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J. S. BACH
Bach - Flute Sonatas / Partita in A minor (arranged for flute and guitar duo) Marina Piccinnini (flute) / Brasil Guitar Duo [ Avie Records / 2 CD - released 12/Oct/2010 ] Leading international flutist Marina Piccinini pairs with the Brasil Guitar Duo for unique arrangements of J. S. Bach's popular Flute Sonatas. One of the world's leading flute virtuosos, Marina Piccinini presents unique transcriptions of Bach's... |
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Francis POULENC / Agustín BARRIOS MANGORÉ / Albert ROUSSEL / Konstantin BLIOKH / etc
Guitar Recital MarkoTopchii (guitar) [ Naxos Guitar Laureate Series / CD - released 21/Jun/2024 ] This recital by Marko Topchii, winner of the 2023 Guitar Foundation of America Competition, ranges widely across the repertoire, from a Renaissance lute masterpiece by John Dowland, through early 20th-century neo-Romanticism, to the technical... |
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J. S. BACH / FERNANDO SOR / RODRIGO / MANUEL PONCE
Guitar Recital Martha Masters (Guitar) [ Naxos / CD - released 30/Apr/2006 ] "On the whole, the works here benefit from the guitarist's moderation, interpretive care, and insight." - Steven Rings, American Record Guide |
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PHILIP GLASS / STEVE REICH
Minimalist Guitar Music Massimo Menotti (guitar) [ Orange Mountain Music / CD - released 10/Sep/2015 ] Italian guitarist Massimo Menotti showcases a recital of the most rigorous Minimalist music from the 1960s by Steve Reich and Philip Glass. Menotti records each layer of the music himself, performing and recording above the previously recorded tracks... |
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TARREGA
Guitar Recital Mats Bergstrom (guitar) [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Feb/2010 ] "'Dreamy' may not be a keyword for everything on the disc, but the beauty of the playing, the care over nuances and the technical assurance, which is no end in itself, are all the time in evidence and makes this one of the most satisfying guitar... |
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FERNEYHOUGH
Shadowtime - a thought-opera Mats Scheidegger (guitar) / Nicholas Hodges (piano & speaker) / Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart / Nieuw Ensemble / Jurjen Hempel (conductor) [ NMC / 2 CD - released 14/May/2006 ] "Wonderful sounds,musical moves that tell, technical exigence turned to eloquence: I listened spellbound." Andrew Porter, Times Literary Supplement |
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ANTOINE DE LHOYER
3 Duo Concertants, Op. 31 / Duo Concertant, Op. 34, No. 2 Matteo Mela (guitar) / Lorenzo Micheli (guitar) [ Naxos / CD - released 4/Mar/2007 ] The melodic and rhythmic incisiveness of the thematic material, often packed with references to the music of Mozart, the dramatic and almost theatrical dialogue between the two instruments, and the frequent shifts from a simple accompanied melody to... |
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ERROLLYN WALLEN
Photography Matthew Sharp (cello) Ensemble X, Nicholas Kok, The Continuum Ensemble, Philip Headlam, Tim Harries (bass guitar), Quartet X, Errollyn Wallen [ NMC / CD - released 18/Mar/2016 ] After reading Music at Goldsmiths', King's College London and King's College Cambridge she performed as a keyboard player with numerous bands, on the comedy circuit, ran a commercial recording studio and wrote the music and performed live as a... |
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TARREGA / PUJOL / LLOBET / CHOPIN
Invocacion Mattias Jacobsson (guitar) [ Avie / CD - released 20/Aug/2012 ] "The playing throughout is refined, intelligent and highly musical; the tone, though never sweet, is fulsome and appealing. An outstanding debut." Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine, September 2012 |
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JOAQUIN RODRIGO / MALCOLM ARNOLD
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rodrigo: Concierto Aranjuez / Arnold: Concerto for Guitar & Orchestra Michael Conn (guitar) / The Orchestra of St. John's, Smith Square, John Lubbock [ IMP Classics / CD - released 28/Sep/1992 ] Originally released 1987 |
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PONCE / TARREGA / KHACHATURIAN
Guitar Recital Michalis Kontaxakis (Guitar) [ Naxos / CD - released 9/Sep/2006 ] For aficionados of the guitar Francisco Tárrega needs no introduction. He was an important figure in the revival of serious interest in the guitar in the second half of the nineteenth century, winning an international reputation as 'the Sarasate of... |
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HEITOR VILLA-LOBOS
The Complete Guitar Works Of Heitor Villa-Lobos Mickael Viegas (guitar) [ Paraty / 2 CD - released 19/Feb/2016 ] The complete Guitar works of Heitor Villa-Lobos |
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LEO BROUWER / JOAQUIN RODRIGO
Guitar Concertos Miguel Trápaga (guitar) / Real Filharmonía de Galicia, Óliver Díaz [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Jun/2016 ] "[Trápaga] is highly attuned to the different sound worlds of the Brouwer and the Rodrigo and, together with the Real Filharmonía de Galicia under Óliver Díaz, creates another kind of musical conversation that is vibrant, exciting and revealing in eq |
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Miloš Karadaglic (guitar)
Blackbird - The Beatles Album [ Mercury Classics / CD - released 15/Jan/2016 ] After having explored the core classical heritage of the guitar in his three previous albums, Miloš makes a thrilling new departure. He performs dazzling and innovative new arrangements of classic songs by the Beatles, collaborating with celebrated... |
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RODRIGO / FALLA / SOR / LENNON & McCARTNEY
Milos Karadaglic: Aranjuez Milos Karadaglic (guitar) with London Philharmonic Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin [ Mercury Classics / Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 21/Feb/2014 ] "The young guitarist comes across as an interpreter of delicacy and meticulousness." Financial Times, 14th February 2014 |
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SCARLATTI / RAMEAU / HANDEL / WEISS / VIVALDI / MARCELLO / etc
Miloš - Baroque Miloš Karadaglic (guitar) / Arcangelo, Jonathon Cohen (conductor) [ Sony / CD - released 13/Oct/2023 ] MILOŠ - the super star musician who led today's revival in the classical guitar, launches a new era in his exceptional career with his debut album on Sony Classical. |
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TALBOT / EINAUDI / SHORE / SCHUMANN
Miloš : The Moon & The Forest Miloš Karadaglić (guitar) / BBC Symphony Orchestra, Ben Gernon, National Arts Centre Orchestra Alexander Shelley [ Decca / CD - released 7/May/2021 ] 'Premiere recordings of two dazzling new concertos which offer new perspectives on the relationship between guitar and orchestra, performed with considerable conviction and élan.' Gramophone Editor's Choice June 2021 |
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PIAZZOLLA / MOREL / CARDOSO / RODRIGUEZ / VILLA-LOBOS / etc
Milos: Latino Gold [CD + DVD] Milos Karadaglic (guitar) [ Deutsche Grammophon CD & DVD / 2 CD/DVD - released 18/Dec/2014 ] "This guitarist does not go for a cheap ride on the backs of well-loved numbers, but gives us a thoughtful presentation, where each next piece seems to outdo the one before it. It is difficult to stop listening." (MusicWeb) |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Cello Rising Mime Yamahiro Brinkmann (baroque cello), Björn Gäfvert (harpsichord), Karl Nyhlin (baroque guitar) [ BIS SACD / CD - released 15/Jul/2016 ] "Yamahiro Brinkmann demonstrates…that she's more than capable of controlled, fluttering elegance when the notes are coming thick and fast" Gramophone |
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PAGANINI
Centone di Sonate Vol. 3 Moshe Hammer (violin) / Norbert Kraft (guitar) [ Naxos / CD - released 12/Oct/2002 ] "It is unlikely that the Centone will ever be better played"-Gramophone |