Early music with classical guitar, lute, theorbo, vihuela and Baroque guitar. Music of the Renaissance and Baroque eras for classical guitar.
French classical guitarist Raphaël Feuillâtre performs Les cyclopes, from Suite in D major, RCT 3 by Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764) arranged by Michel Gizard. Originally for keyboard. This comes via Deutsche Grammophon and their YouTube channel. Excellent performance by Feuillâtre with amazing fluidity…
Ryosuke Sakamoto performs his own intabulation of the Mass for Three Voices by William Byrd (c.1540-1623) on Renaissance lute. This comes via Sakamoto’s YouTube channel. I’ve been subscribed to Sakamoto for a long time especially to see all his videos of Francesco da…
Evangelina Mascardi (Baroque guitar) and Lincoln Almada (harp and percussion) perform works by Santiago de Murcia (1682-1739) at the Auditorium Pittaluga del Conservatorio di Alessandria, Italy. This comes via Edoardo Lambertenghi’s excellent YouTube channel. Beautiful performance as usual from Evangelina Mascardi and a…
Sheep May Safely Graze (Schafe können sicher weiden) from Cantata Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd, BWV 208 by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750). PDF sheet music and video for arranged for solo classical guitar. Comes with both a notation edition with…
Sellingers Round (Anonymous Renaissance Lute Work) – Free PDF sheet music, performance, and lesson video for mid to late-beginner or easy-intermediate classical guitar. For use during or after my Method Book Volume 2. Free PDF Sheet Music Edition Sellingers Round (Anonymous Renaissance…
Sergio Bucheli takes us through the development of the Baroque guitar, various playing styles, continuo and solo repertoire and its influence on Latin American folk traditions. This comes via Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment’s YouTube channel. Wonderfully informative video and an…
Reginald L. Mobley (countertenor) and Brandon Acker (theorbo) perform Here The Deities Approve from Welcome to all the pleasures, Z.339 by Henry Purcell (c. 1659–1695). This comes via Acker’s great YouTube channel. Mobley is one of my favourite early music vocalists and I’ve been lucky to hear him…
Aria and Capriccio by Francesco Asioli (1645-1676). PDF sheet music and video for classical guitar arranged by Bradford Werner. Includes both a notation-only edition and separate tab edition. Left hand fingering. The technique level is intermediate, around a Grade 6 but it’s a mature work in…
Evangelina Mascardi performs Ciaccone in E Flat Major by German Baroque composer and lutenist Sylvius Leopold Weiss (1686–1750) on a 13 course baroque lute built by Cezar Mateus. Recorded at the church of San Francesco di Orte (Viterbo), Italy. This comes via Edoardo…
Ariel Abramovich (vihuela de mano) and Perrine Devillers (soprano) perform Duro mal, terrible llanto by Spanish composer Rodrigo de Ceballos (c.1525-c.1581) arranged by Estevan Daza (c.1537-1596) in his El Parnasso (Valladolid, 1576). This comes via Edoardo Lambertenghi’s excellent YouTube channel. Estevan Daza, or…
Lachrimae (Poulton No.15) by John Dowland (1563-1626). PDF sheet music and video for classical guitar. Originally for Renaissance lute. Includes both a notation-only edition with left hand fingering and a separate tab edition. The level is early-advanced (grade 9). This is a PDF Download. My PDF Sheet…
La Traditora No.2 (Saltarello) by Marco Dall’Aquila (c.1480-1538). PDF sheet music for classical guitar. Includes both a notation-only edition and tab edition. Left hand fingering. Tuning and fingering is for relative lute tuning (3rd string to F sharp). Intermediate, Grade 6 depending on…