Modern repertoire for the classical guitar including videos and sheet music articles. From early 20th century composers to contemporary new music.
Marisa Minder performs 6 corde & 12 semitoni by Werner Widmer (b.1953) on classical guitar. This comes via Minder’s YouTube channel. Excellent performance by Minder with amazing contrasts as well as dynamic and textural control for the various motifs. You…
Antonio Rugolo performs Studio No. 6 – Soledad (Omaggio a Francisco Goya) from Studi di virtuosità e di trascendenza by Angelo Gilardino (B. 1941). This comes via his YouTube channel. This is one of my favourite studies from Angelo Gilardino‘s Studi di virtuosità e di trascendenza. Although the compositional style…
Tsunehito Tsuchihashi and Gaku Yamada perform Emotional Expression Etudes by Daisuke Terauchi (b.1974). This comes via Gaku Yamada’s YouTube. I know this might not be everyone’s cup of tea but what an interesting and diverse set of works. Great performance…
Thu Le performs Loi Lo Blend by Sergio Assad (b.1952) on classical guitar. This comes via Knobloch Strings and their YouTube channel. Amazing performance by Thu Le with impressive clarity to the intricate lines and an infectious rhythmic delivery. Great blending of musical styles by…
Salvatore Fortunato & Fabio Perciballi perform Bagatelle by Ida Presti (1924-1967). This comes via Siccas Guitars media program and their YouTube channel. Great performance of this exciting duo with excellent motivic attention and fun articulation throughout. They also have a recording of this work…
Bacchanale for two prepared guitars by John Cage (1912-1992)Arranged by Aaron Larget-CaplanPublished by Edition Peters Score and recording info or purchase at Aaron Larget-Caplan’s Store. Big thanks to Aaron Larget-Caplan for sending me his arrangement of John Cage’s Bacchanale for…
Bozhana Pavlova performs Drei Tentos from Kammermusik (1958) by Hans Werner Henze (1926–2012) on classical guitar. This comes via Siccas Guitars and their YouTube channel. I love the Drei Tentos and can’t help to feature them whenever they appear. The concise and lyrical writing…
Canadian guitarist Tim Beattie performs Habanera from Twee stukken voor gitaar, Op.22 (1944) by Dutch composer Marius Flothuis (1914-2001) at the Royal Conservatory, Koerner Hall in Toronto, Canada. This comes via Beattie’s YouTube channel and Riddle Films. Flothuis is a major composer and, to my…
Tariq Harb performs movements I. Canto Primo and V. Serenata from Cello Suite No.1, Op.72 by Benjamin Britten (1913–1976), arranged for classical guitar by Harb. This comes via Harb’s fantastic YouTube channel. You can buy his sheet music for this work here. I love Britten…
Pastorale, No.15 from Studi facili per chitarra by Angelo Gilardino (b.1941-2022). Published by Edizioni Curci. The subtitle or etude description is: Monodia con suoni armonici sui tasti VII, IX, XII e polifonia (Monody with harmonics on the VII, IX, XII…
Thu Le and Alexandra Whittingham perform Prelude and Fugue in E Major from Les Guitares bien tempérées (The Well-Tempered Guitars), Op.199 which is a collection of 24 preludes and fugues in all 24 major and minor keys by Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895–1968). This comes via Whittingham’s YouTube channel and recorded…
Ukrainian classical guitarist Marko Topchii performs Prelude No.5 in B major by Konstantin Bliokh (b.1976). This comes via Topchii’s YouTube channel. Konstantin Bliokh was born in 1976 in Kharkov, Ukraine and he is currently living in Tokyo, Japan. This prelude comes from a…