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Torroba: Sonatina on the Classical Guitar

Torroba: Sonatina on the Classical Guitar

The Sonatina in A major by Federico Moreno Torroba is one of the most performed and most beloved works in the Spanish guitar repertoire — sunny, lyrical and perfectly written...

Torroba: Sonatina on the Classical Guitar

The Sonatina in A major by Federico Moreno Torroba is one of the most performed and most beloved works in the Spanish guitar repertoire — sunny, lyrical and perfectly written...

Mertz: Tarantella on the Classical Guitar

Mertz: Tarantella on the Classical Guitar

Mertz's Tarantella is a whirlwind — a fast, spinning dance that has become one of the most exciting encores in the Romantic guitar repertoire. Short, brilliant, and relentlessly propulsive, it...

Mertz: Tarantella on the Classical Guitar

Mertz's Tarantella is a whirlwind — a fast, spinning dance that has become one of the most exciting encores in the Romantic guitar repertoire. Short, brilliant, and relentlessly propulsive, it...

Mertz: Fantaisie Hongroise on the Classical Guitar

Mertz: Fantaisie Hongroise on the Classical Guitar

The Fantaisie Hongroise is Mertz's most celebrated single work — a sweeping Hungarian fantasy that moves from brooding grandeur to virtuosic fire. It belongs to Trois Morceaux, Op. 65, published...

Mertz: Fantaisie Hongroise on the Classical Guitar

The Fantaisie Hongroise is Mertz's most celebrated single work — a sweeping Hungarian fantasy that moves from brooding grandeur to virtuosic fire. It belongs to Trois Morceaux, Op. 65, published...

Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Sonata (Omaggio a Boccherini) on Guitar

Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Sonata (Omaggio a Boccheri...

The Sonata (Omaggio a Boccherini), Op. 77 by Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco was the first major work he wrote for classical guitar and one of the most important guitar sonatas of the...

Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Sonata (Omaggio a Boccheri...

The Sonata (Omaggio a Boccherini), Op. 77 by Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco was the first major work he wrote for classical guitar and one of the most important guitar sonatas of the...

Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Capriccio Diabolico on Guitar

Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Capriccio Diabolico on Guitar

The Capriccio Diabolico is Castelnuovo-Tedesco's thrilling homage to Niccolò Paganini — a virtuoso showpiece that evokes the legend of the violinist who supposedly sold his soul to the devil for...

Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Capriccio Diabolico on Guitar

The Capriccio Diabolico is Castelnuovo-Tedesco's thrilling homage to Niccolò Paganini — a virtuoso showpiece that evokes the legend of the violinist who supposedly sold his soul to the devil for...

Barrios: Julia Florida (Barcarola) on the Classical Guitar

Barrios: Julia Florida (Barcarola) on the Class...

Julia Florida is the most tender piece Agustín Barrios Mangoré ever wrote — a barcarole of such quiet intimacy that it has become one of the best-loved short works in...

Barrios: Julia Florida (Barcarola) on the Class...

Julia Florida is the most tender piece Agustín Barrios Mangoré ever wrote — a barcarole of such quiet intimacy that it has become one of the best-loved short works in...

Turina: Sonata, Op. 61, on the Classical Guitar

Turina: Sonata, Op. 61, on the Classical Guitar

The Sonata, Op. 61 by Joaquín Turina is the most substantial work he ever wrote for the classical guitar — a three-movement Romantic sonata in D minor that balances flamenco...

Turina: Sonata, Op. 61, on the Classical Guitar

The Sonata, Op. 61 by Joaquín Turina is the most substantial work he ever wrote for the classical guitar — a three-movement Romantic sonata in D minor that balances flamenco...

Turina: Sevillana on the Classical Guitar

Turina: Sevillana on the Classical Guitar

The Sevillana, Op. 29 by Joaquín Turina was the first piece he ever wrote for classical guitar — and it became one of the most performed. A free fantasy on...

Turina: Sevillana on the Classical Guitar

The Sevillana, Op. 29 by Joaquín Turina was the first piece he ever wrote for classical guitar — and it became one of the most performed. A free fantasy on...

Joaquín Turina on the Classical Guitar: The Essential Guide

Joaquín Turina on the Classical Guitar: The Ess...

Joaquín Turina and the Classical Guitar Joaquín Turina was born in Seville on December 9, 1882, and died in Madrid on January 14, 1949. He belongs to the generation of...

Joaquín Turina on the Classical Guitar: The Ess...

Joaquín Turina and the Classical Guitar Joaquín Turina was born in Seville on December 9, 1882, and died in Madrid on January 14, 1949. He belongs to the generation of...

The Essential Classical Guitar Repertoire: A Guide by Composer

The Essential Classical Guitar Repertoire: A Gu...

The Essential Repertoire The repertoire, by composer. A handful of composers form the backbone of the classical guitar. This is your map to that core repertoire — organised by composer,...

The Essential Classical Guitar Repertoire: A Gu...

The Essential Repertoire The repertoire, by composer. A handful of composers form the backbone of the classical guitar. This is your map to that core repertoire — organised by composer,...

Albéniz: Sevilla on the Classical Guitar

Albéniz: Sevilla on the Classical Guitar

Sevilla — subtitled Sevillanas — is the third movement of Isaac Albéniz's Suite Española, Op. 47, a piano suite begun in 1886 as a tribute to Spain's regions. Like the...

Albéniz: Sevilla on the Classical Guitar

Sevilla — subtitled Sevillanas — is the third movement of Isaac Albéniz's Suite Española, Op. 47, a piano suite begun in 1886 as a tribute to Spain's regions. Like the...

Villa-Lobos: The Twelve Études on Classical Guitar

Villa-Lobos: The Twelve Études on Classical Guitar

The Twelve Études by Heitor Villa-Lobos occupy a place in the guitar's repertoire analogous to Chopin's études for the piano: they address virtually every core technique of the instrument while...

Villa-Lobos: The Twelve Études on Classical Guitar

The Twelve Études by Heitor Villa-Lobos occupy a place in the guitar's repertoire analogous to Chopin's études for the piano: they address virtually every core technique of the instrument while...

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