New classical guitar albums, editions, gear, products, and compositions for 2026. Submit your content but beware that only a few submissions a year will make the list. I can’t list every new thing people do so it’s a lottery and don’t expect anything. Email: bradford@thisisclassicalguitar.com
Brendan Evans
New Album
Tiento by Brendan Evans – Tiento, the debut solo album of classical guitarist Brendan Evans. The album presents a program of solo guitar works shaped by a long engagement with the instrument’s tradition with works by Francesco da Milano, Eduardo Sainz de la Maza, Joaquín Nin-Culmell, Regino Sainz de la Maza, Antonio Lauro, Maurice Ohana, and Dusan Bogdanovic. Released by Green Flash Music, produced by John Finbury.
Album Info: Brendan Evans, Listen on Spotify, Green Flash Music
Aaron Larget-Caplan
New Edition
Cider Meditation – SATB + Guitar, 2025, audio available, published by the American Composers Alliance.
New Edition
American Patriotic Songs Arranged for Guitar is published by the American Composers Alliance.
New Album
Guitar America 250 – Revolutionaries and Rockstars (Navona Records) • Traditional songs from the Civil to World Wars, Classical works by Bernstein, Berlin, Price (violin-guitar), Hovhaness, Cage, and new works by David Liptak, Ian Wiese, and Paul Simon and Eddie Van Halen. Album info here.
