Jorge Caballero plays Evocación from Book One of the Iberia Suite by Isaac Albéniz (1860–1909) via the Metropolitan Museum of Art on YouTube. Filmed in the Patio from the Castle of Vélez Blanco at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, February,…
Italian guitarist Emanuele Buono plays Francesco Da Milano: Fantasia No. 33 via the Naxos Youtube Channel. Beautiful sound on this recording and Buono’s clear and relaxed playing hits the spot. Notice his faster bass runs are played with thumb and…
TED-Ed on YouTube explores the question: Why do we love repetition in music? Here’s their Youtube blurb: “How many times does the chorus repeat in your favorite song? How many times have you listened to that chorus? Repetition in music…
A nice and clean performance of Jobiniana No. 1 by Sergio Assad (b.1952) by Canadian group Altius Duo (Adam Batstone & Chad Yacobucci). These young guys recently emerged via the University of Toronto and have been putting out some great vids with…
Check out this nice little article about learning and listening via The Strad. Here’s an excerpt: Inspiration can be sought elsewhere, from listening to others make music. But concerts, in the standard classical format which I habitually attend, are not geared…
Duo TwoFourTwelve play Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco’s Prélude et Fugue No.IV from Les Guitares bien tempérées, Op. 199. Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895–1968) was an Italian composer and one of the few real treats of the modern guitar repertoire. His music is fantastic and these…
Here’s some more from Nigel North from the same concert as last week’s post. Here he performs Ricercars 14 & 75 and Fantasias 64 & 25 (Ness edition numbering) by Italian composer/lutenist Francesco da Milano (1497–1543), also known as Il divino. The recording was made…
Matthew McAllister plays My Gentle Harp by Thomas Moore on a 2010 Ivan Bruna via Siccas Guitars. Siccas Guitars has become a great source for high quality videos as of late. Bravo to them. McAllister himself is also an excellent…
Check out this new release from Giacomo Fiore titled, iv: american electric guitars. You can listen to samples on his website. This is the second album of electric guitar compositions I’ve been sent recently, the last one being Adrian Verdejo’s Modern…
Gohar Vardanyan plays Córdoba from Cantos de España, Op. 232 by Spanish pianist and composer Isaac Albéniz (1860-1909). Another great video from Gohar Vardanyan with this classic work which was originally for piano. Cantos de España (Songs of Spain) also…
Drew Henderson plays Capriccio no. 2 by Luigi Legnani on his brand new Sigurdson Guitar. Drew has a really amazing balance of sweet tone but with plenty of clarity. He is definitely one of the great young stars in Canada…
I wish I could find the name of these kids but assume the YouTube channel is either a parent or teacher. Anyway, I was quite surprised that they were able to do so well on a full size guitar. Imagine…