Ariel Abramovich (vihuela de mano) and Inés Alonso (soprano) perform Bella de vos son amorós – Anónimo (Cancionero de Uppsala, S. XVI). This comes via Edoardo Lambertenghi’s excellent YouTube channel. Such a charming performance with so much rhythmic interest. “From: “Villancicos de diversos autores, a dos, y…
Samrat Majumder performs Suite BWV 997 by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) via Matthew McAllister’s Gallery of Guitar’s Youtube channel. Also see the interview below or via YouTube. Beautiful performance by Majumber with an amazing combination of forward momentum, energy, and…
French classical guitarist Edith Pageaud performs Sonata 24 in D-minor by Carlos Seixas (1704–1742) on a 2023 Lucio Antonio Carbone Guitar. This comes via Siccas Guitars and their amazing YouTube channel. Great performance by Pageaud with such a direct intense aesthetic and rhythmic energy.…
Partita No.15 in A Minor by Giuseppe Antonio Brescianello (1690-1758). PDF sheet music arranged for classical guitar with video performance and lesson. Comes with both a notation edition with left hand fingering and a separate tab edition in the same pdf. The level…
Klaudyna Żołnierek (theorbo) performs Sarabande in G minor by Robert de Visée from the Vaudry de Saizenay Manuscript. This comes via Żołnierek’s YouTube channel. Wonderful performance by Żołnierek with such a beautiful rhythmic delivery and un-rushed forward momentum. I also…
Beautiful performance! Mara Winter (traverso) & Robert Barto (lute) perform the Gigue from Duo-Sonata in D minor by Sylvius Leopold Weiss (1686–1750). This sonata is from ‘The London Manuscript’ (ca. 1717-1725), missing original duo part reconstructed by Karl-Ernst Schröder. This…
Partita No.16 in E Minor by Giuseppe Antonio Brescianello (1690-1758). PDF sheet music arranged for classical guitar. Comes with both a notation edition with left hand fingering and a separate tab edition in the same pdf. The level is late-intermediate (grade 6-8) depending…
Evangelina Mascardi performs Preludio e Fuga in D Minor by Sylvius Leopold Weiss (1686–1750) on a 13-course Baroque lute in Bassano, Teverina, Italy. This comes via Mascardi’s amazing YouTube channel. Wonderful performance by Mascardi with beautiful flowing galant style and ornamentation. These were two of the first works…
Introduction French tablature was a common tablature style for lute and early guitar in the Renaissance and Baroque period, in particular, around England and France. Early music enthusiasts and professions still use and read French tablature today. Like modern tablature,…
Josh Moore performs A Fancy (Poulton No.73) by John Dowland (1563-1626). This comes via Guitar Salon International and their YouTube channel and performed on a Wolfgang Jellinghaus La Romantica guitar. Great performance here with lots on nice attention to the motivic exchanges in the work…
Fantasia No.1 by Luis de Milán (c.1500-1561) – Originally for vihuela. PDF sheet music arranged for classical guitar. Comes with both a notation edition with left hand fingering and a separate unfingered notation edition and a modern tab edition. PDF Download.…
Duo Diversitas with Marisa Minder (guitar) and Evgeniya Spalinger (Flute) perform the third movement Allegro from Sonata in G minor, BWV 1020 by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750). This comes via Minder’s YouTube channel. This is originally for flute and obbligato harpsichord and arranged…