Point Me to Some Classical Guitar (Lute is okay, too, if you want)

[pjme]

Belgian guitarist Godelieve Monden (1949) had a most distinguished career. Her recordings with Yepes stand out.
At the age of 6, she began studying the guitar with Frans De Groodt, who was a student of Emilio Pujol. From 1966 to 1969, she studied at the Antwerp Conservatory with Victor Van Puyenbroeck. After the conservatory, she continued her studies at the Scola Cantorum in Paris, with Teddy Chemla. 

Godelieve Monden followed numerous masterclasses with Andrés Segovia, José Tomás, Barbara Polášek, Óscar Cáceres and Narciso Yepes, among others. With the latter, she also made a number of music albums as a duo. She gave many solo recitals and performed as a soloist with orchestras throughout Europe, in Israel, South Africa, the United States and South America.

[hopefullytrusting]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ABxi_Mn2C40

[pjme]

I almost forgot
Raphaella Smits!

https://acousticguitar.com/raphaella-smits-feels-right-at-home-playing-argentine-music/


Raphaella Smits plays worldwide in her unique way on eight-string guitars and historical instruments. She has been praised as 'an uncommonly musical guitarist' (Tim Page, New York Times), 'Une Grande Musicienne' and 'one of the most sensitive and cultured performers of our time' (Jean Bernard, Diapason, FR).In 2019, she received a unique award "Por su aporte a la Guitarra y la Cultura" in Argentina at the Festival Guitarras del Mundo.In addition to stage-work, Raphaella Smits has realized 25 albums, many of which are listed as indispensable to refined music lovers. To this day, she continues to produce new, valuable recordings.Raphaella Smits is widely acclaimed as an inspiring pedagogue for both guitar and chamber music. She taught at the Lemmens Institute / LUCA School of Arts in Leuven, Belgium, from 1986 to 2022. Now, she continues to give regular masterclasses in Europe, in North and South America, and in Japan.Organizers of international music competitions request Raphaella as a member or as president of the jury because of her exceptional and unbiased judgment and her empathetic afterthoughts with the candidates.Raphaella studied classical music at the Royal Conservatories of Antwerp and Brussels. Simultaneously she went to José Tomàs to perfect her playing at the "Catedra Andrès Segovia" in Spain. At that time she already gave her first concerts and became a convincing advocate for the eight-string guitar.In 1986 Raphaella Smits was the first woman to win the first prize of the "XX Certamen Internacional de Guitarra Francisco Tarrega", the famous international guitar competition in Benicasim, Spain. That victory confirmed the progression of a successfully started career, after previous prizes in competitions in Granada and Palma de Mallorca.The jury presidents, Segovia and Narciso Yepes, both expressed their admiration for Raphaella's musicality and prophetically espressed confidence in her future achievements.

[Bachtoven]

Make it 5 by including Narciso Yepes. 

Once again I'm probably in the minority, but Yepes doesn't even crack my top 100! His playing comes across as dry and stiff to my ears, and he had to double-track some of the tougher Scarlatti Sonatas on his recording of works by him—with no mention of it in the booklet notes. (It's plainly obvious with headphones.)

[Bachtoven]

Tilman Hoppstock is an amazing player--tons of technique and very expressive.

[Bachtoven]

His tone isn't always the warmest, but he plays with almost overwhelming virtuosity.

[Mandryka]

Alberto Ponce - Maurice Ohana, Si le jour paraît.

[pjme]

Aha! Ohana!

In 1975 Yepes recorded it with Frühbeck de Burgos/ London SO for DGG.