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Judicael Perroy Plays Valses Poeticos by Granados

Judicael Perroy in concert plays Valses Poeticos by Spanish composer Enrique Granados (1867–1916). The transcription is by Shin Ichi Fukuda (Amazon). Paris born Judicael won GFA back in 1997 and continues to wow audiences. He currently resides in Paris and…

Arturo Parra – Terra Incognita

Arturo Parra, guitarist and composerTerra IncognitaSeven sound portraitsNovember 2013 © ARTURO PARRA℗ LA GRENOUILLE HIRSUTEMade in Canada Artist Website: Arturo ParraLabel Website: La Grenouille Hirsute Columbian born but Canadian based guitarist and composer Arturo Parra released this gem last year November. You…

Robert Barto Plays Presto by Weiss

This isn’t a new video but after watching it I had to share it anyway. If you don’t know Robert Barto you must get to know his work. His Weiss recordings (Amazon) are absolutely fantastic. I’m not exaggerating. They are…

Agnew & McAllister Duo play Hamnataing

Agnew & McAllister Duo plays Hamnataing by Chris Stout (Arr. by Agnew & McAllister Duo). The ever excellent McAllister on guitar with flutist Aisling Agnew playing this nice fiddle tune. Born and brought up in the Shetland Islands, Chris Stout…

Marcin Dylla plays The Sonata of Loneliness by Pēteris Vasks

Fantastic! Marcin Dylla plays The Sonata of Loneliness(1990) by Latvian Pēteris Vasks. In three movements: I-Pensieroso, II-Risoluto, III-Con dolore. Vasks early style was reminiscent of Lutosławski, Penderecki and Crumb but later works explore wide ranging influences such as folk music.…

Jarring Sounds Play Henry Purcell

Jarring Sounds with Danielle Reutter-Harrah, mezzo-soprano and Adam Cockerham, baroque guitar play “When first Amintas sued for a kiss” by Henry Purcell (1659–1695). I love the Baroque guitar strumming rather than an awkward arrangement of the keyboard score. Sounds so…

Adrian Verdejo plays In a Room by Sharman

There’s a great video of my friend and trio partner Adrian Verdejo playing the beautiful piece “In a Room” by Vancouver composer Rodney Sharman. Vancouver Review Media disabled the embed codes so I can’t post it here but you can…

Vintage John Williams Talks and Plays Weiss

John Williams talks about and plays Suite in F by German Baroque lutenist and composer Sylvius Leopold Weiss (1687-1750) back in 1978. The video quality isn’t great but I love seeing these rare videos where he plays repertoire I didn’t…

Victoria Guitar Trio plays Temporal Waves by Nobles

Victoria Guitar Trio with Adrian Verdejo, Michael Dias and Bradford Werner perform Temporal Waves by Vancouver composer Jordan Nobles. As I prepare for a trio concert in Vancouver this weekend I thought I’d share one of the pieces we are playing…

Leo Brouwer – Late 1960 – Early 70s

A rare find of Cuban composer Leo Brouwer (1939) playing sometime in the late 60s or early 70s. Nice camera angles, up and close! Plus, he really goes for it!

Marcin Dylla plays Folia Variations by Ponce

Marcin Dylla plays Variations sur “Folia de España” et Fugue by Mexican composer Manuel María Ponce (1882–1948). This is one of the major works in the guitar repertoire partly for its quality but also for sheer scope. This clocks in at 25mins…

Lorenzo Micheli plays Geppetto by Carpi

Lorenzo Micheli plays Geppetto by Fiorenzo Carpi. Filmed during the International Guitar Festival Mikulov, Czech Republic, in June 2014 by the Gitaarsalon. The theme is taken from “Le avventure di Pinocchio” by Fiorenzo Carpi (Milan, 1918 – Rome, 1997), composed as a…