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COUPERIN
Pièces de violes avec la basse chiffrée Paolo Pandolfo (viola da gamba), Amélie Chemin (viola da gamba), Thomas Boysen (theorbo & Baroque guitar), Markus Hünninger (harpsichord) [ Glossa / CD - released 11/Mar/2013 ] "Pandolfo is a master of the style; in slow movements barely a note passes without some subtle bowing nuance or full blown ornament… recorded sound is excellent." (Five Stars) BBC Music Magazine Awards 2014 Chamber Finalist |
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ANTOINE FORQUERAY
Forqueray: Pièces de viole avec la basse continuë Paolo Pandolfo, viola da gamba / Guido Balestracci, viola da gamba / Rolf Lislevand, theorbo & Baroque guitar / Gudio Morini, harpsichord [ Glossa Cabinet / 2 CD - released 20/Jul/2016 ] "a seriously lovely demonstration of the viol playing of Paolo Pandolfo … Pandolfo's playing runs the gamut of improvisatory flair to extraordinary delicacy and Rolf Lislevand's theorbo playing exceptional as well." CD Review |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The Golden Age of the Guitar in Europe Pascal Boëls (guitar) [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 4/Dec/2020 ] One of the world's foremost experts on the 10-string guitar, Pascal Boëls offers us a cross-section of the finest music for his instrument from around Europe in the Renaissance and the Baroque. He identifies this as the guitar's 'golden age' - rather... |
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Paul Bosauder (flamenco guitar)
Tierra y Mar [ Paul Bosauder / CD - released 26/Jan/2018 ] New Zealander Paul Bosauder returns from Spain with his debut album. For the past ten years Paul Bosauder has studied worked and created with Spain's elite flamenco artists, receiving the Matricula d'Honor from the School of Music in Cataluna... |
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Paul Hillier-voice; Nigel North-lute, theorbo, guitar
The Rags of Time-17th-c. English lute songs and dances [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 2/Jul/2002 ] ***** Five Stars (Pick of the Month) BBC Music Magazine(Aug 02) |
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LUIGI LEGNANI
36 Caprices / Fantasia Pavel Steidl (Guitar) [ NAXOS / CD ] |
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NAPOLEON COSTE
Guitar Works Vol 3 Pavel Steidl (guitar) [ Naxos Guitar Collection / CD - released 17/May/2008 ] Napoléon Coste was France's greatest guitar composer, and, together with Mertz, the guitar composer most representative of the Romantic style. Born in the village of Amondans in western France, Coste was named after the new Emperor and groomed for a... |
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PEREIRA / GNATTALI / REIS / GAROTO / GUINGA / GARCÍA AGUILERA / VILLA-LOBOS / ASSAD
Guitar Recital Pedro Aguiar (guitar) [ Naxos Guitar Laureate Series / CD - released 1/May/2020 ] Valery Gavrilin was one of the most colourful and significant Russian composers of the second half of the 20th century. He was only 25 when he composed The Russian Notebook, a poem of love and death crafted in a new musical language that doesnt... |
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LEO BROUWER
Music for Bandurria & Guitar Pedro Chamorro (bandurria), Pedro Mateo González (guitar) [ Naxos / CD - released 27/Nov/2015 ] This programme brings the guitar into consort with the bandurria, a small lute dating from the 16th century and perennially popular in South America, the combination perfect for expressing the rustic rhythms of Cuban folk style. |
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RODRIGO / ROMERO / TORROBA / TURINA
Spanish Nights Pepe Romero (guitar) [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 14/Jul/2014 ] "while Pepe Romero is only in his late sixties, this is 'late style' playing, the tempi uniformly slower than one would normally hear, the tendency to focus on sheer beauty of tone more pronounced...Not that there isn't fire: Romero is also a fine fl |
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ALBENIZ / ROMERO / TARREGA / SOR / etc
Guitar Favourites Pepe Romero, guitar [ Philips Australian Eloquence / CD - released 6/Dec/1999 ] "Few musicians can be this flexible with the unwinding of a piece and yet never sound self-indulgent. He seems to know exactly where an emphasis lies, how long to pause, where to push, when to float poetically. This music is Shakespeare, not just... |
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LUIGI BOCCHERINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Boccherini: Guitar Quintets Pepe Romero (Guitar) / Academy Of St Martin In The Fields Chamber Ensemble [ Philips / CD - released 28/Jun/1990 ] Recorded: Great Britain, 12/1978 (G.453); 12/1979 (G.447) |
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MAURO GIULIANI / JOAQUIN RODRIGO
Giuliani/Rodrigo: Guitar Concertos Pepe Romero (Guitar) Angel Romero (Guitar) / Academy of St Martin in the Fields / Orchestre National de l'Opera de Monte-Carlo / with Catherine Miche [ Pentatone SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 18/Aug/2006 ] "The sound quality is as good as I have come to expect from the Pentatone RQR releases, and is a slight improvement over the original Philips LP in terms of its transparency and spatiality...Highly recommended." --SA-CD.net |
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JOAQUIN RODRIGO
Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez / Fantasia para un gentilhombre / etc Pepe Romero (guitar) Augustin Leon Ara (violin) Christine Pendrill (cor anglais) / Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner [ Decca Originals / CD - released 25/Mar/2007 ] A classic Rodrigo recording, featuring his two most popular concertante works - at mid-price for the first time. |
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ERNESTO CORDERO
Caribbean Concertos for Guitar and for Violin Pepe Romero (guitar) Guillermo Figueroa (violin) / I Solisti di Zagreb [ Naxos / CD - released 15/Feb/2012 ] Puerto Rican composer and guitarist Ernesto Cordero dedicated his Concierto Festivo to celebrated soloist Pepe Romero, who describes the work as having 'divine inspiration'. These works derive their warmth of expression and rhythmic influence from... |
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GUITAR RECITAL
Guitar Recital (Regondi, Asencio, Bach, Rodrigo) Petrit Ceku, guitar [ Naxos Laureate Series: Guitar / CD - released 10/Oct/2008 ] This recital by one of the leading guitarists of the younger generation, the Croatian Petrit Ceku, begins with an ambitious transcription of one of J.S. Bach's most demanding solo works. Studies from the nineteenth century master, Giulio Regondi,... |
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BRITTEN / DOWLAND / MAW
Songs for Tenor and Guitar Philip Langridge, tenor / Stephen Marchionda, guitar [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 3/May/2005 ] "I love the symmetry of this disc, and how beautifully it has been programmed. Outstanding!" (MusicWeb June 2005) |
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ASTOR PIAZZOLLA
Piazzolla - Café 1930 Piercarlo Sacco (violin), Andrea Dieci (guitar) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 3/Jun/2014 ] It had previously been said that in Argentina 'everything can change except the Tango'. And then there was Astor Piazzolla, who revolutionised this genre in the mid-20th century. Creating a new genre that would become known as the Nuevo Tango,... |
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ASTOR PIAZZOLLA
Piazzolla: La Calle 92 Piercarlo Sacco (violin & viola), Andrea Dieci (guitar) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 26/Jan/2018 ] Astor Piazzolla, Argentina's most famous composer, was the grandson of Italian immigrants, and the melancholy for an abandoned and lost country lends a sweetly poignant note to his music. He was unique in the way he was able to weave the "sweet... |
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COUPERIN
Pieces for Viol Pierre HantaA¯ (harpsichord) & Eduardo EgAez (theorbo, guitar) [ Mirare / CD - released 1/Nov/2008 ] "Philippe Pierlot and his ensemble draw out the dark drama of this music in performances that fuse lyricis, with visceral intensity." BBC Music Magazine, August 2008 ***** |