Category Early Music

Early music with classical guitar, lute, theorbo, vihuela and Baroque guitar. Music of the Renaissance and Baroque eras for classical guitar.

Nina Bernert (12) Plays Phantasia by Kellner

Always nice to feature youth players on the site as we might hear them again down the road and they deserve so much praise for their hard work. 12 year old German guitarist Nina Bernert plays Phantasia D major by…

Lute Orchestra Plays Barbetta & Vallet

I know Halloween is over but of equal terror check out this lute-icrous video of a lute army. Arrangement by Gian Luca Lastraioli for European Lute Orchestra of several sources, in particular: Julio Cesare Barbetta (II firstly libro di will intavolatura of…

SoloDuo Play Scarlatti Sonata K. 162

The amazing Italian guitar duo SoloDuo (Lorenzo Micheli & Matteo Mela) play Sonata K. 162by Domenico Scarlatti (1685–1757). Son of his renowned father Alessandro Scarlatti, Domenico was an Italian composer who spent much of his life in the service of the…

Sanel Redžić Plays Complete Bach Partita BWV 1004

Bosnia- Herzegovina guitarist Sanel Redžić plays Partita II, BWV 1004 in d minor [all 33 minutes] by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750). This comes via Redžić’s YouTube. Nice video, directed by Augustin Pesnon, guitar by Otto Vowinkel. The monumental second violin…

Piotr Pakhomkin Plays Bach’s Chaconne

Piotr Pakhomkin plays the Chaconne (Ciaccona) from Partita in D minor for solo violin (BWV 1004) by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750). This comes via his YouTube Channel. Player’s often over-Romanticize the rhythms and gestures in this work but I like how Pakhomkin…

Jason Vieaux plays Gigue BWV 996 by Bach

American guitarist and recent Grammy winner Jason Vieaux plays  Gigue (6th mvt.) from Lute Suite No.1 in E minor, BWV 996 by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750). This comes via Colorado Public Radio and their YouTube. It’s a thick piece which makes his technique look…

Uros Baric plays Sonata VI by Zamboni

Slovenian guitarist Uros Baric plays Sonata VI (Allemanda, Giga, Sarabanda, Gavotta) by Italian lutenist and composer Giovanni Zamboni (fl. early 18th century, c1664-1721). This is a casual video from a house concert including quite a bit of hiss in the…

Drew Henderson (8-String Guitar) Plays Weiss

The excellent Canadian guitarist Drew Henderson plays Fantasie by German lutenist and composer Sylvius Leopold Weiss (1687-1750). Drew is one of my favorite guitarists and Weiss my favorurite lute composer! Actually, last year I got a chance to go to Dresden and…

Ivan Petricevic Plays Gigue BWV 1004 by Bach

Ivan Petricevic plays Gigue BWV 1004 by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) on a 2011 Dieter Müller Doubletop.This comes via the excellent Siccas Guitars and their fantastic YouTube channel. “Petricevic was born in 1987. Belgrade, former Yugoslavia. He studied in the class of Ante…

Drew Henderson Plays Bach BWV 1003

The fantastic Canadian guitarist Drew Henderson plays the Adagio and Fuga from J.S. Bach’s second Sonata for Solo Violin BWV 1003. In his own words: “This arrangement draws upon material from Bach’s own arrangement of this piece for keyboard BWV…

Nigel North (Lute) Plays Dowland Set

The wonderful Nigel North (lute) plays a set of works by English composer and lutenist John Dowland (1563–1626). The pieces are: Pavan “Solus cum sola,” Melancholy Galliard, Orlando Sleepeth, Lady Hunsdon’s Puffe. This comes via the Boston Guitarfest back in 2013 and their great YouTube Channel. You can buy…

Tariq Harb Plays Fugue BWV 1001 by Bach

Canadian based guitarist Tariq Harb performs the Fugue from J. S. Bach’s first solo Violin Sonata, BWV 1001. This comes via his great YouTube channel. Audio and video by the amazing Drew Henderson. Tariq Harb teaches at Concordia University in Montreal, Canada. He…