Early music with classical guitar, lute, theorbo, vihuela and Baroque guitar. Music of the Renaissance and Baroque eras for classical guitar.
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…
Italian guitar duo: SoloDuo (Lorenzo Micheli & Matteo Mela) play Le tic-toc-choc by French Baroque composer Francois Couperin (1668–1733). Originally for keyboard, this work translates nicely to guitar. Audio and Video by Canadian guitarist and audio-visual producer Drew Henderson & Cheryll Chung. You can…
Italian guitar duo: SoloDuo (Lorenzo Micheli & Matteo Mela) play Sonata K 386 by Domenico Scarlatti (1685–1757). Son of renowned father Alessandro Scarlatti, Domenico was an Italian composer who spent much of his life in the service of the Portuguese and…
Performing Baroque Music on the Classical Guitar: a practical handbook based on historical sourcesby Peter CrotonPaperback: 240 pagesPublisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (September 15, 2015)Author’s Website: peter-croton.com Look inside the book or buy: Performing Baroque Music via Amazon There are…
Renata Fusco, Lorenzo Micheli, Matteo Mela & Massimo Lonardi perform in a very pleasing setting of lutes, a vihuela (or some early guitar), and voice. I imagine this is their own arrangement of a consort accompaniment but not sure. La…
Uros Baric is a classical guitarist, music producer and guitar instructor based in Slovenia, Europe. He also runs Baros Records, a new record label and recording studio, founded in 2014. Below are three works by renaissance composer Jakub Polak (c.…
Sonata in A Major, K.322, L.483 by Domenico Scarlatti (1685–1757)Classical Guitar in Notation or Notation + Tablature (TAB)Level: Advanced (Grade 8) Here’s a free sheet music edition of Sonata in A Major by by Domenico Scarlatti (1685–1757). This piece is…
Christoph Prégardien (tenor) & Tilman Hoppstock (guitar) performing What Power art thou from “King Arthur” by English composer Henry Purcell (1659–1695) at Darmstädter Gitarrentage 9.12.2011. Performing a program with Purcell, Giuliani, Schubert. I’ve always loved Purcell on the guitar as it’s just thin…
Grammy winner Jason Vieaux lectures and demonstrates his methods of ornamentation in the music of Baroque composer Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750). This comes via the GFA Channel on YouTube. Nice video with the music notation below, dang I have to…
Tatyana Ryzhkova performs Prelude from BWV 998 by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750). I mainly posted this one for the spectacular setting of the video, although the playing is also good, maybe a bit too Romantic but that is more a…
This is a guest post by guitarist & luthier Clive Titmuss Previously published on Classical Guitar Canada. Make sure to visit his website to see more of his work and recordings. All photos of guitars are by Clive Titmuss that he built…
I’m back from vacation in Germany & the Czeck Republic so it’s time for me to start posting again! Lots of great stuff to share after two weeks away. The Sharpe-Zohn Guitar Duo with Andrew Zohn and Robert Sharpe play…