Various Artists - Essential Guitar: 34 Guitar Masterpieces / Various - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Essential Guitar / Various, Composer Joaquin Rodrigo, Heitor Villa-Lobos, John Lennon, Francisco Tarrega, Performer Angel Romero (Guitar), Manuel Barrueco (Guitar), David Tanenbaum (Guitar), Wulfin Lieske, Conductor André Previn, Iona Brown, Antoni Ros Marbà, Enrique Bátiz, Orchestra/Ensemble Academy of St. Martin in the Fields. Album Tracks 1. Concierto de Aranjuez, for Guitar & Orchestra 1. Allegro Con Spirito - Joaquín Rodrigo - André Previn - London Symphony Orchestra - Angel Romero 2. Concierto de Aranjuez, for Guitar & Orchestra 2. Adagio - Joaquín Rodrigo - André Previn - London Symphony Orchestra - Angel Romero 3. Chôros No. 1, for Guitar, InchTipico BrasileiroInch, a. 161 - Heitor Villa-Lobos - Manuel Barrueco 4. Penny Lane - John Lennon - Leo Brouwer - Manuel Barrueco - David Tanenbaum 5. Recuerdos de la Alhambra, for Guitar - Francisco Tárrega - Wulfin Lieske 6. Romance de Amor - Narciso Yepes - Pierre Laniau 7. Etude for Guitar (InchEstudio Sin LuzInch) - Andrés Segovia - Ernesto Bitetti 8. Suite Española No. 1, for Piano, Op. 47, B. 7 1. Granada - Isaac Albéniz - Andrés Segovia 9. Estrellita for Voice & Piano (Or Orchestra) - Manuel Ponce - Eliot Fisk 10. La Muerte Del Ángel, Tango (From Ángel Series) - Astor Piazzolla - Leo Brouwer - Manuel Barrueco 11. Partita for Lute in E Major, BWV 1006A (BC L171) Gavotte en Rondeau - Johann Sebastian Bach - Sharon Isbin 12. Lute (Chamber) Concerto, for Lute (Or Guitar), 2 Violins & Continuo in D Major, RV 93 2. Largo - Antonio Vivaldi - Academy of St. Martin-In-The-Fields - Iona Brown - Christopher Parkening 13. Madroños for Guitar - Federico Moreno Torroba - Angel Romero 14. Ojos Brujos, for Guitar - Leo Brouwer - Manuel Barrueco 15. Guajira Criolla, for Guitar - Leo Brouwer - Manuel Barrueco 16. Waltz for Guitar in D Major, Op. 8/4 - Agustín Barrios-Mang

This album pays homage to the guitar. While the casual listener may recognize many of these works as favorites from the guitar canon, the majority of the repertoire wasn't originally written for the instrument. Only the Sor and the Brouwer were originally guitar compositions. The other works started life in a different form, and stand testament to the strength and versatility of the guitar to not only play such a diverse range of repertoire, but to truly embrace it. With it's polyphonic capabilities and roots in popular music around the world, the guitar is singularly capable of such a traverse of styles. This album is not, as the title may imply, a collection of the most beloved or greatest hits from the classical guitar repertoire, but instead a demonstration of the power and ability of the guitar to perform and assume ownership of such beloved repertoire. New York-based Australian classical guitarist Rupert Boyd has been described by The Washington Post as Inchtruly evocativeInch, by Gramophone as a Inchfine guitaristInch, and by Classical Guitar Magazine as Incha player who deserves to be heardInch. He has performed across four continents, from New York's Carnegie Hall, to festivals in Europe, China, India, Nepal, the Philippines, New Zealand and Australia. Active as both a soloist and chamber musician, Rupert Boyd regularly performs throughout the world in Boyd Meets Girl, with cellist Laura Metcalf, and as part of the Australian Guitar Duo with guitarist Jacob Cordover. Album Tracks 1. 1. Miss Saigon Sun and Moon - Aladdin A Whole New - Les Miserables I Dreamed a Dream - on My Own - Mulan Reflection (Arr. G. Salonga) 2. 2. Company Another Hundred People (Arr. J. Villanueva) 3. 3. Introduction of Kory Katseanes and the Byu Chamber Orchestra 4. 5. Flower Drum Song I Enjoy Being a Girl (Arr. G. Salonga) 5. 6. Introduction to Reflection 6. 7. M

The best of Eternal Strings accompanied by multiple Orchestra's under the direction of world famous artist bring such classics as Barber's Adagio for Strings, Op. 11 and orchestra) and Tchaikovsky's Serenade in C Major, Op. 48 I. Pezzo in forma di Sonatina to life. Album Tracks 1. Adagio for Strings, Op. 11 2. Violin Concerto II. ? 3. Symphony No. 3 II. ? 4. Serenade in E Flat Major, Op. 6 III. Adagio 5. Serenade in E Major, Op. 22, B. 52 IV. Larghetto 6. A Polish Requiem Ciaconne (Chaconne) 7. 3 Utwory w Dawnym Stylu (3 Pieces in Old Style) No. 3. ? 8. Cinderella Suite No. 1, Op. 107 I. Introduction 9. Serenade in C Major, Op. 48 I. Pezzo in Forma Di Sonatina 10. Fratres for Strings and Percussion 11. Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46 II. Ases Dod (The Death of Aase)