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Oct 26 2009

Classical Guitar News

Published by Mark Antony under General

Berta Rojas is interviewed by Matt Warnock at Modern Guitarist, you can read the interview here. The interview is on the subject of Rojas DVD recital on the music of Agustin Barrios, which I reviewed on a previous post. Interestingly, Matt asks Berta about her preperation for the DVD, as compared to a concert preperation, something I myself have pondered..DVD recordings are becoming deservedly more popular these days, I hope to see more available. Well done Matt, with this interview.

Berta is performing in concert at Southampton Guitar Society, 14th November.

Other concerts of interest in November;

5th Xuefei Yang, Lighthouse, Poole.

15th John Williams recital, Wirral International Guitar Festival.

28th  Carlos Bonell, St. Mary’s Church, East Lothian, Scotland.

Stafford Guitar Centre are offering two weekend study courses, the second of which is in November. at Wedgwood Memorial College.

Volume 2 of Ten Popular Songs for guitar, arranged by Chris Dummigan, is now available at Guitar Notes. I myself have volume 1, I’m always looking for good arrangements of songs for classical guitar.

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Oct 23 2009

Karin Schaupp - Spain - The Great Guitar Concertos

Published by Mark Antony under General, Videos

ABC Classics have released this promotion video of Karin Schaupp. Her latest CD is the great guitar concerto’s, including Bacarisses little-known Concertino, Romancero Gitano, and the much played Rodrigo Arranjuez.

In the video she said she’d thought of Castelnuovo Tedesco concerto, partly because it is rarely recorded. What a pity she did not include this often overlooked gem, in my opinion (I can feel another post coming on) ….Anyway, from this video, the recording sounds great :)

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Sep 18 2009

Winter from “The Four Seasons” Per-Olov Kindgren

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Peo Kindgren performs his new piece “Winter from “The Four Seasons”, with pictures of Sweden as background.

Peo, I like the look of your new home in Sweden, what a great room to play guitar in too :)

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Sep 16 2009

Gavota al Estilo Antiguo by Agustin Barrios

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Enno Voorhorst plays Gavota al Estilo Antiguo (Gavotte in the old style) by Agustin Barrios. Thanks to Rare Guitar VC for this video :)

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Aug 11 2009

Edgar Cruz Hotel California

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Edgar Cruz demonstrates his remarkable talent in his arrangement of one of my all time favourite songs The Eagles Hotel California.

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Aug 09 2009

Don Perez Freire by Agustin Barrios

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This piece was one of the first ever recorded by Agustin Barrios circa 1910, making it one of the first ever guitar recordings. It is a tango called Don Perez Freire, dedicated to Perez Friere in Uraguay, played here by Nut Chiangthong. It’s a catchy little piece, one that stays in your head for ages :)

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Jul 10 2009

Jason Vieaux Tiny Desk Concert at NPR Music

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Jul 09 2009

Jason Vieaux: Bach Behind the Scenes part 2

Published by Mark Antony under Masterworks, Videos

Jason Vieaux provides marvellous insight into voicing when playing Bach Fuges.

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Jul 09 2009

Jason Vieaux

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Jason Vieaux providing insight into his latest recording. The first piece played, Prelude from BWV 998 by Bach, is one of my favourite pieces….

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Jun 22 2009

Final Fantasy IV :Theme of Love

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Here is a lovely piece I found on youtube…A theme from computer game of Final Fantasy IV :Theme of Love, composed by Uematsu Nobuo, played by Watercolour of youtube.

Some computer games have great theme music, good enough to stand alone in their own right. One day, I must work on Metal Gear Solid theme. I think it would suit guitar very well, if I can get the right arrangement.

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