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Review: Lines, Color & Form: Music of Bryan Johanson

Album Title: Lines, Color & Form: Music of Bryan Johanson Artist: Luke Trimble (guitar) and Matthew Keating (cello) Artist Website: www.luketrimble.com Buy or Listen to Samples via Amazon: Lines Color & Form: Music of Bryan Johanson Repertoire: 1-3. Spring, Op. 1 by Bryan…

Tariq Harb Plays Prelude by Edín Solís

This video is another casual good one from the great Tariq Harb who is almost up to 1000 subscribers on his YouTube. Help get him pass the thousand mark! You can learn more about the Costa Rican composer, Edín Solís, at his…

Thomas Viloteau plays Music of Memory by Maw

plays Music of Memory by Nicholas Maw (1935-2009). Maw was a British composer who wrote only occasionally for guitar. I think there are only three or for works, two solos, and a work for tenor and guitar. I thought I…

Roland Dyens plays Le calme Op. 50 (Sor)

A pretty little work by Dyens with lots of Sor-like figuration. Cute. Video Link and Quote Source:  Le calme Op. 50 composed by Fernando Sor (1778-1839) performed by Roland Dyens June 30, 2012 – Sottile Theatre College of Charleston…

Gerald Garcia – Etudes Esquisses

  Theme of this week: “Favorite Etudes” You might have noticed that on my theme weeks I try to avoid the MOST obvious choices. So, in the German Baroque I avoided Bach and this I’m avoiding Sor and Brouwer due…

Angelo Gilardino: Studi di virtuosità e di trascendenza

Theme of this week: “Favorite Etudes“ I love Angelo Gilardino‘s Studi di virtuosità e di trascendenza. Although the compositional style is very pattern oriented and guitaristic the etudes are filled with a huge wealth of musical ideas. Each one has a…