Johan Löfving Plays Canarios by Gaspar Sanz

ByBradford Werner
2021

Swedish guitarist Johan Löfving performs Canarios by Gaspar Sanz (1640–1710) on baroque guitar. This comes via his fantastic Youtube Channel. Great to hear Sanz on Baroque guitar where the strummed chords sound so at home. Brilliant performance by Löfving with his usual mix of amazing energy and phrasing. I was just talking about this work in a lecture I did on transcribing early music for Classical Guitar Corner. A lot of arrangements from the 20th century really beefed the piece up for modern guitar but nothing beats the original with its light, fast movements and leaps and jumps in the motifs.

You can check out my sheet music edition of Canarios in my Gaspar Sanz Collection.

Bradford Werner

Bradford Werner is a classical guitarist and music publisher from Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. He originally created this site for his students at the Victoria Conservatory of Music but now shares content worldwide. Curating guitar content helps students absorb the culture, musical ideas, and technique of the classical guitar. Bradford also has a YouTube channel with over 94,000 subscribers and 13 million views. He taught classical guitar at the Victoria Conservatory of Music for 16 years and freelanced in Greater Victoria for 20 years and now dedicates much of his time curating content online and helping connect the classical guitar community. See more at his personal website.