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SARDINHA / PERNAMBUCO / NAZARETH / BROUWER / etc
The Brazilian Guitar Flávio Apro (guitar) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 20/Aug/2014 ] Although Brazilian composers might not be as famous as the country's football players, they are certainly as colourful, creative and entertaining! This new recording presents a selection of original music for guitar by Brazilian composers:... |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Nocturne - Romantic Guitar Miniatures Flávio Apro (guitar) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 22/Sep/2014 ] This selection of guitar miniatures brings us to Mediterranean landscapes under moonlit night skies: works by De Falla, Mompou, Ponce, Castelnuovo‐Tedesco, Barrios, Llobet, Tarrega, Sor, Rodrigo and others, in which the colours, tastes, folkore and... |
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JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
Bach: Sonatas and Partitas BWV1001-1006 Francesco Teopini (classical guitar) [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 1/Nov/2016 ] Why transcribe and perform the sonatas and partitas for solo violin on the guitar? It is surely the works themselves that provide the justification; their indestructible melodic poetry and their rich implied counterpoint at which the original violin... |
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ANTON GARCIA ABRIL
Abril: Guitar Music Francisco Bernier (guitar) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Nov/2016 ] The music for solo guitar of the influential Spanish composer Antón García Abril includes an impressionistic panorama of diverse Mediterranean moods, as well as his homage to the legendary guitarist Andrés Segovia. First prize winner of Italy's... |
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CORELLI
Violin Sonatas Op. 5, Nos. 7-12 Francois Fernandez (Baroque Guitar) / Glen Wilson (Harpsichord) [ Naxos / CD - released 30/Jul/2008 ] "Taken on its own terms, with appropriate questions of instrument, pitch and ornamentation taken into account, this is a first class addition to the Corelli discography." - Musicweb International, January 2008 |
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MARIO CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO
24 Caprichos de Goya op. 195 Frank Bungarten (guitar) [ MDG / 2 CD - released 20/Jan/2009 ] "... these Caprichos are an exhaustive workout for guitar. Frank Bungarten was awarded the first prize in the International Guitar Competition in Granada, Spain, by Segovia himself. His playing is very clean and clear ... One must remark, too, upon... |
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FEDERICO MORENO TORROBA
Guitar Works Frank Bungarten (guitar) [ MDG Gold / CD - released 1/Mar/2016 ] Even today Andrés Segovia continues to influence our understanding of guitar music like no other musician in his field. This virtuoso's countless compositional commissions contributed significantly to the popularity of the Spanish national instrument... |
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GIULIANI / SOR / MERTZ / TARREGA
La Traviata: Opera Paraphrases For Guitar Frank Bungarten (guitar) [ MDG / CD - released 27/Mar/2015 ] Opera hits by Mozart, Verdi, and Rossini in virtuoso guitar miniatures by Frank Bungarten, the first guitarist of our times to take on the ultimate challenge of recording these first- rank arrangement cycles in their full length and without... |
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TORU TAKEMITSU
Music for Solo Guitar by Toru Takemitsu Franz Halász (guitar) [ BIS / CD - released 6/Nov/2000 ] |
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FEDERICO MORENO TORROBA
Torroba: La voz de la guitarra Franz Halasz (guitar) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 2/Aug/2024 ] |
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J.S. BACH
Guitar Sonatas Franz Halasz (Guitar) [ BIS / CD - released 1/May/1998 ] Classic BIS recording of the Bach solo sonatas performed on a guitar. |
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J. S. BACH
Bach - Sonatas and Partitas Franz Halász (guitar) [ BIS SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 8/Mar/2024 ] Bach's Sonatas and Partitas performed on the guitar |
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J. S. BACH
Bach: The Lute Suites Franz Halász (guitar) [ BIS SACD / CD - released 7/Jun/2019 ] The universal appeal of the music of Johannes Sebastian Bach is such that most musicians, regardless of their instrument, long to play it. As a consequence, his works are constantly being arranged for other instruments - following a practice that... |
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TAKEMITSU
Complete Music for Solo Guitar Franz Halasz (guitar) [ BIS / CD - released 15/Dec/2000 ] Takemitsu wrote even more pieces for the guitar than Villa-Lobos |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Franz Halász: Spain Franz Halász (guitar) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 9/Apr/2021 ] A leading guitarist goes on a Spanish pilgrimage. |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Works for Guitar & Piano Franz Halász (guitar) Débora Halász (piano) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 10/May/2020 ] Beethoven, the towering giant of musical Vienna, seems to have been unmoved by the charms of the guitar - while instead composing for its sibling, the mandolin. Duo Halász, the husband and wife team of Franzand DéboraHalász, has now rectified this. |
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RADAMES GNATTALI
Alma Brasileira: Chamber Works Franz Halász (guitar) Débora Halász (piano) Wen-Sinn Yang (cello) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Dec/2014 ] His parents, Italian immigrants to Brazil, named Radamés Gnattali after the male lead in Verdi's Aida, and his mother began to teach him the piano at the age of six. But even though he did become a highly skilled pianist, performing Tchaikovsky's... |
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LEO BROUWER
Brouwer: Hika / Tres Apuntes / Danza caracteristica / etc Frederic Zigante (guitar) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 1/Dec/2018 ] This recording presents some of the most significant early pieces by the Cuban composer Leo Brouwer (b.1939); it also includes other works, such as Hika from 1994 and the third and fourth series of his Estudios sencillos (1981), which show clear... |
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HEITOR VILLA-LOBOS
Complete Guitar Music Frederic Zigante (guitar) [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 20/Aug/2011 ] "This is an excellent and inexpensive collection very nicely recorded without the feeling of being too close to the performer or too distant. Even if you are not an aficionado of the guitar there is much here to enjoy" (MusicWeb) |
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BACH / MERTZ / KOSHKIN / SCHUBERT
Guitar Recital Gabriel Bianco (guitar) [ Naxos Guitar Laureate Series / CD - released 1/Jun/2009 ] The young French guitarist Gabriel Bianco adds First Prize in the 2008 GFA International Solo Competition to an impressive list of previous awards from international competitions. He started playing guitar at the age of five, and graduated at the age... |