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GUERAU / SANZ / SOR / TARREGA / LLOBET / MERTZ
La Guitarra Espanola Jose Miguel Moreno (baroque guitar, vihuela) [ Glossa / 2 CD - released 1/Mar/2012 ] |
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MANUEL PONCE
Guitar Music Vol. 4 Judicael Perroy (guitar) [ Naxos / CD - released 29/Jan/2016 ] Considered by many to be the founding father of 20th-century Mexican music, Manuel Ponce dedicated himself to composing for guitar after meeting Andrés Segovia in 1923. |
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J. S. BACH
JS Bach: Transcriptions for Guitar Judicaël Perroy (guitar) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Feb/2012 ] Tristan Manoukian's transcription of the Partita No. 2 honours the precedent in its virtuosic and expressive writing...Prizewinning guitarist Judicaël Perroy is one of the most exciting talents to have emerged in years. |
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RODRIGO / LLOBET SOLES / CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO / PIAZZOLLA
Krzysztof Meisinger - Elogio de la guitarra Krzysztof Meisinger (guitar) [ Chandos / CD - released 15/Oct/2021 ] Krzysztof Meisinger, born in 1984, has seen his artistic development benefit from the immense influence of such teachers and music authorities as Aniello Desiderio (Italy) and Christopher Parkening (USA) |
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RODRIGO / VIVALDI / VILLA-LOBOS / DOWLAND / PAGANINI / etc
The Essential Julian Bream Julian Bream (guitar) [ Sony Classical / 2 CD - released 8/Jul/2013 ] "Bream's sampler shows his passionate best. The (complete) Aranjuez Concerto is unsurpassed; Falla's Miller's Dance blazes; 'impossible' Rodrigo dazzles." (Five Stars BBC Music) |
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BACH / SOR / TURINA / TIPPETT / SCHUBERT
Guitar Recital Julian Bream (guitar) [ Testament / CD - released 18/Nov/2007 ] Reissued on the Testament label. Also features guitarist John Williams |
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Julian Bream (guitar)
My Life in Music [ Avie Records DVD / DVD - released 13/Nov/2006 ] "This is a splendid presentation with wide musical appeal but to guitarists it is an Aladdin's cave." (MusicWeb Nov 2006) |
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DOWLAND / TARREGA / VILLA-LOBOS / BACH / RODRIGO / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Julian Bream: The Ultimate Collection Vol. 2 Julian Bream (guitar/lute) [ RCA Red Seal / CD - released 25/Jan/0200 ] "Bream is a genius and the playing is just superb" Review |
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JOAQUIN RODRIGO / MANUEL PONCE
Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez / Ponce: Concierto del sur Junhong Kuang (guitar) / Czech Chamber Philharmonic, Pardubice, Darrell Ang [ Naxos Spanish Classics / CD - released 1/Jul/2020 ] Rodrigo's Concierto de Aranjuez is the most celebrated classical guitar work of the 20th century, music that conjures up the colour, sophistication and glories of eternal Spain. |
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ASTOR PIAZZOLA
A Piazzolla Trilogy Karen Gomyo (violin), Stephanie Jones (guitar), Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire [ BIS SACD / SACD - released 6/Aug/2021 ] Karen Gomyo's violin takes centre stage in this homage to Astor Piazzolla. |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Lotte's Gift Karin Schaupp (guitar) [ ABC Classics / CD - released 26/Oct/2007 ] Lotte's Gift is the story of three generations of inspiring women and the music in their lives. This album is the soundtrack to this moving play, written by renowned Australian playwright David Williamson. Both the CD and the play feature... |
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RODRIGO / CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO / BACARISSE
Spain: Great Guitar Concertos Karin Schaupp (guitar) / Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra / Cantillation [ ABC Classics / CD - released 12/Dec/2009 ] One of Australia's leading guitarists, Karin Schaupp, brings her passionate playing style to these jewels of the concerto repertoire. |
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KARITA MATTILA
Karita Mattila: Live in Helsinki (Includes 'song to the Moon', 'Vissi d'arte' & 'summertime') Karita Mattila (soprano) / Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor (with Peter Lerche, guitar) [ Ondine / CD - released 26/Feb/2005 ] "Mattila's singing is spectacular" - Robert Levine, ClassicsToday.com |
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ASTOR PIAZZOLLA
Piazzolla: Histoire du Tango / 6 Études tanguistiques / Balada para mi muerte Kazunori Seo, flute, Vicente Coves, guitar [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Oct/2021 ] The combination of flute and guitar was a feature of early tango recordings - instruments central both to the genre and to the music of Astor Piazzolla. |
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HAKOLA / HOSOKAWA
Guitar Concertos Timo Korhonen (guitar) Oulu Symphony Orchestra, Santtu-Matias Rouvali [ Ondine / CD - released 1/Oct/2013 ] "The intensity of Hakola's response to the music compels attention through every bar of the [central] movement...The Oulu Symphony Orchestra are on fine form throughout and Santtu-Matias Rouvali directs with assurance." (Gramophone) |
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NICCOLO PAGANINI
Paganini: Sonatas for violin & guitar Fabio Biondi (violin), Giangiacomo Pinardi (guitar) [ Glossa / CD - released 20/Feb/2019 ] Fabio Biondi has chosen a selection of delightful virtuoso chamber music pieces by Niccolò Paganini to mark his tenth album for Glossa. Together with his long-term colleague from Europa Galante, the plucked-string specialist Giangiacomo Pinardi (here... |
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ALBENIZ / BOCCHERINI / de FALLA / RAVEL / TARREGA / TRADITIONAL
Meisinger: The Spanish Album Krzysztof Meisinger (guitar) Patrycja Betley (percussion) Meisinger Soloists [ Chandos / CD - released 28/Mar/2025 ] Born in 1984, Krzysztof Meisinger is one of the most fascinating and charismatic classical guitar players of our time, his artistic development having benefited from the profound influence of such teachers and music authorities as Aniello Desiderio... |
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PONCE / TANSMAN / BROUWER / JOSE
Guitar Recital Irina Kulikova (guitar) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Oct/2009 ] Winner of the 2008 Alessandria Competition and many other prestigious guitar competitions, and performing across Europe, in Russia and the USA, Irina Kulikova is a young rising star whose outstanding abilities have critics, leading guitarists and... |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Guitar Recital Kyuhee Park (guitar) [ Naxos / CD - released 14/Jan/2014 ] The brilliant young guitarist Kyuhee Park, winner of the 2010 Agustin Barrios and 2012 Alhambra International Guitar competitions, has crafted a recital that focuses on a sequence of sonatas and a quartet of evocative character pieces. |
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La Guitar Quartet
Evening In Granada [ Delos / CD ] |