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) |
AGUADO / ARCAS / COSTE / LLOBET / MERTZ / TARREGA
Guitar Recital Anabel Montesinos (guitar) [ Naxos Laureate Series Guitar Collections / CD - released 28/Jul/2003 ] |
VARIOUS
Guitar Recital: 2010 Michele Pittaluga Guitar Competition, Alessandria Anabel Montesinos (guitar) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Nov/2011 ] Multi-award winner Anabel Montesinos returns to the Naxos label with the 'graceful flexibility' and 'flawless technique' (MusicWeb International) of her earlier acclaimed recital. |
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 |
ANDRES SEGOVIA
The American Recordings Vol 5 Andres Segovia (guitar) [ Naxos Historical / CD - released 30/Apr/2008 ] From the 1920s onwards Segovia not only enriched the range of the guitar repertoire by transcribing and performing works by great composers of the past, but also persuaded his contemporaries to write new pieces. Volume 5 of Segovia's 1950s American... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
1950s American Recordings, Vol. 1 (Segovia, Vol. 3) Andres Segovia (guitar) [ Naxos Historical Great Guitarists / CD - released 19/Sep/2007 ] Focusing on performances of his transcriptions of the works of J. S. Bach and Handel, [this CD] includes a number of war-horses such as the brilliant Courante from the Cello Suite No. 3 and the Gavotte en Rondeau from the Suite in E major, both of... |
ANDRES SEGOVIA
1950s American Recordings, Vol. 3 (Segovia, Vol. 5) Andres Segovia (guitar) [ Naxos Historical Great Guitarists / CD - released 18/Jan/2008 ] Volume 3 of Segovia's 1950s American recordings focuses on music by Francisco Tárrega (1852-1909), the great nineteenth-century pioneer of the guitar, as well as a noted composer and arranger, and Manuel Ponce (1882-1948), founding father of... |
ANDRES SEGOVIA
1950s American Recordings, Vol. 4 (Segovia, Vol. 6) Andres Segovia (guitar) [ Naxos Historical Segovia Edition Vol 6 / CD - released 8/Mar/2008 ] Volume 4 of Segovia's 1950s American recordings is devoted in the main to his arrangements of music composed between 1535 and 1750. |