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French classical guitarist Gabriel Bianco performs Fantaisie Hongroise (Hungarian Fantasy) from Trois Morceaux op.65 (1857) by Johann Kaspar Mertz (1806-1856). This comes via Siccas Guitars and their YouTube channel and played on a on a 1986 Daniel Friederich classical guitar. Fantastic performance by Bianco with a dramatic flair well-matched to the extroverted…
Complete Etudes No.1-25, Op.60 by Matteo Carcassi (1796-1853) performed on classical guitar by Bradford Werner. This comes from my sheet music edition of 25 Etudes, Op.60 by Matteo Carcassi. PDF or hardcopy sheet music for classical guitar. Includes both a notation edition…
Canadian-Montenegrin classical guitarist Jelica Mijanovic plays Thousand Mirrors by Iranian composer Golfam Khayam (b.1982). This comes via Siccas Guitars and their YouTube channel and played on a 2024 Rinaldo Vacca classical guitar. Wonderful performance by Mijanovic with many delicate subtleties but also captivating forward…
Rafael Aguirre performs Waltz No.2 from Suite for Variety Orchestra No. 1 by Dmitri Shostakovich (1906 -1975) at the Palau de la Música Catalana, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. This comes via Aguirre’s YouTube channel. This work is an arrangement from an orchestral work sometimes mistakenly referred to as…
Lección No.78 by Julio Sagreras (1879–1942) for classical guitar with performance, lesson, and pdf sheet music. This comes from my sheet music collection Grade 1 Repertoire Supplement for Classical Guitar. Contains 10 works at the grade 1 level and is designed as…
Marcello Fantoni performs Overture in A Major No.1, Op.6 and Grande Sonata in C Major. Op. 114 by Ferdinando Carulli (1770-1841) on a period François René Lacôte, 1820 guitar. This comes via Edoardo Lambertenghi’s YouTube channel. I love these performances by Fantoni of Classical…
Eden Stell Guitar Duo with Mark Eden and Christopher Stell perform Sérénade pour deux Guitares by André Jolivet (1905-1974). This comes via the Duo’s YouTube channel. Great performance of this excellent duo originally written for Ida Presti and Alexandre Lagoya.…
Goran Krivokapić performs the music of Antonio Lauro (1917-1986) on classical guitar. This comes via his Krivokapić’s YouTube channel. Recorded in the enchanting Abbaye de Marmoutier, Alsace, France.” Krivokapić is one of my favourite players and usually playing some pretty serious repertoire so it’s…
Evangelina Mascardi performs Preludio e Fuga in D Minor by Sylvius Leopold Weiss (1686–1750) on a 13-course Baroque lute in Bassano, Teverina, Italy. This comes via Mascardi’s amazing YouTube channel. Wonderful performance by Mascardi with beautiful flowing galant style and ornamentation. These were two of the first works…
Canadian guitarists Drew Henderson and Simon Farintosh perform Intermezzo No.2, Op.118 by Johannes Brahms (1833-1897). This comes via Henderson’s excellent YouTube channel. Great performance with excellent ensemble balance by Henderson and Farintosh. The video is dedicated to the memory of guitarist Dr. Alexander Dunn, who passed away in…
Classical guitarist Cassie Martin performs an online concert with discussions for Altamira Guitars in Paris, France with repertoire by Tedesco and Seixas. This comes via Altamira Guitars and their YouTube channel. Amazing performances by Martin, retaining beautiful phrasing and musicality during even the most difficult passages.…
The phenomenal students of Curtis Institute of Music with Muxin Li, Xingxing Yao, Radomir Romashkov-Danilov, and Ruqi Jiang perform a programme including solos, duets, and ensembles with the music of Tedesco, Lansky, Ponce, and Sessler. See the performer list and…