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BRYCE DESSNER
Bryce Dessner - Solos Bryce Dessner (guitar), Katia Labèque (piano), Anastasia Kobekina (cello), Colin Currie (percussion), Pekka Kuusisto (violin), Lavinia Meijer (harp) + [ Sony Classical Vinyl / CD - released 4/Oct/2024 ] "Dessner himself takes the stage in two short pieces for guitar, Francis and Walls. These are in the best tradition of guitar solos, the latter reminiscent of the Spanish guitar masters, and it is good to have Dessner performing in person." Fin.Times |
DAVID LONG
Long: All Things Will Stay Silent Carolyn Mills (harp), Bridget Douglas (flute), Pat Barry (clarinet), Rachel Vernon (bass clarinet), Haonan Zhu (tuba), David Long (guitar, voice) [ Rattle / CD - released 1/Nov/2024 ] A gorgeously recorded and performed suite of artful compositions featuring the cream of Wellington's finest musicians, this beautifully textured exploration of sonic environments and poetic ruminations will delight the ear as much as the... |
DAVID FARQUHAR
Farquhar: Ring Round the Moon Jian Liu (piano) / Martin Riseley (violin) / Jenny Wollerman (soprano) / Jane Curry (guitar) [ Rattle Records / CD - released 13/Nov/2015 ] Ring Round the Moon is an album of chamber music by New Zealand composer, David Farquhar. The programme was curated by Jack Body for a concert in the Adam Concert Room on May 8 (2014) called Remembering David, which celebrated David's artistry and... |
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Duo Tapas (Rupa Maitra, violin & Owen Moriarty, guitar)
Incantation [ Ode Records / CD - released 26/Sep/2014 ] In early 2010, Rupa Maitra, violin and Owen Moriarty, guitar, formed Duo Tapas, with the aim of performing a wide range of music written for this beautiful combination of instruments as well as exploring and introducing exciting new arrangements of... |
FERDINANDO CARULLI
Guitar and Piano Music, Vol. 1 Franz Halasz (guitar) / Debora Halasz (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Apr/2009 ] Born in Naples, Ferdinando Carulli wrote the first complete classical guitar method, which continues to be used today. From among his more than 400 guitar pieces come several transcriptions with operatic associations, including those of Beethoven's... |
ISAAC ALBENIZ / JOHN CAGE / DOUGLAS LILBURN / PETER SCULTHORPE / CARLO DOMENICONI
Flower Of The Sea Gunter Herbig (electric guitar) [ Rattle Records / CD - released 8/Jul/2022 ] A collection of works transcribed for electric guitar. Gunter writes: "This project started out with the rather angular working title Electric Landscapes. Poetic ideas don't always start under poetic circumstances. At the beginning of 2020, the land |
Ignacio Lusardi Monteverde (guitar)
Flamenco - Pasado Y Presente [ Naxos World / CD - released 5/Aug/2022 ] This latest album by Ignacio Lusardi Monteverde unearths the historical influences and musical interactions of various cultures, and their effects on the numerous toques heard in flamenco today. Within his own avant-garde compositions, inspired by... |
Jayne Tankersley (vocals) with Philip Griffin (guitar, theorbo), Rachael Griffiths-Hughes (harpsichord), & others
Affetto [ Atoll Records / CD - released 22/Sep/2017 ] Praised as 'inspired programmers' by Metro Magazine, early music ensemble Affetto were formed in 2010 to explore the lesser known chamber music of the Baroque and Renaissance. The five members of Affetto are all early music specialists, leaders in... |
JONATHAN BESSER / GREG FOX
Cathedral Jonathan Besser (St Paul's Cathedral Organ, Dunedin Town Hall), Greg Fox (Guitar & Treatments) [ Rattle Records / CD - released 12/Jun/2020 ] An improvised live concert featuring Jonathan Besser (St Paul's Cathedral pipe organ) and Greg Fox (electric guitar and treatments), originally performed and recorded in 1984, here presented in a newly edit, mixed and mastered version. |
GIULIANI / ARNOLD / etc
Julian Bream ... in Concerto Julian Bream (guitar) / Melos Ensemble [ ALTO / CD - released 10/Mar/2012 ] Julian Bream (guitar) |
MATTHEW MARSHALL
Fragments Matthew Marshall (guitar) [ Rattle Records / CD - released 12/Jun/2020 ] This wonderful album of music written specifically for classical guitar by some of New Zealand's finest composers features classical guitarist Matthew Marshall in a set of recordings made by Radio New Zealand producers and engineers, 1993 - 1995. |
NICOLO PAGANINI
Paganini: Centone Sonate Volume 3 Moshe Hammer (violin) Norbert Kraft (guitar) [ Naxos / CD - released 11/Nov/1996 ] "There is a nice sense of space with this presentation, with a front-row perspective in a smallish hall. The sound is very clear and detailed. " Sensible Sound |
New Zealand Guitar Quartet
The Passing of A Black Star [ Rattle Records / CD - released 18/Aug/2017 ] "The Passing of a Black Star is a tribute to David Bowie. Like many Bowie fans, I was shocked and saddened by his passing. The inspiration for this piece was Bowie's final album Blackstar, and the work encapsulates my emotions following his... |
POULENC / DOWLAND / PURCELL / PAISIELLO / RAMIREZ / etc
Philippe Jaroussky: À sa guitare Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor), Thibaut Garcia (guitar) [ Erato Classics / CD - released 15/Oct/2021 ] The first joint album from countertenor Philippe Jaroussky and guitarist Thibaut Garcia, À sa guitare takes its name from a song by the 20th century French composer Francis Poulenc. |
FRANCIS POULENC
Poulenc: Chamber Music Vol. 4 (Incls 'Le Bal masque') Pierre Laniau (Guitar) Alexandre Tharaud (Piano) Franck Leguerinel (Baritone) / Jean Delescluse [ Naxos / CD - released 15/May/2001 ] The continuing series of Poulenc's chamber music |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Spanish Romances Pilar Lorengar (soprano) with Siegfried Behrend (guitar) & Alicia de Larrocha (piano) [ Australian Decca Eloquence / 2 CD - released 10/May/2017 ] "A record that offers playing of this quality can hardly be ignored" Gramophone on Granados |
MAURICE RAVEL / MANUEL DE FALLA / ERIK SATIE / FRANCIS POULENC
Camino Sean Shibe (guitar) [ Pentatone / CD - released 20/Aug/2021 ] "Vivid, beguiling and intensely intimate" BBC Music Recording of the Month Oct 2021 |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Sean Shibe - Lost & Found Sean Shibe (electric guitar) [ Pentatone / CD - released 26/Aug/2022 ] Sean Shibe's second Pentatone album Lost & Found is an ecstatic journey containing music by outsiders, mystics, visionaries, who often have more than one identity and lay claim to various artistic traditions, genres, or audiences. |
HEITOR VILLA-LOBOS / AGUSTIN BARRIOS MANGORE / ALBERTO GINASTERA
Profesión Sean Shibe (guitar) [ Pentatone / CD - released 17/Nov/2023 ] "It's an extraordinary account [of the Villa-Lobos], bursting with nuance and personality and easily rivalling Julian Bream's classic from 1978." Gramophone Award Nomination 2024 - Instrumental |
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ALBENIZ / TORROBA / GRANADOS / FALLA / VILLA-LOBOS / etc
Guitar Favourites Norbert Kraft (Guitar) [ Naxos Guitar Collection / CD - released 1/May/2012 ] |
MATHIAS DUPLESSY
El último aliento Zsófia Boros (classical guitar) [ ECM New Series / CD - released 14/Apr/2023 ] The focus of Zsófia Boros's third recording for ECM's New Series is split two-ways, with one spotlight turned towards contemporary compositions from Argentina and the other on the multiple-idioms spanning music of French composer Mathias Duplessy.... |
ANTONIO VIVALDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Vivaldi: The Four Seasons (arr. for three guitars) Amsterdam Guitar Trio [ Red Red Seal / CD - released 3/Jan/1984 ] Recorded October 1983 in The Old Catholic Church, Utrecht, Netherlands. |
MARIO CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO
Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Greeting Cards - 21 pieces for guitar Andrea De Vitis (guitar) [ Naxos / CD - released 14/Apr/2023 ] "Italian guitarist Andrea de Vitis posts 21 of the composer's Greeting Cards - musical portraits of friends, colleagues, admired artists - into one superbly performed album." NZ Listener 2023 |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The Art of Segovia Andres Segovia (guitar) [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD - released 27/Oct/2007 ] Andrés Segovia (Guitar), Symphony of the Air & Enrique Jordá. |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Maestro: Guitar Andres Segovia (guitar) [ ALTO / CD - released 10/May/2012 ] Andres Segovia (guitar) |
JOAQUIN RODRIGO / WILLIAM WALTON
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez / Fantasia para un gentilhombre (with Walton: Bagatelles) Christopher Parkening (guitar) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Litton [ EMI Classics / CD - released 17/Aug/2009 ] Parkening has recorded over 20 albums for Angel and EMI Classics. He has been nominated twice for a Grammy Award. |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Craig Ogden in Concert Craig Ogden (guitar) [ Chandos / CD - released 4/Jun/2021 ] Described by BBC Music Magazine as 'A worthy successor to Julian Bream', the Australian-born guitarist Craig Ogden is one of the most exciting artists of his generation. |
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),... |
SILVIUS LEOPOLD WEISS
Weiss: Lute Works (arr. D. Cerović for guitar) Danijel Cerović (guitar) [ Naxos / CD - released 14/Aug/2020 ] Silvius Leopold Weiss was acknowledged as the greatest lutenist of his age, composing over 600 pieces for the instrument organised into suites or sonatas. In these arrangements for guitar, Danijel Cerović has selected the only two of Weiss's sonatas... |
TRADITIONAL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: A Quiet Thing - Songs for Voice and Guitar David Daniels (counter-tenor) Craig Ogden (guitar) [ Virgin Classics / CD - released 1/Jul/2011 ] "From old Spain to New York, a distinctive voice, beautifully accompanied, in fine form" Editor's Choice (Gramophone Awards issue) |
HANDEL / CARULLI / KRANTZ / GIULIANI / DEBUSSY / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Summer Music Deborah Carter (flute) Allen Krantz (guitar) [ Direct-To-Tape Recording Company / CD - released 2/Feb/1995 ] "Summer Music" is a flute and guitar recital spanning three centuries of music performed by flutist Deborah Carter and composer/guitarist Allen Krantz. |
ANTONIO VIVALDI / CHRISTOPH GRAUPNER
Graupner / Vivaldi - Concerti for Viola D'Amore Donald Maurice (viola d'amore) Jane Curry (guitar) Marcin Murawski (viola) Orkiestra Ars Longa / Eugeniusz Dabrowski (conductor) [ Acte Prealable / CD - released 31/Jan/2016 ] The Vivaldi-Graupner Project was motivated by the desire to concretely document the ongoing musical connections between Poland and New Zealand which have developed in recent years. In particular the Project focuses on the collaborations between... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Delicate Delights: Best Loved Classical Mandolin & Lute Music Dorina Frati (mandolin), Piera Dadomo (guitar), Paul O'Dette (mandolin), Elfriede Kunschak (mandolin), Maria Hinterleitner (harpsichord), Konrad Ragos [ 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... |
ANTONIO VIVALDI / MAURO GIULINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Vivaldi / Giuliani: Guitar Concertos Eduardo Fernandez (guitar) / English Chamber orchestra, George Malcolm [ Decca / CD Box Set - released 20/Sep/2015 ] Original recording made at the Henry Wood Hall, London, December 1986 |
THEODORAKIS / MAMANGAKIS / BOUDOUNIS / STRAVINSKY / etc
Elena Papandreou - Guitar Recital Elena Papandreou (guitar) [ Naxos Guitar Laureate Series / CD - released 2/Feb/1997 ] The Greeks are said to have a word for it; the word 'guitar' may even have been derived from the Greek kithara, though they applied it to a form of lyre, and they also have the music for it, a variety of which is included in this recording. |
FRANCISCO MIGNONE
Mignone: Concertos Emmanuele Baldini (violin) Fabio Zanon (guitar) Ovanir Buosi (clarinet) Alexandre Silvério (bassoon) / São Paulo Symphony Orchestra [ Naxos The Music of Brazil / CD - released 26/Jul/2024 ] Sentimental, dynamic, exuberant, multi-talented and extremely eclectic, Francisco Mignone, whose Italian background brought a sense of universality to his musical nationalism, was a leading figure in the Brazilian music scene during the 20th century.... |
SERRANO / de FALLA / RAVEL / BERLIOZ / LORCA / etc
Fatma Said - El Nour Fatma Said (soprano), with Rafael Aguirre (guitar) Malcolm Martineau (piano) & others [ Warner Classics / CD - released 16/Oct/2020 ] GRAMOPHONE Award WINNER 2021 - Song BBC Music Award WINNER 2021 - Vocal & Newcomer Award |
FERRAN SAVALL
Mireu el nostre mar Ferran Savall (voice, guitar & piano) with Mario Mas (guitar) Javier Mas (bandurria) etc [ Alia Vox / CD - released 10/Nov/2008 ] When a great tradition meets world music and contemporary style. |
