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. |
RADAMES GNATTALI / FRANCISCO MIGNONE
Gnattali / Mignone: Complete Studies for Guitar Andrea Monarda (guitar) [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 11/May/2022 ] This 2-CD set present the complete studies for guitar by two Brazilian composers (both children of Italian immigrants): Radamés Gnattali (1906-1988) and c (1897-1986). |
FEDERICO MORENO-TORROBA
Moreno-Torroba: Complete Music for Solo Guitar & Guitar Quartets Angelo Colone (guitar) [ Brilliant Classics / 5 CD - released 24/Jan/2020 ] Although not a guitarist himself, Federico Moreno-Torroba struck up a friendship with Andres Segovia in the 1920s, which in turn inspired several of his finest works such as the Sonatina (1924) and Piezas características (1931) are among his finest... |
GILARDINO
Sicilian Guitar Music Angelo Marchese [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 22/Jul/2016 ] |
JOHN W. DUARTE
Duarte: Orchestral and Concertante Works for Guitar, Vol. 2 Nicola Montella (guitar I), Antonio De Innocentis (guitar II), The Belfort Chamber Orchestra, Gian Luigi Zampieri (conductor) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 1/Aug/2023 ] John W. Duarte was born in Sheffield, England on 2 October 1919. His father was a Scottish soldier, who died in 1919, and he was raised by his mother and maternal grandparents. He started playing the ukulele, but soon moved to the guitar at the age... |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Guitar Transcriptions Arcady Ivannikov (guitar) [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 15/Jul/2022 ] Bach's music is often described as indestructible, in the sense that no matter how it is performed, or in whichever arrangement, its essential spirit survives. Therefore transcriptions of the Master's works are common, today as they were in Bach's... |
ALFREDO FRANCO / CRISTANO PORQUEDDU / FRANCO CAVALLONE / FRANCESCO MORITTU / ROBERTO PIANA
Tales from Sardinia: Music for Flute and Guitar Cordas et Bentu Duo [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 2/Feb/2024 ] For the Cordas et Bentu Duo, Sardinia has always been a source of inspiration; the ensemble's name, Sardinian for "strings and wind", is an homage to the island's culture. Apeddu and Luciani's mission to find original compositions connected to their... |
NAPOLEON COSTE
Coste: Guitar Music Flávio Apro (guitar) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 23/Sep/2016 ] Napoleon Coste (1805-1883) was one of the most important and influential protagonists of the guitar in the 19th century. He was a prodigy, touring Europe in his early years giving highly successful concerts, publishing his own music, inventing new... |
ABEL CARLEVARO
Carlevaro: Guitar Music Cristiano Poli Cappelli (guitar) [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 1/Feb/2019 ] A Uruguayan pupil of Segovia: a man dedicated to the guitar, as a performer, teacher and even maker; a composer who wove together strands of melody and modernism. |
ALEXANDRE TANSMAN
Complete music for solo guitar Cristiano Poli Cappelli (guitar) [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 22/Feb/2016 ] Polish born and educated, Alexandre Tansman (1897-1986) was essentially a French composer, whose move to Paris in 1920 was the making of him. He won the admiration and friendship of both Ravel and Stravinsky, and took a central place in the... |
MARIO CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO / ANGELO GILARDINO / CRISTIANO PORQUEDDU
Homage to Angelo Gilardino - A Life for Music Cristiano Porqueddu (guitar) [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 14/Jan/2022 ] An 80th-birthday tribute featuring new recordings of key works by the Italian guitarist-composer from one of his most dedicated interpreters. |
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),... |
BELLOMO / FRANCO / REBAY / BIBERIAN / CHASSAIN / CAVALLONEone
Easy Studies for Guitar, Vol. 3 Cristiano Porqueddu (guitar) [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 10/Mar/2020 ] This is the 3rd volume of "Easy Studies for Guitar", a successful concept compiled by master guitarist Cristiano Porqueddu. |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Russian Guitar Music of the 20th and 21st centuries Cristiano Porqueddu (guitar) [ Brilliant Classics / 4 CD - released 5/May/2017 ] Although one would not automatically associate the guitar with Russia, the history of the Russian guitar goes far back, as early as 1790 the tradition starts with a 7‐string instrument, continuing to flourish in the 19th century as a salon... |
Daniele Ruggieri (flute), Alberto Mesirca (guitar)
MUSIC FOR FLUTE AND GUITAR, Rochberg, Riley, Ribot, Goljiov, Wuorinen, Crawford Seeger, Delpriora; Daniele Ruggeri, Alberto Mesirca [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 1/Dec/2018 ] A brief history of 20th-century American music and a valuable, offbeat addition to the comprehensive Brilliant Classics library of guitar music. Among the most extensive works here is the cycle of Cantos Desiertos (1996) composed for flute and... |
GINASTERA / LAURO / MONTANA / PALACIOS
Latin American Guitar Music Deion Cho (guitar) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 22/Feb/2016 ] This is the CD debut of Korean guitarist Deion Cho, first prize winner of the Concorso Internacional de Guitarra Clásica Gredos San Diego. For his first CD Cho chose 4 leading 20-th century guitar composers, differing in style and tradition:... |