Classical Guitar Recordings

[Bachtoven]

This one is also very good...in fact I think I prefer it.

[JBS]

Naxos is releasing this CD this month. Greeting Cards is a group of 52 pieces, but only 21 were for guitar.

The same guitarist has recorded three other Castelnouvo-Tedesco works for Naxos but they are download/streaming only.

[Bachtoven]

[milk]

After hearing Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco's Sonatina canonica, Op. 196 for guitar duo in the above recording, I was like WHOA....this is good.  I immediately made a b-line to see if MC-T composed other guitar duos and came across these:





Anyone familiar with these recordings?

Wow. I'd never heard of this...An interesting composition to say the least and an interesting person. Thanks.

[Papy Oli]

Cross-Post:

Robert Beaser - Guitar Concerto

This work has its moments after quite a tense, angry 1st movement. The third movement was quite attention-grabbing, Not sure this would be a work I would return to, though.

On the same CD, the solo guitar work Notes on a Southern Sky should appeal to the fans of the genre.

[Brian]

It's strange for a concerto and solo guitar CD to give the conductor so much larger billing than the guitarist.

[ritter]

Cross-posted from the "Purchases Today" thread:

Found at FNAC in downtown Madrid this afternoon:



Bussotti was the most outlandish of the Italian avant-garde of the 60s and 70s; actually, he was often really wacky (and his "visual" scores must have be nightmare for performers to decipher), but I've always had a soft spot for his music. I already know Rara (eco serologico) from a collection of modern guitar music played by Leo Brouwer on DG, but this is the first complete survey of Bussotti's guitar music in my collection (there was an earlier one from 2016 I was not aware of, played by Sergio Sorrentino on the Portuguese label Creative Source).

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Enjoying the album. The performance is between good and fair, I think.

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Fun recording by the talented artists.

[ChamberNut]

Naxos is releasing this CD this month. Greeting Cards is a group of 52 pieces, but only 21 were for guitar.

The same guitarist has recorded three other Castelnouvo-Tedesco works for Naxos but they are download/streaming only.

Hmm, may add this to the wishlist.

[ChamberNut]

Listening again to this superb disc!

[BWV 1080]

Incredible playing and arrangements from Alan Mearns, who takes solo violin and cello works and not only adds the implied bass line, as is commonly done, but adds the appropriate inner voices as well, much as a period keyboardist would approach these pieces

Rick Beato drummed up some attention on his vid of the prelude from the 1st Cello suite

The famous solo violin Chaccone is also set like a keyboard player might

[BWV 1080]

Listening again to this superb disc!

Do you know this piece for guitar, mandolin and harp?

[ChamberNut]

Do you know this piece for guitar, mandolin and harp?

No, I do not. I appreciate you bringing it to my attention!

[Bachtoven]

Incredible playing and arrangements from Alan Mearns, who takes solo violin and cello works and not only adds the implied bass line, as is commonly done, but adds the appropriate inner voices as well, much as a period keyboardist would approach these pieces

Rick Beato drummed up some attention on his vid of the prelude from the 1st Cello suite

The famous solo violin Chaccone is also set like a keyboard player might

Alan's CD is amazing--it contains the two pieces from those videos, WTC Book 1 Prelude No.2, Violin Sonata No.3, Lute Suite No.1, and a choral prelude. Stunning from start to finish. It's also available on streaming platforms.



Here's a video of him playing the Allegro from Violin Sonata No.3:

[ChamberNut]

Well....aren't I a lucky fellow? 

With my recent new found enjoyment and discovery of classical guitar music, I just found out that my city has a classical music society!  The Winnipeg Classical Guitar Society.

And lo and behold, there is a guitar recital this Saturday featuring polish guitarist Anna Pietrzak.

I think I will attend.  No details on the repertoire being played though that I could find.

[ChamberNut]

Well....aren't I a lucky fellow? 

With my recent new found enjoyment and discovery of classical guitar music, I just found out that my city has a classical music society!  The Winnipeg Classical Guitar Society.

And lo and behold, there is a guitar recital this Saturday featuring polish guitarist Anna Pietrzak.

I think I will attend.  No details on the repertoire being played though that I could find.

Anna Pietrzak

Winnipeg Classical Guitar Society

[ChamberNut]

For Anna Pietrzak recital, it just indicates on her site she will be performing works from Assad, Bach, Barrios, Coste, Dyens and Tansman.

[ChamberNut]

Looks like I missed two earlier concerts at the Winnipeg Classical Guitar Society by:

Jerome Ducharme
Bokyung Byun

Both of these guitarists have a Naxos release.

[Brian]

For Anna Pietrzak recital, it just indicates on her site she will be performing works from Assad, Bach, Barrios, Coste, Dyens and Tansman.

This sounds great! Fortuitous discovery. I tend to love Assad, Barrios, Coste, and Tansman, especially Barrios. If she is of the same caliber as the musicians in the Naxos series, that is a good sign.

Norbert Kraft and Bonnie Silver have really helped build an incredible classical guitar culture and infrastructure in Canada.