OP10 Classical Guitar

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.