Modern repertoire for the classical guitar including videos and sheet music articles. From early 20th century composers to contemporary new music.
The Atlantic Guitar Quartet plays A.D. Silverstein’s Per Fernando: a suite for guitar quartet in six movements (2015). The Atlantic Guitar Quartet is Mark Edwards, Kevin Shannon, Zoe Johnstone Stewart and Jonathan Zwi, and all have degrees and connections to…
Polish guitarist Marcin Dylla plays Valse Romantique from Polish composer Aleksander Tansman’s Hommage à Chopin, for guitar (1966). As Chopin was also from from Poland, this is triple-Polish! This comes via the Guitar Salon International showroom in Santa Monica, CA. You can also check out the…
Canadian guitarist Rob MacDonald plays Forged (2005) by Tomi Räisänen (b. 1976 Finland). This comes via his Youtube channel. Video and sound is produced by the amazing Canadian guitarist/producer Drew Henderson. Rob is one of my favourite guitar players, his new music…
American guitarist Andrew Zohn plays Xodó da Baiana by Brazilian composer & guitarist Dilermando Reis (1916-1977). Filmed at the Schwob School of Music. Audio by Matthew McCabe. Video by Canadian guitarist and producer Drew Henderson. Fun little work, light but looks like…
Kupinski Duo (Ewa Jablczynska & Dariusz Kupinski) playing their arrangement of Zita by Argentinian composer Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992). Dariusz plays a 2016 Felipe Conde Jr. and Ewa plays a 1990 Brian Cohen. This comes via the Guitar Salon Internationalshowroom in Santa…
Cathy Fern Lewis (voice) & Douglas Hensley (lute) play “She walks in Beauty” by Vancouver-based composer Rodney Sharman. Recorded at Wood Recital Hall, Victoria Conservatory of Music, Victoria, BC, May 2016. I recently recorded a new work for some colleagues of…
Canadian guitarist Adam Cicchillitti plays Par Vents et Marées written in 2013 by Canadian guitarist and composer Patrick Roux for his wife Chantal Gagnon. Par Vents et Marées is one of Patrick Roux’s ‘Panoramic Scenes’ for solo guitar. Audio and…
Marcin Dylla plays by Prelude No. 2 by Brazilian composer Heitor Villa Lobos (1887-1959). This comes via the fantastic Siccas Guitars and their great YouTube channel. Great playing from Dylla as usual. Love his down to earth playing. He knows when to be elegant…
Here’s some of the pieces from the Class Axe Guitar workshop. The Guitar Society of Toronto with the Canadian Music Centre have created new compositions for solo classical guitar. This year’s workshop included collaborations with guitarists and organizations in Vancouver and…
Pour guitare by Steve CowanWith guest guitarist François BergeronArtist Website: stevecowanmusic.comRelease Date: 2016 Listen to Samples or Buy via Amazon: Pour Guitare by Steve Cowanor iTunes / CD Baby Canadian guitarist Steve Cowan recently released an album featuring a collection of works by…
Spanish guitarist Andrea Gonzalez Caballero plays Ségoviana, Op. 366 (1957) by French composer Darius Milhaud (1892-1974). We are indeed lucky to have a piece written for guitar by Milhaud, a member of Les Six, also known as The Group of…
French guitarist Thomas Viloteau plays Variations and Fugue on ‘Folia de España’ (1929) by Mexican composer Manuel María Ponce (1882–1948). This is one of a handful of monumental works for the guitar. This fantastic set of variations ends with a…