ANDRES SEGOVIA
The 1946 New York and the 1949 London Recordings Andres Segovia (guitar) / New London Orchestra / Alec Sherman (conductor) [ Naxos Historical Great Guitarists / CD - released 19/Jun/2006 ] "Segovia at the height of his powers during this period. A worthy addition to any respectable collection of guitar music" (MusicWeb July 2006) |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
1950s American Recordings, Vol. 1 (Segovia, Vol. 3) Andres Segovia (guitar) [ Naxos Historical Great Guitarists / CD - released 19/Sep/2007 ] Focusing on performances of his transcriptions of the works of J. S. Bach and Handel, [this CD] includes a number of war-horses such as the brilliant Courante from the Cello Suite No. 3 and the Gavotte en Rondeau from the Suite in E major, both of... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
1950s American Recordings, Vol. 2 Andres Segovia (guitar) [ Naxos Historical Segovia Edition Vol 4 / CD - released 1/Nov/2007 ] Andrés Segovia, who was self-taught, played his first public recital at the age of 16. He is credited with elevating the guitar to the highest levels of the international concert stage. This fourth release in the Naxos Segovia Edition is the second... |
ANDRES SEGOVIA
1950s American Recordings, Vol. 3 (Segovia, Vol. 5) Andres Segovia (guitar) [ Naxos Historical Great Guitarists / CD - released 18/Jan/2008 ] Volume 3 of Segovia's 1950s American recordings focuses on music by Francisco Tárrega (1852-1909), the great nineteenth-century pioneer of the guitar, as well as a noted composer and arranger, and Manuel Ponce (1882-1948), founding father of... |
ANDRES SEGOVIA
1950s American Recordings, Vol. 4 (Segovia, Vol. 6) Andres Segovia (guitar) [ Naxos Historical Segovia Edition Vol 6 / CD - released 8/Mar/2008 ] Volume 4 of Segovia's 1950s American recordings is devoted in the main to his arrangements of music composed between 1535 and 1750. |
ANDRES SEGOVIA
1950s American Recordings, Vol. 6 Andres Segovia (guitar) [ Naxos Historical Segovia Edition Vol 8 / CD - released 1/Aug/2008 ] Andrés Segovia was born in Linares, Jaén, in the region of Spain known as Andalusia, on 21 February 1893. From early childhood Segovia was deeply responsive to the sound of the guitar, an instrument which was part of everyday life in southern Spain. |
SOR / AGUADO / TARREGA
19th Century Guitar Favourites Norbert Craft (Guitar) [ Naxos Guitar Collection / CD - released 22/Sep/2007 ] "A decade may have passed since the release of this disc, but in decades to come it will remain as a testament to superb guitar playing, refined interpretations and good taste. Definitely my desert island 'allowed one only' choice" -- MusicWeb |
BROTONS / DEL PUERTO / MORALES-CASO / CRUZ DE CASTRO / BALADA / LLORCA / VAZQUEZ
21st Century Spanish Guitar Volume 1 Adam Levin [ Naxos / CD - released 23/Aug/2013 ] "There are three more volumes to come. If they're as good as this, they'll form one of the most exciting guitar series of the century so far." (Recording of the Month MusicWeb Aug 2013) |
MARIO CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO
Castelnuovo-Tedesco: 24 Caprichos de Goya Zoran Dukic (guitar) [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 1/Apr/2009 ] "This is a well-played, well-recorded and well-documented version of a sequence for guitar which deserves to be better known than it is. It is a work which deserves to be heard, more often, as a whole, rather than merely excerpted as part of one or... |
MANUEL MARIA PONCE
Ponce: 24 Preludes / Estrellita./ Scherzino Mexicano / etc Adam Holzman (guitar) [ Naxos Guitar Collection / CD ] Recorded in Canada January 1996 |
ANTOINE DE LHOYER
3 Duo Concertants, Op. 31 / Duo Concertant, Op. 34, No. 2 Matteo Mela (guitar) / Lorenzo Micheli (guitar) [ Naxos / CD - released 4/Mar/2007 ] The melodic and rhythmic incisiveness of the thematic material, often packed with references to the music of Mozart, the dramatic and almost theatrical dialogue between the two instruments, and the frequent shifts from a simple accompanied melody to... |
LUIGI LEGNANI
36 Caprices / Fantasia Pavel Steidl (Guitar) [ NAXOS / CD ] |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Adagio: The Ultimate Collection Ernst Ottensamer (clarinet), Norbert Kraft (guitar), Jenö Jandó (piano), Bela Banfalvi (violin), Emilia Csanky (oboe), Anthony Camden (oboe), Alison A [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 1/Dec/2008 ] An ultimate collection of soothing classics to melt away the stresses of your day |
BRUCE ADOLPHE
Adolphe: Ladino Songs Of Love and Suffering / Mikhoels the Wise / etc Lucy Shelton (soprano) Eliot Fisk (guitar) David Jolley (french horn) Erie Mills (soprano) Nathaniel Watson (baritone), John Aler (tenor) / Seattle Sy [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 2/May/2005 ] Jewish poetry dating back to the time of the Spanish expulsion (1492) is transformed by composer Bruce Adolphe into a captivating song cycle for soprano, guitar, and French horn. |
ANDRES SEGOVIA
The American Recordings Vol 5 Andres Segovia (guitar) [ Naxos Historical / CD - released 30/Apr/2008 ] From the 1920s onwards Segovia not only enriched the range of the guitar repertoire by transcribing and performing works by great composers of the past, but also persuaded his contemporaries to write new pieces. Volume 5 of Segovia's 1950s American... |
ROREM / HOVHANESS / QUATE / CRESTON
American Saxophone Music Neil Hornsby (Guitar) / Jeremy Limb (Piano) / Alex Mitchell (Saxophones) [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 14/Sep/2006 ] Although it was the brainchild of a Belgian inventor, Adolphe Sax, the saxophone is commonly thought of as the quintessential American instrument, not least for the pivotal rôle it has played in jazz during key stages of the music's evolution. |
PALOMO
Andalusian Nocturnes (Nocturnos de Andalucia) / Spanish Songs (Canciones espanolas) Maria Bayo (Soprano), Pepe Romero (Guitar), Seville Royal Symphony Orchestra / Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos (Conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 9/May/2006 ] The body of Lorenzo Palomo's concert vocal music shows him to be one of the most successful composers in upholding the genre of Spanish song expressed in a contemporary language. |
WILLIAM WALTON
Anon in Love / A Song for the Lord Mayor's Table / etc Felicity Lott (soprano) Martyn Hill (tenor) Craig Ogden (guitar) Graham Johnson (piano) [ Naxos English Song Series / CD - released 30/Apr/2008 ] "for a super-budget recording this, as with any of the British song series formerly with Collins and now with Naxos, is a must-have." -- Musicweb.uk.net |
BACH / BARTÓK / BERG / GESUALDO
The Art of Classical Guitar Transcription - Christophe Dejour (guitar) [ Naxos / CD - released 13/Nov/2020 ] Christophe Dejour's arrangements of music by Albéniz (8.557064) and Granados (8.557709) performed by Trio Campanella have won much acclaim. For this recording he has made three pioneering arrangements that further expand the instrument's repertoire... |
EDWARDS / HOUGHTON / SCULTHORPE / KOEHNE / DEAN
Australian Guitar Music Aleksandr Tsiboulski (guitar) [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Apr/2010 ] Aleksandr Tsiboulski is first-prize winner in numerous competitions including the 2006 Tokyo International Guitar Competition. His playing, which transcends the image of the technically flawless competition winner, has been praised by The Age for its... |