Classical Guitar Recordings

[Franco_Manitobain]

Did they wet your appetite or not?

Oh yes, enjoyed them! I heard them through a guitar recital I attended recently!  Featuring Polish guitarist Anna Pietrzak.

[Florestan]

Oh yes, enjoyed them! I heard them through a guitar recital I attended recently!  Featuring Polish guitarist Anna Pietrzak.

Excellent. Barrios' music is very poetic, sort of a Chopin of the guitar, not least for promoting the music of his native country and continent, such as polca paraguayo and vals criollo. A most interesting artist and person.

[Franco_Manitobain]

Excellent. Barrios' music is very poetic, sort of a Chopin of the guitar, not least for promoting the music of his native country and continent, such as polca paraguayo and vals criollo. A most interesting artist and person.

Do you have any particular favourite Barrios compositions?

[Florestan]

Do you have any particular favourite Barrios compositions?

I haven't listened to all of them yet, Ray, but of what I heard, I particularly liked La Catedral, Una limosna por el amor de Dios, Arnonias de America, Aire popular paraguayo and Un sueño en la foresta. This is not to say that the other pieces were less beautiful --- actually, I have yet to hear a dull and uninspired Barrios work.

[Bachtoven]

I like Barrios' music and learned La Catedral, Las Abejas, and Preludio in c. Most of his music is quite difficult to play even though he was an experienced guitarist.

[Bachtoven]

OK, here's one to AVOID! Her playing is adequate, but most of the pieces are trite and use every conceivable guitar cliché. The cover alone should be a warning! (The title refers to the all female composers.)

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Sunday morning with this charismatic music.

[Bachtoven]

Moran Wasser hasn't made a commercial recording yet, but he has several high quality YT videos. This one is especially mind-blowing! He's playing an 11-string guitar.

[Franco_Manitobain]

Just arrived on my doorstep, so I'm diving in to disc 3 and 4 of this set, which includes transcriptions by Tarrega on music by Chopin, Schumann, Beethoven, Schubert, Berlio, Grieg and Weyrauch on disc 3, while it includes the music of Bach, Mozart, Haydn, Handel, Bizet, Wagner, Boito, Meyerbeer, Mendelssohn, Henselt, Bolzoni, Gomez, Capua, Valverde, Tolsa, Iradier and Albeniz.

All performed by guitarist Giulio Tampalini on Brilliant Classics

[Atriod]

Just arrived on my doorstep, so I'm diving in to disc 3 and 4 of this set, which includes transcriptions by Tarrega on music by Chopin, Schumann, Beethoven, Schubert, Berlio, Grieg and Weyrauch on disc 3, while it includes the music of Bach, Mozart, Haydn, Handel, Bizet, Wagner, Boito, Meyerbeer, Mendelssohn, Henselt, Bolzoni, Gomez, Capua, Valverde, Tolsa, Iradier and Albeniz.

All performed by guitarist Giulio Tampalini on Brilliant Classics

Wulfin Lieske has a superb CD featuring some Tárrega, he is also active in his Youtube channel's comment sections answering questions on these pieces if you had any.

[Bachtoven]

This is a wonderful new release. (Qobuz 16/44.1.)

[atardecer]

This is one of my favorite classical guitar recordings. Ducharme plays each work with a lot of care, sensitivity and expressivity. I especially like the pieces by Rodrigo, Dunne and Hétu from this recording. Dunne's Appalachian Summer was composed specifically for this GFA competition, I find it an outstanding piece of music.

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

This is one of my favorite classical guitar recordings. Ducharme plays each work with a lot of care, sensitivity and expressivity. I especially like the pieces by Rodrigo, Dunne and Hétu from this recording. Dunne's Appalachian Summer was composed specifically for this GFA competition, I find it an outstanding piece of music.

Nice recording!

[Papy Oli]

Some Villa-Lobos guitar music to kick off the day:

This:



from this:

[Florestan]

(Cross-post from the WAYLTN thread)

Maiden-listen



Lyrical, poetic, intimate music. Right up my alley.

[BWV 1080]

My new favorite Bach album - Alan adds implied counterpoint to the Chaccone & prelude from the first Cello Suite, much as a keyboard player would. 

an example of one of the Chaccone variations:

[BWV 1080]

Do you have the CD? It contains many more mind-blowing arrangements, including the Violin Sonata No.3. Streaming platforms also have the recording if you are so inclined.

Yes, and the BWV 996 is also great

[AnotherSpin]

Qobuz has this, and there is something on bandcamp too.

[Florestan]

Been re-listening to these last week. Wonderful music and music-making. My favorites are No. 5 and No. 6.

[Bachtoven]

Wow--no posts since 8/28? It's a good thing I came back!

This is an excellent new release, although the sound is too reverberant/distant for my taste.