I guess today the site is called this is electric guitar! My good friend and colleague Adrian Verdejo has just released a brilliant recording of new music and modern works for electric guitar. Adrian is an excellent classical guitarist but…
I don’t know what to make of this! It’s certainly interesting but cluttered sounding. Not a bad cluttered, but just intensely crowded. Neat though and the interaction between them is great. Via Sharon Isbin’s YouTube: Sharon Isbin, Stanley Jordan &…
An interesting project including guitarist Jason Vieaux. The below quote from the YouTube source explains more: Al-Bustan Arab Music Concert Series features classical guitarist Jason Vieaux in a concert “Revisiting Hybridity: (Western) Harmony and (Arab) Heterophony” with Al-Bustan Takht Ensemble: Music…
Buy via Amazon: Aranjuez by Miloš Karadaglić Artist Website: milosguitar.comOrchestra: London Philharmonic OrchestraConductor: Yannick Nezet-SeguinLabel: Mercury Classics / Deutsche Grammophon / et al.. The new release by Miloš Karadaglić begins and ends with two of the most popular concertos in the repertoire: Joaquín Rodrigo’s Concierto de Aranjuez…
I’m very pleased to post this great interview with composer Geoffrey Gordon regarding his composition Fancywork. Not only is it a great piece but it was also commissioned by the excellent Duo46 who have been featured on the site a…
Thomas Viloteau via his youtube channel gives a lesson in right hand arpeggios of classical guitar. He discusses aspects of gaining control, variety to avoid the difficulty of repetitive motions as well as control the texture, keeping the hand stable,…
Very sad news via the BBC. I remember as a kid taking classical guitar lessons and hearing “Friday Night in San Francisco” thinking, hey there are rock stars in the nylon world after all. I later saw him live in…
Vladimir Gorbach plays a well articulated gigue from Bach’s Lute Suite #2 BWV 997 on a 1937 Hermann Hauser I classical guitar. He has a great dance feel going with such a nice strong sense of pulse. He really digs in…
Artist Website: tariqharb.comListen to samples or buy from Amazon: Tariq Harb: A Guitar Through the Eras Producers: Patrick Kearney, Tariq HarbRecording Engineer: Adam PietrykowskiStudio: LaFlame Studios. Montreal, Quebec, Canada.Mastering Engineer: Drew Henderson Repertoire:Fantasia No.7 by John Dowland (1563-1626)Lute Suite No.2,…
An interesting trio of two guitars and violin! Think of the arrangement possibilities when two guitars can function for the piano parts. Pianists are going to be pissed off when a horde of guitarists start taking their work! Trio Tangere includes Marc…
Nice! Over one hour of Jorge Caballero playing in São Paulo, Brasil for the 4º Festival Internacional Leo Brouwer. I really like Jorge’s playing, he has chops to burn and I love his daring transcription. My only complaint would be that the fast…
I was very pleased to have a nice visit the other day by luthier Douglass Scott. Douglass came over to my home in Victoria where we also had a good chat with Marcus Dominelli. Douglass sets up shop in Ladysmith on Vancouver…