OP10 Classical Guitar

favourite dyens piece to play:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZJwZYjh4bY

never nailed that run you hear about 22s in, neither did any of my tutors so whatevs, it's a bit flamenco-ey you can get away with sounding like you're improvising the piece

haven't played classical since i left uni but my sis has just gone to s. america for a bit so we were listening to s. american gutiar music and it's piqued my interest again

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYs0Bo-bQUk

the bit around 40 seconds in is the most pleasing thing to play, simple polyrhythm, as soon as you start to think about what you're doing everything will go wrong

does sund4r still post here?

I do. I can't believe I didn't know who Roland Dyens is 10 years ago!

wots yer favourite piece to play maaaaaan?

you ever attempted tango en skaii? it's not too bad really, some of the really fancy sounding bits are actually really easy. it's just that 'orrible run. you have to play it p,i,m,a because it's so fast but then the string jumps are in weird places so it feels weird and then to complicate things further it's in some stupid tuplet grouping too. bastard.

i think i'm gonna have a go at Capricho Arabe (Tarrega) next, i started learning the first half so shouldn't be too painful.

Just listened to Chansons Francaises Vols 1 and 2 on spotify. Anything else I need to get? This Dyens guy is great!

I have been over the moon for Maurice Ohana's orchestral/choral music lately. What is his solo guitar stuff like?

I was never a pro performance specialist and unfortunately, I don't get the practice time that I used to but I've been getting back into it (as much as I can) lately. My favourite piece to play is Villa-Lobos's "Etude 11" from Douze Etudes. I also really enjoy "Currents II" by Montreal composer Shawn Bell. Used to really like playing Reginald Smith Brindle's "El Polifemo de Oro". Also Sor's "Marche Funebre". I focused pretty heavily on modern repertoire, which was probably a mistake. Recently, I've been trying to learn more standard repertoire, esp Bach.

Maurice Ohanai is a new name to me, there's some on Spotify, will investigate.

This Villalobos 'Etude 11' is lovely, sounds pretty tough though. I have a Villalobos book somewhere. I remember learning one of the Etudes, number 2 I think, got it down good, thought I was a shred monster, then heard Segovia play it o_0 that guy was insane. I like the sound of those other pieces you mentioned too, cheers.

Elliot Fisk is a good name to watch out for WRT to more contemporary playing. I think Berio wrote his Guitar Sequenza with him in mind.

Couple more favourite pieces to play:

This guy is seriously good, but I always figured there should be more syncopation in the accompaniment. João Pernambuco - Sons de Carrilhoes:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KO0rkOAiig

and here's Cardoso playing one of his own pieces:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDXHmkS7D0E

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FC96Fes0fiA

Wowie.

That was actually a mistake. I meant to post this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yeL5YNzvWek

Wowieeeeee.

has anyone ever heaqr dof a classical guitar maker Real Madrid? I have one and cant find anything abou tit online

just got a cd by this guy yesterday. master of the 11-string archguitar. cd kicks ass.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oALcIycL0M8

Could anyone recommend more Segovia/the above (whole thread) favorites, AND/OR something on the classical influenced end (still guitar) in the range of James Blackshaw's Holly EP or Sun Kil Moon's Admiral Fell Promises?

Don't think I saw this thread before. Awesome first post.

https://newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/duo-noire-night-triptych

this is really nice.

Oh, thanks. The kind of thing I'm always looking for. The Bryan, Razaz, and Smith pieces are standing out most for me.

I've been listening to this a lot: https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/stevecowan . You can find most of the pieces on Youtube in their entirety.

This is why I knew John Dowland before : This Be The Pocket Universe: Post Here When You Realize Or Are Reminded That An SF Title Is From The Canon Of English Poetry

So this famous, um, feud came up recently:

https://classicalguitarmagazine.com/guitarist-and-barrios-expert-richard-rico-stover-passes-away-at-73-read-his-barrios-and-segovia-article/

hoping ogmor or sund4r see this:

i'm currently getting into leo brouwer's compositions for solo guitar, particularly the "estudios"

curious to know if anyone has a recommended interpretation. would be particularly grateful for something with good / extensive liner notes. brouwer is kind of an enigma to me; i think there's maybe just a lack of information on him in english?

Hey, oddly, I'm not really that well-versed on Brouwer. I remember liking Alvaro Pierri's disc a lot: https://www.analekta.com/en/albums/pierri-brouwer-el-decameron-negro-autres-oeuvres-pour-guitare/ . I listened to it all the time way back when I was doing my MA. Not sure about good recordings of the Estudios. At the last local guitar society Zoom meet, someone played a few of these and someone else did Rio de los Orishas!

Incidentally, the version of the Prelude from BWV 1006a at 1:42 here is dazzling:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZh8rcIkNEY

thanks!

Just came across this, don’t know how i missed it before:
https://classicalguitarmagazine.com/sharon-isbin-and-isabel-leonards-alma-espanola-is-overflowing-with-iberian-spirit/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLFvMWsB2Yk

Since it seems like something I might like, but maybe not.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89zM9pZzt0U

That one is…more amusing than some.

I don't know how it's regarded in the context of modern classical guitar, but years ago I was struck while listening to the radio in the middle of the night by the Prince's Toys suite by Nikita Koshkin. I wouldn't have thought that a solo guitar could create such expressionistic and surreal atmospheres.

Not a piece I've ever played but it's pretty exceptional in its integration of that range of extended techniques and works well as a large-scale programmatic composition. I hadn't listened in a long time but put on Mikulka's recording tonight. There's not that much that goes as far with extended techniques but if you don't know the Ginastera Sonata, I would definitely recommend it. Koshkin's Usher Waltz is a popular one at Halloween.