classical guitar

[7/4]

some things I've been enjoying lately...

Anders Miolin - Claude Debussy, arranged for 10 stringed guitar

This really knocks my socks off, I've been getting into Debussy's piano music - here it is transcribed on to the guitar. I'd like to check out his Satie & Ravel transcriptions.

Paul Galbraith - French Impressions, Debussy/Ravel

On eight string guitar. I'd like to listen to his performances of Bach's Sonatas & Partitas for Solo Violin and Lute Suites. I'm also curious about Bach: Four Suites for Orchestra Arranged for Guitar Quartet that I'm seeing on Amazon.

John Williams Plays Bach - The Four Lute Suites on Guitar

I wanted a copy, this was cheap and apparently a classic recording.

Edited October 6, 2009 by 7/4

[mjzee]

I've enjoyed this for many years:

[Joe G]

I've heard some of Galbraith's Bach, and was quite impressed. Don't actually have a copy of it now, though.

Dusan Bogdanovic would be worth checking out. Mysterious Landscape is a beautiful composition.

Been getting more interested in this stuff lately.

[A Lark Ascending]

I bought this along with my first CD player in the spring of '85. Marvellous guitar record. There was also one with 20thC pieces from the likes of Turina and Falla but I can't seem to find that on the net.

I also like the Brouwer discs in the Naxos series.

[7/4]

Two that I bought years ago for Carter and Babbitt, then never really listened to rest of them. More thoughts later as I dig into them.

David Starobin - New Music with Guitar, 1, 2 & 3.

New Music with Guitar 5

Edited September 3, 2009 by 7/4

[7/4]

Some nice textures here:

Buffalo Gtr Qt - New Music for Four Guitars...cool koyo imitation sounds on the Pearson piece.

Edited September 23, 2009 by 7/4

[7/4]

Scarlatti Sonatas

Narciso Yepes

transcribed for 10 sting guitar

used for 2.99, oop going for $40+ on Amazon.

[7/4]

more on the Scarlatti:

when I bought this, I didn't realize Yepes was a 10 string specialist (one would probably have to be), I was just interested in the transcription aspect. I'll give it another spin later, I certainly didn't find anything wrong with it the first time.

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[fasstrack]

I bought this along with my first CD player in the spring of '85. Marvellous guitar record. There was also one with 20thC pieces from the likes of Turina and Falla but I can't seem to find that on the net.

I also like the Brouwer discs in the Naxos series.

I had Julian Bream's Greatest Hits on Vanguard as a teenager----and loved it. I took classical for a minute and worked on Sor's Rondo Allegretto that Bream played. But jazz won, and that's why I'm the rich man I am today

I also had Segovia's Castles in Spain and loved that.

I have no connection to classical guitar these days except enjoying it when I hear it, but I do play Brazilian music (on electric, not 'viola') and that style really has roots in classical---harmonically and in the hand positions. (Baden Powell: a lot of his pieces were like position studies. A great record: Afro-Sambas.)

[A Lark Ascending]

I have no connection to classical guitar these days except enjoying it when I hear it, but I do play Brazilian music (on electric, not 'viola') and that style really has roots in classical---harmonically and in the hand positions. (Baden Powell: a lot of his pieces were like position studies. A great record: Afro-Sambas.)

I'm not a musician but I've often read that Faure, Debussy and Ravel had a huge influence on the likes of Jobim; it might account for the richer harmony in Brazillian music than, say, Cuban music. Though I know classical influences long predate the Bossa Nova era.

You'll find lots of enthusiasm for the Afro-Sambas (in their various recorded guises) on the Brazillian recommendations thread. Baden Powell has been one of the great delights of my discoveries of the last few years. Egberto Gismonti probably fits here too - his latest ECM is even reviewed in the main classical review section of the current Gramophone magazine!

Edited October 5, 2009 by Bev Stapleton

[fasstrack]

I have no connection to classical guitar these days except enjoying it when I hear it, but I do play Brazilian music (on electric, not 'viola') and that style really has roots in classical---harmonically and in the hand positions. (Baden Powell: a lot of his pieces were like position studies. A great record: Afro-Sambas.)

I'm not a musician but I've often read that Faure, Debussy and Ravel had a huge influence on the likes of Jobim; it might account for the richer harmony in Brazillian music than, say, Cuban music. Though I know classical influences long predate the Bossa Nova era.

You'll find lots of enthusiasm for the Afro-Sambas (in their various recorded guises) on the Brazillian recommendations thread. Baden Powell has been one of the great delights of my discoveries of the last few years. Egberto Gismonti probably fits here too - his latest ECM is even reviewed in the main classical review section of the current Gramophone magazine!

Listen to Insensitavez by Jobim, then listen to Chopin's Prelude #4. Jobim knew classical music very well, and was trained as a concert pianist besides in composition. And yes, the harmony is richer than in Afro-Cuban---but not in all cases. They are into some great stuff too. The main difference is in the rhythm---a bit more laid back in Brazil.

[blind-blake]

Maybe a little stodgy for some of you, but I like this one by Segovia..

http://www.amazon.com/Andr%C3%A9s-Segovia-...pd_bxgy_m_img_b

Of course, I also like old blues recordings. I enjoy those old sounds reaching me across the decades -- the low fidelity is actually a plus, as far as I'm concerned.

[fasstrack]

Maybe a little stodgy for some of you, but I like this one by Segovia..

http://www.amazon.com/Andr%C3%A9s-Segovia-...pd_bxgy_m_img_b

I have that CD. It was a gift and it's wonderful. I recognized that picture of young Segovia immediately. He was kind of the Coleman Hawkins of guitar in that he really put it on the map. There were great guitarists before him, of course, but his fame made it possible to have works commissioned, etc, for guitar. It was taken seriously as a concert instrument post-Segovia.

I love that recording I mentioned, Castles in Spain. He had a real feeling for Spanish music. He really makes it sound like folk music---delivered with perfect technique.

[blind-blake]

Maybe a little stodgy for some of you, but I like this one by Segovia..

http://www.amazon.com/Andr%C3%A9s-Segovia-...pd_bxgy_m_img_b

I have that CD. It was a gift and it's wonderful. I recognized that picture of young Segovia immediately. He was kind of the Coleman Hawkins of guitar in that he really put it on the map. There were great guitarists before him, of course, but his fame made it possible to have works commissioned, etc, for guitar. It was taken seriously as a concert instrument post-Segovia.

I love that recording I mentioned, Castles in Spain. He had a real feeling for Spanish music. He really makes it sound like folk music---delivered with perfect technique.

Thanks for the rec. I'll definitely check out Castles in Spain.

[7/4]

Here's a couple I forgot, featuring the music of Lou Harrison, by John Schneider.

Edited October 22, 2009 by 7/4

[7/4]

I also like the Brouwer discs in the Naxos series.

On my want list...I think I should check them out.

I finally got Paul Gailbraith - the Sonatas and Partitas last week. Man, this is nice.

[7/4]

I wanted to hear the Bach guitar transcriptions on lute (the original instrument) so I picked these up:

Eduardo Egüez - The Lute Music of JS Bach, Vol 1 & 2.

They're real beautiful recordings.

Edited August 17, 2011 by 7/4

[Larry Kart]

I'm no expert in this area, but Jason Vieaux seems to be one heck of a player, and Ponce's sonatas are more substantial than I would have thought:

http://www.amazon.com/Ponce-Guitar-Sonatas/dp/B00006YXAQ/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1279389697&sr=1-2

[mandrill]

Lots of goodies in this set:

[Joe]

I don't know much about Alvaro Pierri (his is South American), but this disc of Villa-Lobos pieces is one of my favorite guitar records, regardless of genre.

Amazon (US) link

[B. Goren.]

I plan to order this:

[7/4]

Paul Galbraith - French Impressions, Debussy/Ravel

On eight string guitar. I'd like to listen to his performances of Bach's Sonatas & Partitas for Solo Violin and Lute Suites. I'm also curious about Bach: Four Suites for Orchestra Arranged for Guitar Quartet that I'm seeing on Amazon.

A copy of this found me, we're living happily ever after.

[7/4]

I have my own copy now. Transcriptions with a guitar duo playing the harpsichord part. Quite beautiful.

Marina Piccinini & the Brasil Guitar Duo - Bach Flute Sonatas.

[7/4]

I've been checking out Leo Brouwer - Guitar Music, Vol. 1, I like what I hear. Modern guitar music!

[Д.Д.]

David, you will probably enjoy Duo Sonare CD called "Duo Sonare plays Zappa, Debussy, Albeniz, Piazzolla" or something like this. It is a classical guitar duo, and they play excellent arrangements for two guitars. Zappa and Debussy pieces are really well done. The CD is long OOP, I got my copy from one of the musicians directly.