Month January 2020

Jure Cerkovnik Plays Trois Balkanesques by Ourkouzounov

Jure Cerkovnik plays Trois Balkanesques by Atanas Ourkouzounov. Recorded in Rdeča Dvorana – Magistrat, Ljubljana, Slovenia. This comes via Cerkovnik’s YouTube channel. Audio and video by the great Uroš Barič via Baros Records. Fantastic playing by Cerkovnik with excellent phrasing,…

Lesson: How to Memorize Music

Memorization Tips for Classical Guitar and Musicians – A lesson on how to memorize music. This lesson covers various ways to memorize your music for classical guitarists or musicians in general. Here’s a brief overview: YouTube Lesson Link – Watch…

Izidor Erazem Grafenauer - Works of Slovenian Composers

Works of Slovenian Composers by Izidor Erazem Grafenauer

Works of Slovenian Composers by Izidor Erazem GrafenauerBaros Records, 2019Produced by Uros Baric Buy or Listen via Baros Records (best), Apple, Amazon, Spotify. I was very pleased to learn about this excellent recording of Slovenian composers by guitarist Izidor Erazem…

Hannah Murphy Plays Hungarian Fantasy by Mertz

Hungarian Fantasy Op. 65 No. 1 by Johann Kaspar Mertz performed by classical guitarist Hannah Murphy on a Altamira Vienna guitar. This comes via her YouTube channel. Great playing by Hannah Murphy with some beautiful phrasing. I’ve been following her online…

Canción para ti by Aureo Puerta Carreño

Canción para ti by Aureo Puerta CarreñoSheet Music for Canción para ti (via Huitrón)Composer’s Youtube Aureo Puerta Carreño is a Venezulean composer now living in Miami, USA. A great guitarist himself and budding composer, he has recently received much praise…

Lessons and Conversations with David Russell (CGR)

David Russell in conversation with Classical Guitar Retreat director Matthew McAllister during the 2018 retreat in Scotland. FYI, the twelfth Classical Guitar Retreat takes place in the summer of 2020 at the Cathedral of the Isles on the Island of Cumbrae off the west coast…

Homenaje, Le Tombeau de Claude Debussy by Manuel de Falla

Homenaje, Le Tombeau de Claude Debussy by Manuel de Falla (1876-1946). Played by Sanel Redžić on a 1961 Hermann Hauser II via Siccas Guitars and their great YouTube channel. This is one of the gems of modern works for the guitar filled with…

Mademoiselle Tiroloise (SW28) by Weiss for Guitar (Sheet Music, Tab)

Mademoiselle Tiroloise by Weiss (PDF, Lesson)

Mademoiselle Tiroloise (SW28) in D Major from the London Manuscript by Sylvius Leopold Weiss (1687–1750). Sheet Music and/or Tab for Classical Guitar. Comes with both a notation only edition and a notation + tab edition. Left hand fingering. PDF Download.…

Napoleonian Guitar Sonatas

Napoleonian Guitar Sonatas with Pascal Valois

Napoleonian Guitar Sonatas with Pascal Valois (romantic guitar) and Jacques-André Houle (violin) Release date: January 17th, 2020 Label: Centaur Records Buy or Listen on YouTube, Spotify, Amazon, Apple, hbdirect or his website. Great to hear this new album of solos…

Ara Dinkjian Plays Oud via The Met

First Video: Keesher Bar (Night Dance), written and performed by Ara Dinkjian. Featured oud (ūd): Manol by Emmanuel Venios (Greek, active Turkey, 1838–1915/16), Ūd, 1916, Istanbul, Turkey. Spruce, mulberry, various woods, mother-of-pearl, mastic. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York,…

Moran Wasser Plays Bach – 11 String Guitar

Moran Wasser plays the Prélude from Cello Suite No.6, BWV 1012 by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) on an 11 String Guitar. This comes via his YouTube channel. Just add more strings. Going from a cello work for 4 strings to…