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NICOLAI PAGANINI
Paganini - Centone di Sonate Vol. 1 Moshe Hammer (violin) Norbert Kraft (guitar) [ Naxos Guitar Collection / CD - released 12/Oct/2002 ] "Just recline, think of Italy, and enjoy it!"- Gramophone |
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RODRIGO
Concierto de Aranjuez / Fantasia para un gentilhombre / Musica para un jardin / etc Marco Socias (guitar) / Orquesta Ciudad de Granada / Josep Pons [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / CD - released 20/Sep/2009 ] "Socias and Pons hit you on the head with ethnic flavouring, the music sings tartly, then sweetly, but always with a Spanish accent." - The Times (22 Oct 2002) |
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JOAQUIN RODRIGO
Concierto de Aranjuez Narciso Yepes (guitar) / Philharmonia Orchestra, García Navarro [ Pentatone SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/Nov/2015 ] Now on SACD, we finally get to enjoy Rodrigo's music ⎯ with its astounding ability to bring about the feelings and visualisations of rural Spain and its romantic past ⎯ in the way it was meant to be enjoyed. |
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JUSTIN HOLLAND
Holland: Guitar Works and Arrangements Christopher Mallett (guitar) [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 10/Feb/2023 ] Justin Holland was an African American, born free in Norfolk, Virginia. He was the most influential and important American guitarist of the 19th century and wrote the first published and best-selling guitar method in the country. He was also a... |
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ROREM / HOVHANESS / QUATE / CRESTON
American Saxophone Music Neil Hornsby (Guitar) / Jeremy Limb (Piano) / Alex Mitchell (Saxophones) [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 14/Sep/2006 ] Although it was the brainchild of a Belgian inventor, Adolphe Sax, the saxophone is commonly thought of as the quintessential American instrument, not least for the pivotal rôle it has played in jazz during key stages of the music's evolution. |
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FERNANDO SOR
Sor: Songs for Voice and Guitar Nerea Berraondo (mezzo) Eva Beneke (guitar) [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Aug/2017 ] "Spanish Mezzo Nerea Berraondo is well established in opera, mostly in Europe, and has also worked in early music. Her diction is superb, her balance with guitar is perfect, her tone is warm and dependably beautiful." American record Guide |
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MANUEL de FALLA / VICENT ASENCIO / ERNESTO HALFFTER / ISAAC ALBENIZ
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Falla / Ascencio / Halffter / Albeniz The Netherlandst Guitar Trio [ Globe / CD - released 1/Feb/1989 ] All arrangements on this recording |
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ERKKI-SVEN TUUR
Tüür: Symphony No. 5 Nguyên Lê (electric guitar) Mika Väyrynen (accordion) / Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Olari Elts [ Ondine / CD - released 15/May/2017 ] "Big band, electric guitar and symphony orchestra. It's remarkable how successfully they're integrated by Estonian composer Erkki-Sven Tüür...The performance is admirably tight and well-coordinated - you can tell Olari Elts had conducted the work... |
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JAPPELLI / CAMPOGRANDE / CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO
Music for Guitar & Choir: Jappelli, Campogrande & Castelnuovo-Tedesco; Nicolò Spera (guitar) / St. Martin's Chamber Choir [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 10/Apr/2020 ] A pair of world-premiere recordings on a unique collection of works conceived for an unusual, highly-appealing combination of musicians. The technical challenging of balancing a choir singing at full volume and a guitar, renowned for its gentle... |
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CARRENO / BAUTISTA / RUIZ / GONZALEZ / etc
Guitar Music of Venezuela Nirse Gonzalez (guitar) [ Naxos / CD - released 5/Mar/2018 ] Throughout the 20th century Venezuelan composers created a repertoire of guitar works that, with their vivid rhythms, folkloric elements and brilliant colours, captured the country's musical soul - a process that continues to this day. These elements... |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Guitar Recital Nirse Gonzalez (guitar) [ Naxos / CD - released 5/Sep/2007 ] |
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GIULIANI
Flute & Guitar Duets Nora Shulman, flute / Norbert Kraft, guitar [ Naxos / CD - released 3/Feb/2002 ] "The performances here, if not exploding with star-power virtuosity, nonetheless catch the charm and intimacy of the scorings with good taste. A fun CD." - Nora Shulman, The State, 10 February 2002 |
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SOR / AGUADO / TARREGA
19th Century Guitar Favourites Norbert Craft (Guitar) [ Naxos Guitar Collection / CD - released 22/Sep/2007 ] "A decade may have passed since the release of this disc, but in decades to come it will remain as a testament to superb guitar playing, refined interpretations and good taste. Definitely my desert island 'allowed one only' choice" -- MusicWeb |
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HECTOR VILLA-LOBOS
Villa-Lobos: Complete Music for Solo Guitar Norbert Kraft (guitar) [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Nov/2000 ] This disc covers his complete catalogue of solo works for the guitar. |
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HANS ZIMMER
The World of Hans Zimmer - A Symphonic Celebration ORF Radio Symphony Radio, Martin Gellner, with Lisa Gerrard (vocals), Aleksandra Suklar (percussion), El Amir (guitar), etc [ Sony Classical / 2 CD - released 15/Mar/2019 ] Sony Classical is pleased to release the sensational double-album by one of the world's most accomplished film composer, Hans Zimmer. This stunning album sees Hans Zimmer arrange some of his most successful and recognisable compositions into... |
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JOSE / PONCE / SCARLATTI / TARREGA
Guitar Recital Pablo Garibay (guitar) [ Naxos Guitar Laureate Series / CD - released 26/Oct/2011 ] |
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ALEC ROTH
Songs In Time Of War Mark Padmore (tenor) Philippe Honore (violin) Alison Nicholls (harp) Morgan Szymanski (guitar) [ Signum / CD - released 30/Jun/2008 ] |
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ALEC ROTH
Sometime I Sing: Music For Voice & Guitar Mark Padmore (tenor) & Morgan Szymanski (guitar) [ Signum / CD - released 20/Aug/2013 ] "Padmore's clean tenor finds an ideal vehicle ... there's a transparent, haunting beauty about it, and the accompaniments for violin, harp and guitar are a joy" The Times, 8th June 2013 **** |
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PAGANINI
The Best Of Paganini Ilya Kaler (violin), Moshe Hammer (violin), Norbert Kraft (guitar), Gerald Garcia (guitar), Scott St. John (violin), Simon Wynberg (guitar) Polish Nat [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Aug/1997 ] Artists: Ilya Kaler (violin), Moshe Hammer (violin), Norbert Kraft (guitar), Gerald Garcia (guitar), Scott St. John (violin), Simon Wynberg (guitar) Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Stephen Gunzenhauser |
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GEORG PHILIPP TELEMANN
Recorder Sonatas & Fantasias Pamela Thorby (recorder) with Alison McGillivray (cello) & Elizabeth Kenny (archlute & guitar) [ Linn / 2 CD - released 20/Sep/2015 ] Having previously recorded the Baroque greats such as Handel and Vivaldi, Pamela Thorby completes her anthology of eighteenth century favourites with Telemann's Recorder Sonatas and Fantasias. |