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    1. Voyage - Music from Fauré to Rachmaninoff / Friend, Ogden, Aquarelle Guitar Quartet
    2. Voyage - Music from Fauré to Rachmaninoff / Friend, Ogden, Aquarelle Guitar Quartet
    Chandos

    Voyage - Music from Fauré to Rachmaninoff / Friend, Ogden, Aquarelle Guitar Quartet

    CD · 1 disc

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    Composer
    VARIOUS
    Artist
    Lisa Friend, Craig Ogden
    Released
    Sep 06, 2019

    Lisa Friend leads this collection of original works and transcriptions for flute and guitars, joined by Craig Ogden and the Aquarelle Guitar Quartet. The wide-ranging programme includes Fauré’s Pavane and Rachmaninoff’s Vocalise. Lisa Friend (Flautist) has appeared as a soloist with the Philharmonia Orchestra, City of Prague Philharmonic, Virtuosi Pragenses Chamber Orchestra, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Oxford Philharmonic and has toured throughout much of Europe, Asia and the USA. Lisa has recorded as a solo/chamber artist for Silva Screen, Universal, Chandos, Champs Hill and Signum Records. Her previous album 'Essence' has been aired on Classic FM, BBC Radio 3, BBC Radio London, WQXR Classical Radio, New York and WFMT Radio, Chicago.

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  • Voyage - Music from Fauré to Rachmaninoff / Friend, Ogden, Aquarelle Guitar Quartet
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    Voyage - Music from Fauré to Rachmaninoff / Friend, Ogden, Aquarelle Guitar Quartet

    Chandos Sep 2019
    1 disc
    CD
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  • The Great Guitar Concertos / John Williams

    The Great Guitar Concertos / John Williams

    Sony Masterworks Mar 1989
    2 discs
    CD
    $19.98
    1. Kontraste: Friedemann Wuttke Solo Works
    2. Kontraste: Friedemann Wuttke Solo Works
    Profil

    Kontraste: Friedemann Wuttke Solo Works

    CD · 1 disc

    $18.99
    Composer
    ALBENIZ GRANADOS SOR
    Artist
    Friedemann Wuttke
    Released
    Oct 06, 2017
    This recording presents virtuosic and cheerful Viennese Classical works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart alongside contemporary compositions that were influenced by the “wunderkind,” juxtaposed with colorful and melodious Spanish and South African Impressionist compositions. Some of these works were written for guitar, others are arrangements. The highly individual refinement and sensitivity of Friedemann Wuttke’s music makes him one of the most important artists of a musical genre which is called »contemporary instrumental music«. It is inspired by many different sources. His intelligent melange of pop, jazz, chamber music, meditative soundscapes and world music constitutes a refreshing alternative for an adult audience oversaturated with the meaningless glitter of the pop music scene today.
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  • Kontraste: Friedemann Wuttke Solo Works

    Kontraste: Friedemann Wuttke Solo Works

    Profil Oct 2017
    1 disc
    CD
    $18.99
  • Bohemian Maestro: Django Reinhardt and the Impressionists

    Bohemian Maestro: Django Reinhardt and the Impressionists

    Azica Records Feb 2009
    1 disc
    CD
    $18.99
  • Guitar Collection - Manha De Carnaval / Devine

    Guitar Collection - Manha De Carnaval / Devine

    Naxos Jun 2004
    1 disc
    CD
    $19.99
  • Alirio Díaz, Vol. 1: Lauro Guitar Concerto

    Alirio Díaz, Vol. 1: Lauro Guitar Concerto

    Doremi Nov 2010
    1 disc
    CD
    $20.99
    • Esperanza: A Gift of Spanish Song
    Gloriae Dei Cantores

    Esperanza: A Gift of Spanish Song

    CD · 1 disc

    $18.99
    Composer
    VILLA LOBOS GUERRERO DE VIC
    Artist
    Gloriae Dei Cantores, Patterson, Vox Caeli Sinfonia: Pugsley, Enrique
    Released
    Jun 01, 2005
    Esperanza: A Gift of Spanish Song Gloriae Dei Cantores celebrates the rich contribution of Spanish music and culture to the world. This recording spans 500 years, from the golden age of the Spanish Renaissance, with works by Guerrero, Victoria, and Morales to the 20th century, with music by Rodrigo. Also included are works of Mexican composers de Zumaya (a striking setting of the Miserere) and Carlos Chavez, and Latin-American composers such as Villa-Lobos, Casals, and Joaquin Nin. Esperanza will be a revelation to those unfamiliar with the riches of Spanish literature and a great discovery for all devotees of choral music.
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  • Esperanza: A Gift of Spanish Song

    Esperanza: A Gift of Spanish Song

    Gloriae Dei Cantores Jun 2005
    1 disc
    CD
    $18.99
    1. Oblivion: Latin American Music for Oboe & Guitar
    2. Oblivion: Latin American Music for Oboe & Guitar
    First Hand Records

    Oblivion: Latin American Music for Oboe & Guitar

    CD · 1 disc

    $21.99
    Composer
    BARRIOS CLARK PIAZZOLLA
    Artist
    DAWIDEK-POYNER DUO
    Released
    Jul 03, 2015
    Since their first concert together in 2011, Polish oboist Monika Dawidek and English guitarist Russell Poyner have captivated audiences with their energy, vitality and charming interaction on stage. In this, their debut album, the German-based Dawidek-Poyner Duo presents a delightful program of Latin American classics, including the popular Libertango by Astor Piazzolla. Interspersed between the duo tracks, Poyner performs a selection of favorite South American works for solo guitar.
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  • Oblivion: Latin American Music for Oboe & Guitar

    Oblivion: Latin American Music for Oboe & Guitar

    First Hand Records Jul 2015
    1 disc
    CD
    $21.99
    1. Latin American Dances - Works for Saxophone and Piano / Rigó, Leeb-Grill
    2. Latin American Dances - Works for Saxophone and Piano / Rigó, Leeb-Grill
    Naxos

    Latin American Dances - Works for Saxophone and Piano / Rigó, Leeb-Grill

    CD · 1 disc

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    Composer
    VARIOUS
    Artist
    Rigo, Leeb-Grill
    Released
    Aug 13, 2021

    Virtuoso duo Sándor Rigó and Christina Leeb-Grill have taken Jean Françaix’s description of his own work, ‘musique pour faire plaisir’, as the motto for this program. Dance styles and rhythms are at the heart of this repertoire, from the spectacular Brazileira with which Milhaud concludes his theatrical Scaramouche, through Piazzolla’s refinement of tradition in his Tango-Études, to the Brazilian rhythms showcased in Villa-Lobos’s Fantasia. Paquito D’Rivera adapted his Invitaciónal Danzón especially for this recording, providing Sándor Rigó with space to demonstrate his brilliance in improvisation.

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  • Latin American Dances - Works for Saxophone and Piano / Rigó, Leeb-Grill
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    Latin American Dances - Works for Saxophone and Piano / Rigó, Leeb-Grill

    Naxos Aug 2021
    1 disc
    CD
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  • Favourite Guitar Music

    Favourite Guitar Music

    BIS Jul 1991
    1 disc
    CD
    $21.99
  • The Beginning of a Legend, Vol. 2 (1958)

    The Beginning of a Legend, Vol. 2 (1958)

    IDIS Apr 2011
    1 disc
    CD
    $16.99
  • SOUTH AMERICAN GUITAR CLASSICS

    SOUTH AMERICAN GUITAR CLASSICS

    ALTO Jan 2012
    1 disc
    CD
    $11.01
  • The Beginning of a Legend, Vol. 2 (1960)

    The Beginning of a Legend, Vol. 2 (1960)

    IDIS Nov 2011
    1 disc
    CD
    $16.99
    1. The Lost Days - Music In The Latin Style / Denyce Graves
    2. The Lost Days - Music In The Latin Style / Denyce Graves
    Sony Masterworks

    The Lost Days - Music In The Latin Style / Denyce Graves

    CD · 1 disc

    $11.98
    Composer
    DENYCE GRAVES
    Artist
    Denyce Graves
    Released
    Jan 21, 2003
    This seems to me an unusually successful example of a crossover CD, with Denyce Graves applying the sultry mezzo of a Carmen to songs that demand precisely that Latin heat and passion. Piazzolla is the starting point of the collection, in the shape of the heroine’s sensual song from María de Buenos Aires; but the tone for the CD is set by its arranger, Pablo Ziegler. One of Piazzolla’s most faithful disciples, Ziegler is responsible also for the arrangements of songs by another leading 20th-century Argentinian composer, Carlos Guastavino. Though a veteran of the Buenos Aires jazz scene, Ziegler is classically trained, and it is classical textures that are the most striking feature of his instrumentally varied arrangements for four or five musicians.

    Perhaps the jazziest number in the whole collection is Villa-Lobos’s Estrella é lua nóva, arranged by the composer’s New York-based fellow Brazilian Eliane Elias. She uses a trio comprising piano, acoustic bass and percussion. For performances of their own works by two Cuban musicians, José María Vitier has a quintet, while Chucho Valdés simply accompanies at the piano.

    The original challenge was to synthesise classic, jazz and Latin music, to present graceful melodies in uncluttered arrangements. This has been achieved extraordinarily successfully. Nothing conspires to destroy the atmosphere of relaxed sensuality and eroticism that pervades the whole collection. Piazzolla’s Milonga sin Palabras, performed as a wordless vocalise with piano, bandoneon, bass and flute, is perhaps the most haunting item in an altogether beguiling collection.

    -- Andrew Lamb, Gramophone
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  • The Lost Days - Music In The Latin Style / Denyce Graves

    The Lost Days - Music In The Latin Style / Denyce Graves

    Sony Masterworks Jan 2003
    1 disc
    CD
    $11.98
    1. Siesta - Ibert, Ravel, Piazzolla, Etc / Petri, Hannibal
    2. Siesta - Ibert, Ravel, Piazzolla, Etc / Petri, Hannibal
    OUR Recordings

    Siesta - Ibert, Ravel, Piazzolla, Etc / Petri, Hannibal

    CD · 1 disc

    $18.99
    Composer
    JACQUES IBERT MAURICE RAVEL A
    Artist
    Guitar, Flute And Lars Hannibal, Soloists: Michala Petri
    Released
    Jan 30, 2007
    When I read the word “Siesta,” I picture a recumbent Mexican wearing a multicolored serape snoozing under his extravagantly brimmed sombrero. For Lars Hannibal, however, a siesta offers a break from work which doesn’t have to be spent sleeping. Instead, it’s a good time to listen to music. You certainly wouldn’t want to doze through this CD, as even in the familiar pieces the recorder’s woody rusticity shines a new light on the old tunes. Piazzolla’s Histoire du tango—a four-movement suite chronicling the evolution of tango in Argentina—expresses itself with humor, melancholy, and in the last movement, irony. Joan Albert Amargòs’s Tango català has a Spanish title, but I hear Brazil in its mood, melody, and harmony. After the guitar sets the scene, the recorder joins in, substituting for a sultry singer in a work “having the quiet sadness of many a Jazz ballad” (from Leo Black’s notes). Castelnuovo-Tedesco’s Sonatina is the work of a classicist in love with Spain; Ravel’s Pièce en forme de habanera sways to its endlessly seductive rhythm; and Entr’acte, Ibert’s swirling mini-travelogue, recalls the old cliché that some of the best Spanish music is by French composers. Three works by Villa-Lobos close the recital: Modinha (literally, little song), a lyrical, syncopated melody; Distribução de flores, a haunting tune (especially when played by the tenor recorder), with an unmistakable South American Indian sound; and the Cantilena from the well-loved Bachianas brasileiras No. 5. The recorder and guitar probably won’t displace the voice and cellos of the original in listeners’ affections, but the melody is as beautiful as ever, even if the recorder sometimes sounds a bit shrill. Overall, a very enjoyable disc that introduced me to some unfamiliar music while providing a fresh look at some perennials.

    FANFARE: Robert Schulslaper
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  • Siesta - Ibert, Ravel, Piazzolla, Etc / Petri, Hannibal

    Siesta - Ibert, Ravel, Piazzolla, Etc / Petri, Hannibal

    OUR Recordings Jan 2007
    1 disc
    CD
    $18.99
    • Brazilian Portrait / Gerald Garcia
    Naxos

    Brazilian Portrait / Gerald Garcia

    CD · 1 disc

    $19.99
    Composer
    VARIOUS
    Artist
    Gerald, Garcia
    Released
    May 15, 1989
    The music which will be known to most is that by Villa-Lobos which here includes the Preludes and Choro No. 1. However the disc has much more to offer and much of it rarely played, with performances as good as these this situation should quickly change. Music by Savio, Bonf, Almeida, Machada, Baden Powell and Jobim is all beautifully played. Garcia has matured into a guitarist of stature and this is perhaps his best recording to date. - Classical Guitar - October 1990

    The Five Preludes and the first Choro by Villa-Lobos are accompanied on this CD by a considerable number of Brazilian pieces of the more popular kind. That is not meant disparagingly: this is popular in the best sense, music easily accessible to untrained ears, yet good enough to be enjoyed by the most fastidious. Bonfá, Jobim, Almeida, Pernambuco, Baden-Powell and Machado fall into this category. They are well represented here. So is Isaias Savio, with a delightful Sonha laia, Seroros and the ever-popular Batucada... . The Preludes are given a good performance by Gerald Garcia. He plays all the repeats in No. 3, and manages to convince you that the exercise isn't as boring as it looks on paper. This in itself is a rare achievement. But Garcia has always been a characterful guitarist: his musical intelligence and perception are to be treasured in an age where bland fluency seems to carry off the major prizes in international competitions... . Garcia's own arrangements of three Brazilian children's songs are charming, and well worth a place... . A disc of unusual interest. - Guitar International - August 1990

    "Garcia's performances are stylish and intense" - Fanfare

    "all beautifully played. Garcia has matured into a guitarist of stature" - Guitar International

    "Garcia has always been a characterful guitarist; his musical intelligence and perception are to be treasured... a disc of unusual interest" - Classical Guitar (UK)

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  • Brazilian Portrait / Gerald Garcia

    Brazilian Portrait / Gerald Garcia

    Naxos May 1989
    1 disc
    CD
    $19.99
  • ORQUESTA NOVA
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    ORQUESTA NOVA

    CHESKY RECORDS Jun 1994
    1 disc
    CD
    $16.61 $16.60
    • Albeniz, Boccherini, Et Al / Rey De La Torre, Et Al
    Bridge Records

    Albeniz, Boccherini, Et Al / Rey De La Torre, Et Al

    CD · 1 disc

    $18.99
    Composer
    VARIOUS
    Artist
    Rey De La Torre
    Released
    Apr 25, 2006
    In the decades since the review disc material was originally recorded there has been exponential growth in interest in the classical guitar. Paralleling this are the numbers of people who play to concert standards and of those preoccupied with the short history of the instrument and its past champions.

    During the period from the late 1940s to the mid-1960s the great José Rey de la Torre made twelve commercial recordings none of which are currently available. The review disc comprises material originally released in late 1950 or 1951 on the Philharmonia label (PH 106), later re-released on Elektra (EKL 244) and then again on Nonesuch (H-7123). It also includes a 1950 rendition of the Boccherini Quintet in D major featuring the Stuyvesant String Quartet (Philharmonia PH 101). The final track is a previously unissued live performance of Etude No. 11 by Villa-Lobos.

    Rey de la Torre was born in Gibara, Cuba in 1917 and died on 21 July 1994 in San José, California. A child prodigy, he studied guitar in Havana with Severino Lopez, a student of Miguel Llobet. In 1932 his family sent him to Barcelona to study under Llobet.

    On 9 May 1934 Llobet presented him in a concert at the Academia Marshall together with a pianist and then shortly after in a solo recital. Both received rave reviews from the tough Barcelona critics. Catalan composer and critic Jaime Pahissa described Rey as the most complete guitarist he had heard. Another critic compared him not only with Llobet but also with Pablo Casals.

    Rey moved to the U.S.A. in 1937 or 1938 to establish his concert career. Motivated in particular by homesickness he made several return trips to Cuba to give concerts after which his family moved from Cuba to New York to support him.

    Around 1961, right at a time when his career was flourishing, he suffered a setback: the middle finger of his right hand became less responsive and was a challenge for a number of years until Marianne Eppens, a physical therapist, was able to isolate the cause and offer a remedy. In 1969 they were married and moved to California. In 1975 at the zenith of his career Rey was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis, a disease which ended his performing career a year later.

    The guitar playing on the review disc is quite inspiring. Informative and comprehensive notes accompanying this disc refer to Rey’s ‘poetic, precise, playing still evident half a century on - his rich resonant tone, his exquisite phrasing and sense of line, his bravura technique and profound musicality’. Testimonial of these qualities is readily found on the disc including a splendid rendition of Albeniz’s Torre Bermeja - The Crimson Tower [2]. We are reminded in the notes that, unlike much of what is recorded today, this particular recording was made without any edits.

    Rey premiered Six Variations on a Theme by Milan [5] by composer/pianist Joaquin Nin-Culmell on 10 November 1947. Of him the composer said: ‘As a young player he was astounding. His playing was aristocratic and exact, quite different from the romantic, improvisational school of Segovia.’

    The hitherto unreleased live performance of Etude No. 11 by Villa-Lobos is highly evocative of actually being at that very concert, coughs and all - not to mention the beautiful live guitar playing.

    Given the vintage of the recordings the overall sonic qualities are quite good. No master tape was available for the solo recording so it was restored from a copy of the Elektra LP. The live recording of the Villa-Lobos Study has an eerie life-like quality.

    Particularly touching is the great reverence, admiration and affection with which students, friends and associates refer to Rey de la Torre - also known as José, or Che - by that select group. Much of this is encapsulated in what ex-student Anthony Weller wrote in the accompanying notes: ‘Sometimes it is difficult to grasp how very quickly the vagaries of time can erase a performer’s legacy; the familiar name becomes an unfamiliar ghost. Now the classical guitar audience will have one of the instrument’s greatest poets, at his magnificent best, before them again, more than half a century later. May he never be forgotten.’

    We can only hope that, like Mr Weller, future champions will emerge to ensure that past great exponents of the guitar, such as Jose Luis Gonzalez (1932-1998) will never become unfamiliar ghosts but forever be remembered for their magnificent contributions when the guitar had so few of their kind.

    This is a highly important historical recording by one of the instrument’s greatest exponents.

    -- Zane Turner, MusicWeb International
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  • Albeniz, Boccherini, Et Al / Rey De La Torre, Et Al

    Albeniz, Boccherini, Et Al / Rey De La Torre, Et Al

    Bridge Records Apr 2006
    1 disc
    CD
    $18.99
    • MATADOR
    IMPEX RECORDS

    MATADOR

    Vinyl · 1 disc

    $56.99
    Artist
    DORHAM, KENNY
    Released
    Mar 18, 2022
    Sometimes in the course of our exploration of potential titles to reissue, we come across a true gem that somehow escaped mainstream popularity. Our new all-analog HQ-180 of Matador by trumpeter Kenny Dorham and his quintet is the latest and perhaps most crystalline example of this. There has never been a single 180-gram pressing available. It has only been reissued (officially) once in 50 years. When you hear it, you'll scratch your head raw that this under-appreciated gem has been missing for so long. Recorded in a single day in 1962, Matador contains the sprawling epic McLean-penned "Melanie" (a suite in three parts), as well as Dorham's smoldering "El Matador" and a stirring take on "Beautiful Love". Throughout the session, Timmons, Smith, and Moses provide sublime support while Dorham and McLean trade sinewy solos. Emotional musical exploration ties to readily approachable post-bop structure that make for a snappy, yet heady, mix of tunes that put a tap in your foot while engaging your head and heart. Numbered, Limited Edition. Audiophile 33rpm 180g Vinyl LP. Mastered by Chris Bellman from the original analog master tapes. Original single disc jacket with ribbed paper tip-on over heavy-board stock. Pressed at RTI.
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  • MATADOR

    MATADOR

    IMPEX RECORDS Mar 2022
    1 disc
    Vinyl
    $56.99
  • Guitar Favourites / Norbert Kraft
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    Guitar Favourites / Norbert Kraft

    Naxos Jun 1997
    1 disc
    CD
    $19.99 $13.99Save 30%
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