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Review: Music of Jorge Morel

Music of Jorge Morel by Jorge MorelPaperback: 36 pages (Notation)Publisher: Mel Bay Publications, Inc. (September 24, 2013) Buy or Learn More via Amazon:  Music of Jorge Morel From the composer (via back cover): These compositions, like most of my music, are of Latin…

Review: Duo Resonances – Granados, Piazzolla, Scarlatti, Ginastera, Mompou

Duo Resonances: Granados, Piazzolla, Scarlatti, Ginastera, Mompou Frédérique Luzy & Pierre Bibault Buy the album: Duo Resonances via Amazon Artist Website: duoresonances.comLabel: Calliope RecordsArt Direction: Cécile LenoirRecording: Dada Studio, Brussels (BE)Mastering: Thomas Vingtrinier, Sequenza Studio, Paris (FR)Photos: Jean-Baptiste MillotTexts: Philippe Cathé Repertoire:…

Review: Fluidity by Benjamin Beirs

Artist Website: benjaminbeirs.comHelp support this album via: Indiegogo Album Title: Fluidity: Classical Guitar in the 21st Century Repertoire:  Laments, Dances and Lullabies by Miroslav Tadic (b. 1959) Sonata III by Manuel M. Ponce (1882-1948) Fluidity by Benjamin Beirs (b. 1984) Lutoslawski: In…

Review: Textura by Duo Amaral

Textura by Duo AmaralJorge Amaral & Mia Pomerantz-Amaral Artist Website: duoamaral.com Listen to samples or buy via Amazon: Textura by Duo Amaral Repertoire: L’estro Armonico Concerto No.9 RV 230 by Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) Sonata in G Major by Giovanni B. Sammartini (1698-1775)…

Review: Awake, my Soul, and Sound your Strings by Ólavur Jakobsen

Awake, my Soul, and Sound your Strings by Ólavur JakobsenGuitar Music from the Faroe Islands Artist Website: www.olavurjakobsen.comLabel: www.tutl.com Listen to samples or buy the album via Amazon I love receiving unique and interesting albums such as this release by…

Review: One Night on Earth by Derek Gripper

One Night on Earth: Music from the Strings of Maliby Derek Gripper Label: New Cape RecordsReleased: 2012 Buy or listen to samples (via Amazon) This album by South African guitarist Derek Gripper includes arrangements of compositions by Malian musicians Toumani Diabaté,…

Review: Lily Afshar – Musica da Camera

Musica da CameraUspenskey, Paganini, & Piazzolla Buy or listen to samples on Amazon: Lily Afshar – Musica da CameraArtist Website: lilyafshar.comLabel: Archer Records 1. Musical Sketches on Pushkin’s Eugene Oneginfor guitar & chamber ensemble by Vladislav Uspensky (WORLD PREMIERE)Performed by Lily…

Review: Ergonomic Guitar Technique by Joakim Zelmerlööw

Buy or look inside the book via Amazon Review: Ergonomic Guitar Technique by Joakim ZelmerlööwPaperback: 216 pagesPublisher: lulu.com (January 19, 2012)Language: English Summary via the publisher: The method Ergonomic guitar technique takes the individual behind the instrument as its starting point, thus creating a…

Review: Lines, Color & Form: Music of Bryan Johanson

Album Title: Lines, Color & Form: Music of Bryan JohansonArtist: Luke Trimble (guitar) and Matthew Keating (cello)Artist Website: www.luketrimble.com Buy or Listen to Samples via Amazon:Lines Color & Form: Music of Bryan Johanson Repertoire: 1-3. Spring, Op. 1 by Bryan Johanson Three Sonatas,…

Review: Prélude by Michael Sheridan

Prélude by Michael SheridanArtist Website: www.michaelsheridanmusic.com Buy or listen to samples via Amazon Album Repertoire:Montagne Ste Genevieve – Django Reinhardt (as performed by Stephane Wrembel)Cello Suite No 3 – J.S. BachEl Choclo – Angel Villoldo (arr. Roland Dyens)Nuages – Django…

Review: RCM Bridges Guitar Series (2011)

Update: See the new RCM Classical Guitar Series 2018 2011 RCM Bridges Guitar SeriesI went out and bought the entire collection of the 2011 Bridges Guitar Series by the Royal Conservatory of Music (Toronto) and Frederick Harris Publishing. The price…