Serenor (Serenity), La Joia (Joy), La Calma (Calm), La Gaubança (Delight), and…
Leo Brouwer’s Etude No. 6 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. 6 from Estudios Sencillos. I play the study and then give a lesson…
Isaac Bustos performs Prelude No. 2 in E Major 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…
Hanna Link plays Serenade by Sofia Gubaidulina (b.1931). This comes via Siccas Guitars and their great YouTube Channel and played on a Francois Regis Leonard guitar. Great piece, and well played by this young artist. You can also see her perform in quartet with…
Sanel Redžić (guitar) and Christiane Richter (harp) play Due immagini animate by Russian guitarist/composer Konstantin Vassiliev. This comes via Redzic’s great YouTube Channel. Beautiful sound recording with mastering by Joachim Müller. Recorded in Musikgymnasium Belvedere in Weimar, February 2017. Great blending of…
19 year old British guitarist Alexandra Whittingham plays Saudade No.3 by Roland Dyens (1955–2016). A very exciting piece when it gets going with varied styles mixed together. A student at the Royal Academy of Music in London, Whittingham pulls this off with…
Montengrin Guitar Duo (Goran Krivokapić and Danijel Cerović) play Tango Suite (I. Deciso, II. Andante, III. Allegro) by Astor Piazzolla (1921–1992). Great video with dancers too, directed by Augustin Pesnon. The dancers are Kira Makarova and Rachid Abjelout. This comes via the…