Bosnia- Herzegovina guitarist Sanel Redžić plays Partita II, BWV 1004 in d minor [all 33 minutes] by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750). This comes via Redžić’s YouTube. Nice video, directed by Augustin Pesnon, guitar by Otto Vowinkel. The monumental second violin…
Piotr Pakhomkin plays the Chaconne (Ciaccona) from Partita in D minor for solo violin (BWV 1004) by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750). This comes via his YouTube Channel. Player’s often over-Romanticize the rhythms and gestures in this work but I like how Pakhomkin…
American guitarist and recent Grammy winner Jason Vieaux plays Gigue (6th mvt.) from Lute Suite No.1 in E minor, BWV 996 by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750). This comes via Colorado Public Radio and their YouTube. It’s a thick piece which makes his technique look…
Ivan Petricevic plays Gigue BWV 1004 by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) on a 2011 Dieter Müller Doubletop.This comes via the excellent Siccas Guitars and their fantastic YouTube channel. “Petricevic was born in 1987. Belgrade, former Yugoslavia. He studied in the class of Ante…
The fantastic Canadian guitarist Drew Henderson plays the Adagio and Fuga from J.S. Bach’s second Sonata for Solo Violin BWV 1003. In his own words: “This arrangement draws upon material from Bach’s own arrangement of this piece for keyboard BWV…
Canadian based guitarist Tariq Harb performs the Fugue from J. S. Bach’s first solo Violin Sonata, BWV 1001. This comes via his great YouTube channel. Audio and video by the amazing Drew Henderson. Tariq Harb teaches at Concordia University in Montreal, Canada. He…
Once again we hear Enea Leone play Allegro BWV 1005 by Bach. The previous video (shown again at the bottom) was filled with amazing cool shots from inside the guitar, multiple angles, changing perspectives and more! Looks like he reuses…
Grammy winner Jason Vieaux lectures and demonstrates his methods of ornamentation in the music of Baroque composer Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750). This comes via the GFA Channel on YouTube. Nice video with the music notation below, dang I have to…
Tatyana Ryzhkova performs Prelude from BWV 998 by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750). I mainly posted this one for the spectacular setting of the video, although the playing is also good, maybe a bit too Romantic but that is more a…
This pretty much the best classical guitar video ever. Enea Leone plays for Allegro BWV 1005 by Bach. Make sure to watch past 30 seconds where the camera works gets interesting. I particularly love from ‘inside the guitar’ view but…
This is a guest post by Clive Titmuss Previously published on Classical Guitar Canada. Visit his website to see more of his work and recordings (earlymusicstudio.com). All images provided by Clive Titmuss. Click on the images to enlarge. Part I As student…
Canadian classical guitarist Tim Beattie plays Allegro BWV 998 by J.S. Bach (1685-1750). You might remember his name from the Montreal festival and competition, they posted a bio of Tim here. I love how he’s really digging in and his balanced articulation…