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Enrique Granados on Classical Guitar — Spanish Romanticism for Six Strings

Enrique Granados on Classical Guitar — Spanish ...

Like his countryman Albéniz, Enrique Granados (1867–1916) was a pianist and composer who never wrote for the classical guitar — and whose music the guitar has nonetheless claimed as its...

Enrique Granados on Classical Guitar — Spanish ...

Like his countryman Albéniz, Enrique Granados (1867–1916) was a pianist and composer who never wrote for the classical guitar — and whose music the guitar has nonetheless claimed as its...

Cavatina on Classical Guitar — The Theme from "The Deer Hunter"

Cavatina on Classical Guitar — The Theme from "...

Some melodies become famous through a film, and then outlive it. Cavatina, by the British composer Stanley Myers, is one of those — known to millions as the haunting theme...

Cavatina on Classical Guitar — The Theme from "...

Some melodies become famous through a film, and then outlive it. Cavatina, by the British composer Stanley Myers, is one of those — known to millions as the haunting theme...

Astor Piazzolla on Classical Guitar — Tango Nuevo for Six Strings

Astor Piazzolla on Classical Guitar — Tango Nue...

Astor Piazzolla (1921–1992) remains one of the most influential composers of the twentieth century, and his music has found a remarkable second home on the classical guitar. From the melancholic...

Astor Piazzolla on Classical Guitar — Tango Nue...

Astor Piazzolla (1921–1992) remains one of the most influential composers of the twentieth century, and his music has found a remarkable second home on the classical guitar. From the melancholic...

Agustín Barrios Mangoré — The Guitarist-Composer of the Americas

Agustín Barrios Mangoré — The Guitarist-Compose...

For much of the twentieth century, the music of Agustín Barrios Mangoré (1885–1944) was a secret kept by guitarists who knew. Today it is impossible to imagine the repertoire without...

Agustín Barrios Mangoré — The Guitarist-Compose...

For much of the twentieth century, the music of Agustín Barrios Mangoré (1885–1944) was a secret kept by guitarists who knew. Today it is impossible to imagine the repertoire without...

Bach on the Classical Guitar — A Guide to the Essential Works

Johann Sebastian Bach on the Classical Guitar: ...

This guide is part of our overview of the essential classical guitar repertoire.No composer sits closer to the heart of the classical guitar repertoire than Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750) —...

Johann Sebastian Bach on the Classical Guitar: ...

This guide is part of our overview of the essential classical guitar repertoire.No composer sits closer to the heart of the classical guitar repertoire than Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750) —...

Francisco Tárrega — The Father of the Modern Classical Guitar

Francisco Tárrega — The Father of the Modern Cl...

Almost everything that feels natural about the modern classical guitar — the way it is held, the way the right hand strikes the strings, the very repertoire students learn first...

Francisco Tárrega — The Father of the Modern Cl...

Almost everything that feels natural about the modern classical guitar — the way it is held, the way the right hand strikes the strings, the very repertoire students learn first...

Schubert's Ständchen (Serenade) on Classical Guitar

Schubert's Ständchen (Serenade) on Classical Gu...

Franz Schubert wrote some of the most beautiful melodies ever penned, and few are more tender than Ständchen — his "Serenade." Conceived as a song for voice and piano, it...

Schubert's Ständchen (Serenade) on Classical Gu...

Franz Schubert wrote some of the most beautiful melodies ever penned, and few are more tender than Ständchen — his "Serenade." Conceived as a song for voice and piano, it...

Villa-Lobos and the Classical Guitar — Préludes, Études and a Brazilian Soul

Heitor Villa-Lobos on the Classical Guitar: The...

This guide is part of our overview of the essential classical guitar repertoire. Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887–1959) was the most important Brazilian composer of the twentieth century and one of the...

Heitor Villa-Lobos on the Classical Guitar: The...

This guide is part of our overview of the essential classical guitar repertoire. Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887–1959) was the most important Brazilian composer of the twentieth century and one of the...

Rondo alla Turca (Mozart's Turkish March) on Classical Guitar

Rondo alla Turca (Mozart's Turkish March) on Cl...

Everyone knows the tune, even if they cannot name it. Mozart's Rondo alla Turca — the "Turkish March" — is one of the most instantly recognisable melodies in classical music,...

Rondo alla Turca (Mozart's Turkish March) on Cl...

Everyone knows the tune, even if they cannot name it. Mozart's Rondo alla Turca — the "Turkish March" — is one of the most instantly recognisable melodies in classical music,...

Bach's Chaconne on Classical Guitar — The Everest of the Repertoire

Bach's Chaconne (BWV 1004) on the Classical Guitar

Bach's Chaconne: The Original Work Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750) composed the Partita No. 2 in D minor for solo violin, BWV 1004, around 1720. The work closes with a Chaconne...

Bach's Chaconne (BWV 1004) on the Classical Guitar

Bach's Chaconne: The Original Work Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750) composed the Partita No. 2 in D minor for solo violin, BWV 1004, around 1720. The work closes with a Chaconne...

La Catedral by Barrios — One of the Great Works for Classical Guitar

Barrios: La Catedral on the Classical Guitar

La Catedral is Agustín Barrios Mangoré's masterwork — three movements of such emotional depth and architectural scale that they stand as the single most important large-scale work in the classical...

Barrios: La Catedral on the Classical Guitar

La Catedral is Agustín Barrios Mangoré's masterwork — three movements of such emotional depth and architectural scale that they stand as the single most important large-scale work in the classical...

Capricho Árabe by Tárrega — A Romantic Serenade for Classical Guitar

Capricho Árabe by Tárrega on Classical Guitar

The Capricho Árabe — subtitled Serenata — is one of the most beloved works Francisco Tárrega ever composed: a guitar piece that evokes the Moorish world of southern Spain through...

Capricho Árabe by Tárrega on Classical Guitar

The Capricho Árabe — subtitled Serenata — is one of the most beloved works Francisco Tárrega ever composed: a guitar piece that evokes the Moorish world of southern Spain through...

Where Guitars Speak Louder Than Words

  • Luthier: Gary Southwell
    Construction Year: 2005
    Construction Type: Traditional
    Top: Spruce
    Back and Sides: Flamed Maple
    Soundboard Finish: French polish
    Body Finish: French polish
    Air Body Frequency: G
    Weight (g): 1385
    Tuner: Rodgers
    Condition: Very good
  • Luthier: Michele Della Giustina
    Construction Year: 2026
    Construction Type: Double-Top Guitars
    Top: Cedar
    Back and Sides: Madagascar rosewood
    Soundboard Finish: French polish
    Body Finish: French polish
    Air Body Frequency: F sharp / G
    Weight (g): 1570
    Tuner: Pagos
    Condition: New
  • Luthier: Mirko Migliorini
    Construction Year: 2026
    Construction Type: Double-Top Guitars
    Top: Spruce
    Back and Sides: Indian rosewood
    Soundboard Finish: Wax
    Body Finish: Nitrocellulose
    Air Body Frequency: F sharp / G
    Weight (g): 1535
    Tuner: Alessi
    Condition: New
  • Luthier: Gary Southwell
    Construction Year: 2009
    Construction Type: Traditional
    Top: Spruce
    Back and Sides: Cocobolo
    Soundboard Finish: French polish
    Body Finish: French polish
    Air Body Frequency: F sharp
    Weight (g): 1475
    Tuner: Robson
    Condition: Excellent
  • Manufacturer: Armin Hanika
    Top: Cedar
    Back and Sides: African blackwood
    Soundboard Finish: French polish
    Body Finish: Lacquer
    Air Body Frequency: F sharp / G
    Tuner: Klaus Scheller
    Condition: New
  • Manufacturer: Armin Hanika
    Construction Year: 2026
    Construction Type: Double-Top Guitars
    Top: Spruce
    Back and Sides: Caribbean rosewood
    Soundboard Finish: Wax
    Body Finish: Wax
    Tuner: Rubner El Sonido
    Condition: New
  • Construction Year: 2002
    Construction Type: Traditional
    Top: Spruce
    Back and Sides: Indian rosewood
    Soundboard Finish: French polish
    Body Finish: French polish
    Air Body Frequency: G sharp
    Weight (g): 1685
    Tuner: Robson
    Condition: Excellent
  • Luthier: Paul Fischer
    Construction Year: 2005
    Construction Type: Traditional
    Top: Spruce
    Back and Sides: Quilted Maple
    Soundboard Finish: Lacquer
    Body Finish: Lacquer
    Air Body Frequency: G / G sharp
    Weight (g): 1460
    Tuner: Rodgers
    Condition: Excellent

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