Jennifer Kim plays Sonata K27, L449 by Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757) on a classical guitar made by Yulong Guo at the Guitar Salon International showroom in Santa Monica, CA. This comes via their great YouTube Channel. A number of things I really…
Adam Levin playing La Primavera from Platero y Yo by Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895–1968) on a 2012 Jeffrey Elliott classical guitar. This comes via Guitar Salon International and their YouTube channel. One can never get enough of Tedesco’s excellent motivic writing and Levin’s energetic…
Pepe Romero performs the introduction to Sevillana by Spanish composer Joaquin Turina (1882–1949) on a 1924 Miguel Rodriguez guitar. This comes via Guitar Salon International and their YouTube.
You had me at chamber music! Guitarist Taso Comanescu and cellist Yoshika Masuda play Taso’s arrangement of Tanti Anni Prima (Ave Maria) by Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992), with Taso playing a 2016 Francois Leonard classical guitar. Recorded at the Guitar Salon International showroom in Santa…
The fantastic Croatian guitarist Zoran Dukic plays “451” from Cinema Paradiso by Stephen Goss. This comes via Guitar Salon International and their YouTube Channel. Played on the Jose Ramirez guitar that Andres Segovia owned and performed on from 1969 until 1980. Recorded at the Guitar Salon…
The Quattro Palos Guitar Quartet from Tokyo, Japan, playing Shigeru Matsuoka’s Samba de Viento. This comes via Guitar Salon International and their YouTube and played on on guitars by La Cañada – Torres replicas. These are all the “A” models, which have an antiqued…
Spanish guitarist Andrea González Caballero plays Danza del Molinero (Dance of the Miller) by Manuel de Falla (1876-1946). This comes via Guitar Salon International and their YouTube and played on a 2014 Pepe Romero Jr. guitar. Last week GSI posted her playing Aire Vasco by Antonio Manjón. Both…
Judicaël Perroy plays Choro de Saudade by Paraguayan guitarist and composer Agustín Barrios Mangoré (1885–1944). This comes via Guitar Salon International and their YouTube. Here he’s demoing a new Jose Ramirez Antigua guitar. I’ve always liked listening to and watching Judicael Perroy…
Russian guitarist Irina Kulikova playing Konstantin Vassiliev‘s Mogiana on a 2007 Gernot Wagner classical guitar. Recorded at the Guitar Salon International showroom in Santa Monica, CA. This comes via their great YouTube channel. Great playing from Kulikova, clean, articulate, nice…
The amazing John Schneider discusses microtonal music and the experimental 1976 Daniel Friederich meantone guitar with David Collett, president of Guitar Salon International. Part 1 of 3, with performances by Mak Grgic. Recorded at the Guitar Salon International showroom in…
American guitarist Josh Moore plays Sonata No. 4 Italiana (1977) by Italian-born Brazilian-Uruguayan composer Guido Santórsola (1904–1994). This comes via Guitar Salon International via their YouTube on a 2016 Luis Fernandez de Cordoba guitar. Nice playing by Moore with lots…
Roland Dyens plays Fernando Sor’s Le Calme, Django Reinhardt’s Nuages, and Astor Piazzolla’s Oblivion + Libertango on a 1947 Bouchet guitar. Includes an excellent into about the guitar and the usual hilarious banter by Dyens that one can not help…