EDUARDO GARRIDO / NIKITA KOPSHKIN / REGINALD SMITH-BRINDLE / ALEXANDRE TANSMAN
Easy Studies for Guitar Cristiano Porqueddu (guitar) [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 24/Jan/2017 ] The growing library of guitar music on Brilliant Classics already encompasses several albums of etudes and miniatures written for students and amateur players. From rare to well-known, there are the studies of Gangi (BC95204), Tansman (BC95221),... |
MAURO GUILIANI
Guiliani: Complete Music for Flute and Guitar Daniele Ruggieri (flute), Alberto Mesirca (guitar) [ Brilliant Classics / 4 CD Box Set - released 11/Mar/2022 ] The combination of flute and guitar was a popular and appealing one for many amateur musicians of the early 19th century, and the Italian guitarist-composer Mauro Giuliani (1781-1829) realised its full potential. |
ENNIO MORRICONE
Morricone: Arrangements for Guitar Enea Leone (guitar) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 14/Feb/2020 ] The maestro of Spaghetti Western music in unfamiliar guise: new arrangements of hit themes from Morricone's greatest film-scores. Born in 1928, Morricone trained at the Santa Cecilia conservatoire in Rome, and soon began to make a name for himself... |
MARIO CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO / TRADITIONAL
Songs of Love & Exile: A Sephardic Journey Izhar Elias (guitar), Channa Malkin (soprano) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 2/Sep/2019 ] The debut album of an exciting young Dutch soprano: an anthology of popular Sephardic songs completed with excerpts from a rare song collection by Mario Castelnuovo- Tedesco. |
CARL MARIA von WEBER
Weber: Complete Songs for Voice and Guitar Patrizia Cigna (soprano), Adriano Sebastiani (guitar) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 26/Jan/2018 ] Carl Maria von Weber (1786‐1826) holds his place in music history as the founder of the German Romantic Opera, embracing German culture of folk song and a strong feeling of nature. His influence was enormous, he was an inspiration for many composers,... |
STEFANO CASARINI
Casarini: 24 Etudes for Guitar Adriano Sebastiani [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 13/Apr/2018 ] Stefano Casarini (born 1954) is one of the most remarkable guitarists and guitar composers of present day Italy. Standing in a long line of tradition of the great guitar composers of his country he writes bold, evocative and deeply felt music,... |
GIULIO REGONDI
Complete Solo Guitar Music Alberto Mesirca (guitar) [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 14/Jun/2014 ] An important figure in the history of Romantic guitar music, Giulio Regondi was... unfairly neglected and forgotten for decades after his death. Most of the poetic, captivating works recorded here were rediscovered in the late 20th century |
ASTOR PIAZZOLLA
El Otro Astor - Music for guitar & strings Alessio Nebiolo (guitar) / Quartett Orfeo, with Nadio Marenco (accordion) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 20/Sep/2015 ] Most albums of music by the undisputed master of Argentine tango, Astor Piazzolla are still issued at full price but following the success of 'Café 1930' (94896) with guitarist Andrea Dieci and violinist Piercarlo Sacco, Brilliant Classics presents... |
FERDINAND REBAY
Rebay: Complete Music for Violin and Guitar Andrea Dieci (guitar), Piercarlo Sacco(violin) [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD - released 1/Aug/2023 ] It was Jakob Ortner, one of the composer's colleagues at the academy in Vienna, who piqued Rebay's interest in the guitar. The enthusiasm and skill Ortner and his pupils displayed convinced Rebay that the guitar could handle any harmonic construction... |
GIULIO VIOZZI
Viozzi: Complete Music for Solo Guitar Andrea Gallo (guitar) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 12/May/2022 ] Born in Trieste, in the popular district of San Giacomo, Giulio Viozzi (1912- 1984) studied music under Antonio Illersberg. In 1931 he obtained a diploma in piano, following an advanced course with Angelo Kessissoglu. |