For several obvious reasons such as its tuning, its ambitus, its special playing but also its particular character, the guitar didn’t capture the hearts of...

For several obvious reasons such as its tuning, its ambitus, its special playing but also its particular character, the guitar didn’t capture the hearts of Telemann, Bach, Handel or Scarlatti, even if the later most likely approached it or played it in Italy or in Spain during his life. Constantly evolving, the guitar, in the twenty-first century, possesses now all the needed tools to conquer the baroque repertoire. Beside a larger ambitus and strong technical means, the modern guitar offers this music new colors and other articulations. It brings also to its expression a very personal energy and the inimitable charm of a plucked instrument.