OP10 Classical Guitar

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.