Michael Butten Plays Narváez

Michael Butten performs three works by Luys de Narváez (fl. 1526-1549) on classical guitar. This comes via the Omni Foundation for Performing Arts and their great Youtube channel. Great repertoire and performance by Butten, he explains his arrangement of the Glorioso in the Omni description, “I chose to put the Plainchant in the ‘Gloriosa‘ variations as is at the beginning of the recording. In Renaissance times the plainsong melody would have been well known by listeners, but it is particularly veiled in the middle voices in the first variation so, in my opinion, it’s helpful to give listeners something to anchor the variations to.”

Repertoire by Luys de Narváez (fl. 1526-1549)

Diferencias sobre “Guárdame Las Vacas”
Baxa de Contrapunto
Diferencias sobre “O Glorioso Domina”

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.