Tag 20th Century

Gohar Vardanyan Plays Suite in A minor by Ponce

Gohar Vardanyan Suite in A minor by Manuel Maria Ponce (1882-1948). This is one of those imitation Baroque works Ponce wrote for Segovia. If you know the gossip, there is even a prelude by Ponce that was passed off as…

Nicholas Goluses performs Argento’s “Letters from Composers”

Four of the seven songs from Dominic Argento’s “Letters from Composers” sung by tenor, Robert Swensen and guitarist, Nicholas Goluses at the Eastman School of Music September 14th, 2010. Letters from Composers (1968), which uses as its text letters written by Chopin, Puccini, and…

Thomas Viloteau plays Usher Waltz by Koshkin

Thomas Viloteau plays one of the most iconic pieces in the Guitar repertoire, the Usher Waltz by Nikita Koshkin, composed after the short story “The fall of the house of Usher” by Edgar Allan Poe.

Paul Galbraith plays Nocturnal by Britten

An excellent recording and performance of one of the seminal works of the 20th century. Paul Galbraith – Nocturnal aft J Dowland Op. 70 Britten. The piece composed in 1963 by English composer Benjamin Britten was written for guitarist Julian Bream.…

Aaron Larget-Caplan plays John Cage

Some nice arrangements of Cage for guitar and violin. Pretty successful arrangements, the contrast of the attack on the guitar and dreamy melody fragments on the violin create a nice mood. Six Melodies by John Cage, Sharan Leventhal – violin,…

Gabriel Bianco plays Turina

Amazing playing by the excellent Gabriel Bianco . I love his clean playing, control over the sound, and highly expressive performance. He is great at pacing himself and making certain moments very special. Gabriel Bianco plays mov.1 from Sonata Op.61 for guitar…