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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,…
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…
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…
Buy or Learn more via Amazon:Giovanni Antonio Terzi: Arranged for Classical Guitar From the Publisher (Mel Bay): These selected works by Giovanni Antonio Terzi represent a last flowering of the lute fantasia in a motet-imitative style. They stand at a…
Buy this book or learn more via Amazon From the publisher: This book contains short and concise exercises for use in a warm-up before practice or performance, and for general technical advancement. The book is divided into four sections: I…
Amazon Link: Essential Bach: Arranged for the Guitar Paperback: 116 pagesPublisher: Mel Bay Publications (December 14, 2012)Level: Intermediate to Advanced. Students could start with the cello works and go from there. Works included: Cello Suite No. 1, BWV 1007 Cello Suite No. 3,…
Just got this yesterday and it’s a beauty! Nothing new, it’s a 1998 edition but I didn’t get around to buying until now. It’s an expensive one but I love reading right off the French tablature and couldn’t pass up getting…
Listen to samples or buy:Viaggio by Jorge Amaral via CD Baby, or Amazon Artist Website:www.jorgeamaral.com Tracks: D Minor Partita BWV 1004 by J.S. Bach (1685-1750) Invocation y Danza by Joaquin Rodrigo (1901-1999) Sonata Op. 47 by Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983) I recently reviewed Duo Amaral’s Súplica praising…
Here are some of the best guitar supports and rests I’ve played and reviewed. There are many types of guitar supports and footstools so it can be tricky to choose one at first or find the right one for your…
Just bought one of these cute little guys. I wanted something to travel with for camping or short trips. It’s called the Yamaha Guitalele (more info at Amazon) a so called hybrid of a guitar and ukulele. However, I’d just call it…
Súplica by Duo Amaralwww.duoamaral.com Buy or listen to samples: Listen to Súplica “Duo Amaral, launched in 2008 by Jorge Amaral and Mia Pomerantz-Amaral, are classical guitarists who are gaining momentum and steadily attracting audiences in the USA and abroad, and…
Earlier this year I wrote a review of this book over at Classical Guitar Canada. Jean-François Desrosby is an excellent guitarist and has put out a great little handbook to outline a few of the ideas and info regarding his…