Giacomo Fiore has an article of interest in Classical Guitar Magazine headlined: In the 17th Century, Francesco Corbetta’s Music Enthralled Monarchs and Commoners Alike. Here’s a taste: …From France’s Louis…
South Korean siblings, Guitar Duo Vito (Soojin Lee & Seongjun Lee) play Valses Poeticos No.1 Melodico by Enrique Granados (1867–1916). This comes via their excellent YouTube channel. I’ve featured the duo once…
Weimar Guitar Quartet playing Nebulae by Belorusian composer Olga Amelkina-Vera. The quartet is made up of Karmen Stendler, Stephanie Jones, Hanna Link, and Jakob Schmidt. This comes via Stendler’s YouTube channel or Jones’s Youtube. Great playing…
Lorenzo Bernardi Plays Pièce en forme de Passacaille by Alexandre Tansman (1897-1986). This comes via Bernardi’s great YouTube Channel (go subscribe). Fantastic playing of this piece that I wasn’t completely…
Giulio Tampalini plays Danza de La Vida Breve by Manuel De Falla (1876–1946). This comes via Warner Classics & Erato Italy’s YouTube channel. Amazing energy and musical forward movement plus a…
Mark Kaylor plays La Catedral by Agustín Barrios Mangoré (1885–1944). Movements: Preludio Saudade, Andante Religioso (2:10), Allegro Solemne (3:55). This comes via the Paris Guitar Foundation and their YouTube channel. The PGF Series, directed…
Interesting article via The Strad titled Let’s acknowledge that not all musicians are natural performers. “Performing for large audiences may seem inevitable for those who choose to pursue music as a career,…
Singapore guitarist Kevin Loh plays Fantasia VI from 12 Fantasias for Violin without Bass, TWV 40 (1735) composed by Georg Philipp Telemann (1681 – 1767), arranged by Carlo Marchione. This comes via…
You had me at chamber music! Guitarist Taso Comanescu and cellist Yoshika Masuda play Taso’s arrangement of Tanti Anni Prima (Ave Maria) by Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992), with Taso playing a 2016 Francois Leonard classical…
Fantastic! Pavel Steidl gives a masterclass at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. Samrat Majumder plays Sonata Romantica by Manuel Ponce (1882-1948). Performance followed by the teaching which starts at 7:25 minutes…
“…through which the past shines…”Nils Vigeland/Reiko Füting/Daniel Lippel/John PophamLabel: New Focus RecordingsRelease Date: May 4, 2018 Listen or Buy at New Focus Recordings Make sure to check out this excellent…
Canadian guitarist Jérôme Ducharme plays Serenade by Sofia Gubaidulina (b.1931). Played on a La Bavaria 1 guitar From Luthier Wolfgang Jellinghaus at the Grand Guitar Salon over in Montreal, Québec, Canada. This comes via the Salon’s YouTube with video and sound production by…