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LAURO
Guitar Music, Vol. 2: Sonata / 4 Estudios / Suite Victor Villadangos (guitar) [ Naxos / CD - released 18/Jan/2008 ] In 1938, Antonio Lauro became the first Venezuelan to complete formal studies in classical guitar. Although it was through the waltz that Lauro found his way as a composer (his Venezuelan Waltzes are available on Naxos 8.554348), his output includes... |
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ERNESTO NAZARETH
Tangos, Waltzes and Polkas Victor Villadangos (guitar) [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Aug/2008 ] "If you like the piano music of Louis Moreau Gottschalk and Scott Joplin, you're going to love this by a late romantic, Brazilian composer." (Tower Records) |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Gorgeous Guitar:Best Loved Classical Guitar Music Victor Villadangos (guitar), Norbert Kraft (guitar), Celil Refik Kaya (guitar), Ana Vidović (guitar), Andrea Bissoli (guitar), Dale Kavanagh (guitar) [ Naxos / CD - released 26/Jun/2020 ] For those who are new to an instrument, the first question is often: where to start? The 'Best Loved' series offers an easy answer to that question and a perfect introduction to the wonderful, varied world of classical music. Spotlighting individual... |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Guitar Recital: Vladimir Gorbach Vladimir Gorbach (guitar) [ Naxos Guitar Laureate Series / CD - released 10/Jul/2012 ] Piazzolla's Estaciones porteñas are richly evocative seasonal portraits vested with his indelible sense of verve...whilst Giuliani's Rondoletto is full of dazzling escapades for the guitar. |
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BERNSTEIN / GRIEG / HADJIDAKIS / ISOLANI / RAVEL
Parole in Musica: Music for Guitar Trio The Volterra Project Trio [ Naxos / CD - released 23/May/2025 ] This diverse programme of works for guitar trio is bound by the common thread of music inspired by stories from literature, stage or screen. With its rhythmic exuberance and tragic beauty, Bernstein's West Side Story has never lost its freshness and... |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Frohe Weihnacht (Merry Christmas) Thomas Nitschke (treble), Ulrich Schicha (organ), Jurgen Schuster (trumpet), Erich Ferstl (piano), Stefan Schilli (oboe), Erich Ferstl (guitar) Hungar [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Nov/2007 ] Artists Thomas Nitschke (treble), Ulrich Schicha (organ), Jurgen Schuster (trumpet), Erich Ferstl (piano), Stefan Schilli (oboe), Erich Ferstl (guitar) Hungarian Radio Chorus, Budapest Failoni Chamber Orchestra, Vienna Boys Choir, Capella... |
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ANTONIO RUIZ-PIPO
Ruiz-Pipo: Guitar Works Vol. 2 Wolfgang Weigel (guitar) [ Naxos / CD - released 28/Aug/2020 ] Antonio Ruiz-Pipó became an essentially Parisian artist, but his music always retained the historical roots and warmth of expression of his Spanish origins. |
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HUANG Tao / LIN Huanqi / XIA Weinan
Chinese Romance Xianji Liu (guitar) [ Naxos / CD - released 11/Aug/2023 ] Chinese Romance presents a selection of recent compositions that are all deeply evocative, referring to specific imagery and romantic experiences for their inspiration. These poetic and lyrical pieces explore the guitar's delicate timbres with nuance... |
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KONSTANTIN VASSILIEV
Vassiliev: El Faro Mágico / Wanderer in Time / Rose in the Snow / etc Yuri Liberzon (guitar), with Patrick O'Connell (guitar) [ Naxos / CD - released 26/Aug/2022 ] Konstantin Vassiliev's music synthesises several different styles including jazz, Russian folk music and contemporary Western traditions. This album contains music written over a 22-year period. |
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ASTOR PIAZZOLLA
Piazzolla: Music for Guitar Yuri Liberzon, Piotr Pakhomkin [ Naxos / CD - released 27/Sep/2024 ] Astor Piazzolla's introduction of new rhythms and harmonies into the tango won him worldwide fame. |
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GEORGES LENTZ
Ingwe from ‘Mysterium’ (“Caeli enarrant...” VII) Zane Banks (electric guitar) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Aug/2011 ] Luxembourg-born Australian composer Georges Lentz's 60-minute solo guitar work Ingwe (an Aboriginal word meaning night) is a truly extraordinary achievement. Here, heavy metal meets musical metaphysics, as shrieking amplified sound clashes with the... |
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MARIO CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO
Castelnuovo-Tedesco: 24 Caprichos de Goya Zoran Dukic (guitar) [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 1/Apr/2009 ] "This is a well-played, well-recorded and well-documented version of a sequence for guitar which deserves to be better known than it is. It is a work which deserves to be heard, more often, as a whole, rather than merely excerpted as part of one or... |