French classical guitarist Gabriel Bianco performs the first movement Allegro Moderato from Sonata Romántica by Manuel Ponce (1882-1948). Performed from his hometown of Lille, France and performed on a Altamira N500 classical guitar. This comes via Altamira Guitars and their YouTube channel. Ponce wrote a…
Spanish guitarist Anabel Montesinos performs Preludio in E Major by Manuel Ponce (1882-1948). This comes via Altamira Guitars and their YouTube channel. You can also see Montesinos’ full concert on YouTube. This work was inspired by Baroque music, Bach and…
Valle&Vitis Duo with Andrea De Vitis (guitar) and Simone Vallerotonda (archlute) perform Preludio – Balletto by Manuel Ponce (1882-1948), arranged by Valle&Vitis Duo. This comes via the Omni Foundation online series and their Youtube channel. The Preludio is originally for solo guitar and later…
Anika Hutschreuther classical guitar concert with works by Barrios, Bach, Machado, and Ponce. This comes via Siccas Guitars and their YouTube channel but you can also follow her YouTube channel as well. Amazing performance by Hutschreuther with a clean and direct but well paced and…
Greek guitarist Filippos Manoloudis performs a concert with repertoire by John Dowland (1563-1626), Fernando Sor (1778–1839), Manuel Maria Ponce (1882-1948), Jubing Kristianto (b.1966), and Duke Ellington (1899-1974). This comes via the Siccas Guitars and their YouTube channel. Manoloudis received a recording session at Siccas…
Canadian guitarist Steve Cowan performs Prelude No.1 in C major by Manuel Ponce (1882-1948) on a Roberto Gomes (Brazil) guitar at the Grand Guitar Salon over in Montreal, Québec, Canada. This comes via the Salon’s great YouTube channel. Sound & video by Renaud Côté…
Russian guitarist Valeria Galimova plays Sonatina Meridional by Manuel Ponce (1882-1948) on a 2013 Andreas Kirschner Classical Guitar. Video and sound made by Ayrat Abdullin. This comes via Siccas Guitars Youtube. I’ve featured Galimova on the site before playing Quatre…
Nineteen year old American guitarist Olivia Chiang plays La Pajarera from Tres Canciones Populares Mexicanas arranged by Manuel Ponce (1882-1948) on a Luigi Locatto guitar. This comes via the excellent Guitar Salon International via their YouTube. Great to see more…
Iliana Matos plays the first movement Allegro from Sonata clásica (1928) by Manuel Ponce (1882-1948). This comes via her YouTube channel. We don’t hear these Ponce sonatas as often as we should these days. I guess they are a lot of…
Tres Canciones Populares Mexicanas (Three Mexican Folksongs) by Manuel Ponce (1882-1948) has three song arrangements: La Pajarera; Por tí mi corazón; and La Valentina. I found this little write-up on the works via Naxos: “Ponce wrote Estrellita, his most beloved song, in…
Canadian guitarist Jeffrey McFadden plays Cuatro piezas para guitarra by Manuel Ponce (1882-1948). This comes via McFadden’s fantastic Youtube channel. Recorded by Drew Henderson in July, 2018 at St. Anne’s Anglican, Toronto. Guitar by Marcus Dominelli, 2017. Excellent playing as usual from McFadden with beautiful phrasing and…
Rosie Bennet plays Allegro Moderato (1st Mvt) from Sonata III by Manuel Ponce (1882-1948) on a 2018 Henner Hagenlocher guitar. This comes via the excellent Siccas Guitars in Germany and their YouTube. You may remember Bennet from The Open String Berlin featured video and interview a…