Classical Guitar Recordings

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

^ Very interesting. I will check it out!

[aligreto]

^ Very interesting. I will check it out!

It is the same, but different, as we say here in Ireland 

[Mandryka]

Schumann played on an 8 string guitar held like a cello

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0rX5tTiXrH4

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

^ As always Galbraith's execution is solid and natural. I didn't know that he held guitars perpendicularly, but it may enhance the coverage of such a wide neck with 8 strings.

If you lay the guitar down like a Hawaiian steel guitar and place the left-hand fingers from above, it will optimize the area of coverage on the neck and possibly will facilitate the finger movement as well.

[Bachtoven]

Purists will probably object to the numerous added notes and even musical lines (He goes way beyond Segovia!), but there's no doubt he's a brilliant player. The woman on the cover is a "prop"--this is a solo guitar recording. 

[Bachtoven]

Marko Topchii from Ukraine is one of my favorite guitarists. All three works are very difficult, but Rodrigo's "Toccata" is insanely demanding. He wrote it 1933 but it lay neglected until its publication in 2006. If you want to skip ahead, it starts at 20:40.

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Purists will probably object to the numerous added notes and even musical lines (He goes way beyond Segovia!), but there's no doubt he's a brilliant player. The woman on the cover is a "prop"--this is a solo guitar recording.

Looks interesting. I'll check the recording!

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Marko Topchii from Ukraine is one of my favorite guitarists. All three works are very difficult, but Rodrigo's "Toccata" is insanely demanding. He wrote it 1933 but it lay neglected until its publication in 2006. If you want to skip ahead, it starts at 20:40.

Very good performance and nice tone. Is the body spruce top? Thank you for the post.

[Bachtoven]

Very good performance and nice tone. Is the body spruce top? Thank you for the post.

No, it's cedar and made by Julian Dammann.

[Bachtoven]

Looks interesting. I'll check the recording!

If you subscribe to any streaming platforms, it should be available. I know that Qobuz has it. I might order the CD from him. If you are feeling especially ambitious, he has published his transcriptions--Amazon has the score. 

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

If you subscribe to any streaming platforms, it should be available. I know that Qobuz has it. I might order the CD from him. If you are feeling especially ambitious, he has published his transcriptions--Amazon has the score. 

His attack is a little too strong for my personal taste as of now. I will check his next recording.

[Bachtoven]

His attack is a little too strong for my personal taste as of now. I will check his next recording.

Interesting. Then I guess you must really dislike Eliot Fisk!! 

[Bachtoven]

I like this fellow quite a bit, too. He has a CD on Naxos that is also available on streaming platforms. I'm considering ordering arrangement of this wonderful Schubert lieder. (It's not on the recording.)

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

I like this fellow quite a bit, too. He has a CD on Naxos that is also available on streaming platforms. I'm considering ordering arrangement of this wonderful Schubert lieder. (It's not on the recording.)

Sounds very good!

Interesting. Then I guess you must really dislike Eliot Fisk!! 

I like Fisk's arrangements, but not a big fan of his playing. But his dexterity is amazing! Please don't take my opinion seriously. It's just a personal, and capricious, preference. I may change my mind tomorrow. I'm not a serious music listener.

[Bachtoven]

I'm not a serious music listener.

Do you play guitar?

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Leo Brouwer: La Ciudad De Las Columnas / Nuevos Estudios Sencillos. Graham Anthony Devine.
Not a fan of Devine, but nice recording.

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Charmes de la guitare; Alberto Ponce. Fun recording. Nice primitiveness.

[Bachtoven]

[Bachtoven]

What's the best recording of Mauric Ohana's Si le jour paraît?

I don't know if it's the best, but this new recording of his guitar works is very good.

[Bachtoven]

It's a pity that Bream did not record both of Henze's "The Royal Winter Music" sonatas (At the time he deemed the second one "unplayable"), but at least he gave us the first one. I saw him give the US premiere and had him autograph the score!