Early music with classical guitar, lute, theorbo, vihuela and Baroque guitar. Music of the Renaissance and Baroque eras for classical guitar.
Elizabeth Pallett performs Fantasia No.2 from El Masestro (1536) by Luis de Milán (c.1500-1561) on a Vihuela by Martin Haycock. This comes via Pallett’s YouTube channel called luteweb with performances on lute and vihuela. I’ve been preparing editions of the…
SoloDuo with Lorenzo Micheli and Matteo Mela perform Italian Concerto, BWV 971 by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750). Transcribed for two guitars by Lorenzo Micheli & Matteo Mela in three movements: I. Allegro, II. Andante, III. Presto. Always nice to hear the excellent SoloDuo…
Michael Butten performs three works by Luys de Narváez (fl. 1526-1549) on classical guitar. This comes via the Omni Foundation for Performing Arts and their great Youtube channel. Great repertoire and performance by Butten, he explains his arrangement of the Glorioso in the Omni description, “I…
Yair Avidor performs Sarabande and Double by French lutenist François Dufault (c.1604-1672) on an 11-course lute by Paul Thomson. This comes via his great YouTube channel. Dufault was a student of Denis Gaultier (c.1597-1672), but very little is known about his life. There are only a…
The Montenegrin Guitar Duo with Goran Krivokapić and Danijel Cerović perform their arrangement of English Suite No.3, BWV 808 by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), originally for keyboard. This comes via Goran Krivokapić’s YouTube channel. He’ll be releasing new movements each…
Stephen Stubbs (Baroque guitar) performs Pavanas by Gaspar Sanz (1640-1710) and Fandango by Santiago de Murcia (1682-1739) with Maxine Eilander (harp). This comes via the Pacific MusicWorks on their YouTube. If you’d like to play some Sanz I have an extensive collection of his works on the…
Baroque Arias From Europe Thalia Moutopoulou (Soprano), Michel Cardin (Theorbo), Chrysostomos Kalogridakis (Tenor, Guitar) Listen or buy via Spotify, Amazon, Apple, and more. Lovely to hear this new album filled with early music by Caccini, Bottrigari, Frescobaldi, Cavalli, Monteverdi, Purcell,…
Gaspar Sanz Sheet Music for Classical Guitar – PDF Sheet Music or tab for Classical Guitar. Comes with notation editions with left hand fingering and separate tab editions. Free video performances and lessons for each piece. Gaspar Sanz (1640-1710) was a Spanish…
Sebastián Montes performs Allemande and Courante from Sonata in A major by Sylvius Leopold Weiss (1686–1750) on classical guitar. This comes via his Duo KM on YouTube channel. Always a pleasure to hear Weiss who is one my favourite lute…
Marionas by Gaspar Sanz (1640-1710). PDF sheet music for classical guitar with video performance and lesson. This comes from my Gaspar Sanz Collection Volume 2, a collection of six works that come with both a notation edition with left hand fingering and…
Folias by Gaspar Sanz (1640-1710). PDF sheet music for classical guitar with video performance and lesson. This comes from my Gaspar Sanz Collection Volume 2, a collection of six works that come with both a notation edition with left hand fingering and…
Marco Saccardin (baritone and theorbo) performs a beautiful concert titled Tempro la cetra with music by Piccinini, Rasi, Monteverdi, Caccini, Kapsberger, and Frescobaldi. Concert in May 2023 at the Auditorium San Dionigi, Vigevano, Italy. This comes via Edoardo Lambertenghi’s excellent YouTube channel. Repertoire…