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Carlos GUASTAVINO / Juan ERENA / Manuel María PONCE / Leo BROUWER / etc
Guitar Recital Ausiàs Parej (guitar) [ Naxos Guitar Laureate Series / CD - due 21/Jun/2024 ] Ausiàs Parejo is the winner of the 2022 'Alhambra' International Guitar Competition. In this programme he includes three cornerstones of the Spanish and Latin American repertoire. Combining idiomatic colour and rhythmic vivacity, Guastavino's First... |
Francis POULENC / Agustín BARRIOS MANGORÉ / Albert ROUSSEL / Konstantin BLIOKH / etc
Guitar Recital MarkoTopchii (guitar) [ Naxos Guitar Laureate Series / CD - due 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... |
MARIO CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO
Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Complete String Quartets Quartetto Adorno [ Naxos Guitar / CD - due 21/Jun/2024 ] Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco began to focus on chamber music composition during the late 1920s. From this period comes the String Quartet No. 1 in G major, which offers a countryside panorama with rustic serenades and processional themes reminiscent of... |
FERDINANDO CARULLI
Guitar and Piano Music, Vol. 1 Franz Halasz (guitar) / Debora Halasz (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Apr/2009 ] Born in Naples, Ferdinando Carulli wrote the first complete classical guitar method, which continues to be used today. From among his more than 400 guitar pieces come several transcriptions with operatic associations, including those of Beethoven's... |
Ignacio Lusardi Monteverde (guitar)
Flamenco - Pasado Y Presente [ Naxos World / CD - released 5/Aug/2022 ] This latest album by Ignacio Lusardi Monteverde unearths the historical influences and musical interactions of various cultures, and their effects on the numerous toques heard in flamenco today. Within his own avant-garde compositions, inspired by... |
FEDERICO MORENO TORROBA
Torroba: Guitar Concertos, Vol. 2 Pepe Romero & Vicente Coves (guitars) / Extremadura Symphony Orchestra, Manuel Coves [ Naxos / CD - released 28/Mar/2017 ] Federico Moreno Torroba composed about one hundred works for the guitar, thereby reinforcing his status as one of Spain's great twentieth-century composers. Homenaje a la seguidilla pays lively tribute to that characteristically Spanish song and... |
ALBENIZ / TARREGA / RODRIGO / RUIZ-PIPO / SOR / etc
Spanish Guitar Masterpieces Simeon Simov, Irina Kulikova, Norbert Kraft, Adriano Del Sal, Timo Korhonen, Jérémy Jouve, Jürgen Rost (guitars), etc [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Dec/2016 ] Naxos' Easy-Listening Classic series presents a delightful range of guitar music from the Spanish masters performed by leading artists from the vast Naxos label. Music to enjoy at home or work, while relaxing, entertaining or travelling. |
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ALBENIZ / TORROBA / GRANADOS / FALLA / VILLA-LOBOS / etc
Guitar Favourites Norbert Kraft (Guitar) [ Naxos Guitar Collection / CD - released 1/May/2012 ] |
MARIO CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO
Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Greeting Cards - 21 pieces for guitar Andrea De Vitis (guitar) [ Naxos / CD - released 14/Apr/2023 ] "Italian guitarist Andrea de Vitis posts 21 of the composer's Greeting Cards - musical portraits of friends, colleagues, admired artists - into one superbly performed album." NZ Listener 2023 |
SILVIUS LEOPOLD WEISS
Weiss: Lute Works (arr. D. Cerović for guitar) Danijel Cerović (guitar) [ Naxos / CD - released 14/Aug/2020 ] Silvius Leopold Weiss was acknowledged as the greatest lutenist of his age, composing over 600 pieces for the instrument organised into suites or sonatas. In these arrangements for guitar, Danijel Cerović has selected the only two of Weiss's sonatas... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Delicate Delights: Best Loved Classical Mandolin & Lute Music Dorina Frati (mandolin), Piera Dadomo (guitar), Paul O'Dette (mandolin), Elfriede Kunschak (mandolin), Maria Hinterleitner (harpsichord), Konrad Ragos [ Naxos / CD - released 26/Jun/2020 ] For those who are new to an instrument, the first question is often: where to start? The 'Best Loved' series offers an easy answer to that question and a perfect introduction to the wonderful, varied world of classical music. Spotlighting individual... |
THEODORAKIS / MAMANGAKIS / BOUDOUNIS / STRAVINSKY / etc
Elena Papandreou - Guitar Recital Elena Papandreou (guitar) [ Naxos Guitar Laureate Series / CD - released 2/Feb/1997 ] The Greeks are said to have a word for it; the word 'guitar' may even have been derived from the Greek kithara, though they applied it to a form of lyre, and they also have the music for it, a variety of which is included in this recording. |
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... |
JOAQUIN RODRIGO
Rodrigo: Complete Orchestral Works, Vol. 2 Ricardo Gallen (guitar) / Asturias Symphony Orchestra, Maximiano Valdes [ Naxos Spanish Classics / CD - released 14/Oct/2002 ] "The focus of these three volumes is on concertos, the most popular and arguably the best segment of Rodrigo's orchestral music. The best known are those for guitar and orchestra, of the very numerous recordings of which these are 'good enough to... |
DOWLAND / BRITTEN / MAW / RUTTER / SCOTT
British Guitar Music Volume 2 Graham Anthony Devine (guitar) [ Naxos / CD - released 23/Apr/2021 ] The iconic guitarist Julian Bream commissioned music from a number of British composers with international reputations, thus creating a whole new repertoire of guitar music. He also played an important role in the revival of interest in the... |
MAURICE OHANA
Ohana: Music for Ten-String Guitar Graham Anthony Devine (guitar) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Dec/2009 ] "Fluency, beautiful tone, power, clarity, timing, phrasing, technical brilliance, a keen musical intelligence… this young player confounds criticism by possessing them all, and in spades." Classical Guitar Magazine on Graham Anthony Devine |
BARTOK / ELMSLY / FARQUHAR / PAINE / RIMMER
Dream Weaving: New Zealand Guitar Music 2 Gunter Herbig (guitar) [ Naxos / CD - released 15/Jul/2017 ] "Gunter Herbig's performances are quite fine. He has a lovely sound and a fine technique." American Record Guide |
LILBURN / FARQUHAR
Prospero Dreaming - New Zealand Guitar Music by Lilburn and Farquhar Gunter Herbig (guitar) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jun/2009 ] This is the first comprehensive recorded survey of the guitar music of Douglas Lilburn and David Farquhar, the two pre-eminent composers who enriched New Zealand's musical culture in the modern era. |
MARIO CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO
Castelnnovo-Tedesco: Guitar Quintet / Ecloghe / Fantasia / Sonatina for Flute and Guitar Leonard Becker (guitar), Chloé Dufossez (flute), Various Artists [ Naxos / CD - released 23/Jul/2021 ] Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco was one of Italy's most influential and important composers during the 20th century. He was inspired to write for the guitar after meeting Andrés Segovia. |
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... |
NICOLO PAGANINI
Paganini: Centone Sonate Volume 3 Moshe Hammer (violin) Norbert Kraft (guitar) [ Naxos / CD - released 11/Nov/1996 ] "There is a nice sense of space with this presentation, with a front-row perspective in a smallish hall. The sound is very clear and detailed. " Sensible Sound |
NICOLAI PAGANINI
Paganini: Centone di Sonate Vol. 2 Moshe Hammer (violin) Norbert Kraft (guitar) [ Naxos / CD - released 12/Oct/2002 ] "splendid performances" - Gramophone |
FRANCIS POULENC
Poulenc: Chamber Music Vol. 4 (Incls 'Le Bal masque') Pierre Laniau (Guitar) Alexandre Tharaud (Piano) Franck Leguerinel (Baritone) / Jean Delescluse [ Naxos / CD - released 15/May/2001 ] The continuing series of Poulenc's chamber music |
GEORG PHILIPP TELEMANN
Telemann: Chamber Music for Bassoon and Guitar Rainer Seidel (bassoon) Daniel Valentin Marx (guitar) [ Naxos / CD - released 8/Apr/2022 ] Georg Philipp Telemann was the most famous of all German composers during his lifetime and a master of all musical genres. Every piece in this album dates from his triumphant years in Hamburg, where he was the city's music director. |
BRUCE ADOLPHE
Adolphe: Ladino Songs Of Love and Suffering / Mikhoels the Wise / etc Lucy Shelton (soprano) Eliot Fisk (guitar) David Jolley (french horn) Erie Mills (soprano) Nathaniel Watson (baritone), John Aler (tenor) / Seattle Sy [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 2/May/2005 ] Jewish poetry dating back to the time of the Spanish expulsion (1492) is transformed by composer Bruce Adolphe into a captivating song cycle for soprano, guitar, and French horn. |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Gorgeous Guitar:Best Loved Classical Guitar Music Victor Villadangos (guitar), Norbert Kraft (guitar), Celil Refik Kaya (guitar), Ana Vidović (guitar), Andrea Bissoli (guitar), Dale Kavanagh (guitar) [ Naxos / CD - released 26/Jun/2020 ] For those who are new to an instrument, the first question is often: where to start? The 'Best Loved' series offers an easy answer to that question and a perfect introduction to the wonderful, varied world of classical music. Spotlighting individual... |
AARON JAY KERNIS / JORGE LIDERMAN / STEVEN MACKEY
New American Chamber Music with Guitar Aaron Jay Kernis (piano) / Hila Plitmann (soprano) / Axel Strauss (violin) / David Tanenbaum (guitar & conductor) / San Francisco Conservatory Guitar [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 20/Oct/2010 ] Each of these new pieces was written for the artists who perform them here. |
ANTONIO LAURO
Lauro: Guitar Music Vol. 1 - Venezuelan Waltzes for Guitar Adam Holzman (guitar) [ Naxos / CD - released 31/Jan/2000 ] Now, 20 years later, comes another masterly recording by Adam Holzman: in may ways it raises the benchmark still further." - American Record Guide |
FERNANDO SOR
Grandes Sonates Op 22 & 25 / etc Adam Holzman (guitar) [ Naxos Guitar Collection / CD - released 1/Oct/2009 ] "...this is a recording to make many new friends for this composer, with fine performances full of clarity, sharp articulation and stylistic assurance and a clear and focused recorded sound." - Classical Guitar - September 1996 |
MERTZ
Guitar Music Vol.1 Adam Holzman (guitar) [ Naxos / CD - released 3/Oct/2002 ] The American guitarist Adam Holzman enjoys a distinguished international reputation. |
FERNANDO SOR
Morceau de Concert / 6 Valses, Op. 57 / Fantaisie Villageoise, Op. 52 Adam Holzman (guitar) [ Naxos Guitar Collection / CD - released 26/Jan/2008 ] 1001 Classical recordings to hear before you die (1801-1850) - "Adam Hotzman's excellent recital of works from the early 1830s ranges from delightfully simple valses to a brilliant set of variations, and the sophisticated Fantasie villageoise." (GR... |
LAURO
Venezuelan Waltzes for guitar Adam Holzman (guitar) [ Naxos Guitar Collection / CD - released 14/May/2002 ] Antonio Lauro was born in Venezuela in 1917 |
BROTONS / DEL PUERTO / MORALES-CASO / CRUZ DE CASTRO / BALADA / LLORCA / VAZQUEZ
21st Century Spanish Guitar Volume 1 Adam Levin [ Naxos / CD - released 23/Aug/2013 ] "There are three more volumes to come. If they're as good as this, they'll form one of the most exciting guitar series of the century so far." (Recording of the Month MusicWeb Aug 2013) |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Guitar Recital: Adriano Del Sal Adriano Del Sal (guitar) [ Naxos Guitar Laureate Series / CD - released 2/Mar/2011 ] Adriano Del Sal is one of the most significant young guitarists of recent years, whose extraordinary musical talent and total technical control make his performances truly unforgettable, and have earned him a dozen first prizes at national and... |
EDWARDS / HOUGHTON / SCULTHORPE / KOEHNE / DEAN
Australian Guitar Music Aleksandr Tsiboulski (guitar) [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Apr/2010 ] Aleksandr Tsiboulski is first-prize winner in numerous competitions including the 2006 Tokyo International Guitar Competition. His playing, which transcends the image of the technically flawless competition winner, has been praised by The Age for its... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Cantos Desiertos: Works for flute & guitar Alexandra Hawley (flute) Jeffrey Mcfadden (Guitar) [ Naxos / CD - released 13/Aug/2003 ] |
BROUWER / JOAQUIN / ARANGO / de LUCIA
Guitar Recital: Ali Arango Ali Arango (guitar) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Feb/2016 ] Born in the Cuban capital of Havana, Alí Arango has won numerous awards, including the prestigious Alhambra International Guitar Competition in 2014. Arango's programme follows a tradition of eminent Spanish and Latin American performers who are... |
MORENO-TORROBA
Guitar Music, Vol. 1 Ana Vidovic (guitar) [ Naxos / CD - released 15/Aug/2007 ] Moreno-Torroba's guitar music is particularly rich in its use of colour, melody, and lively rhythms to transport the listener into an essentially Spanish expression of a poetic and romantic sensibility. |
J.S. BACH / PONCE / TARREGA / SULEK / WALTON
Guitar Recital - First Prize: 1998 International Francisco Tarrega Competition Ana Vidovic (guitar) [ NAXOS / CD - released 18/Oct/2009 ] "First Prize winner of the Tarrega competition in Spain in 1998 at the age of 18 was Croatian guitarist Ana Vidovic. To comment on an international competition winner's technique seems a bit unnecessary - of course it's fabulous." (American Record Guide) |
