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J. Torrent (born 1953) is a leading Spanish guitar virtuoso. His own compositions for guitar are delightfully tonal, combining contemporary playing technique and rarely used clefs with a basically rom...

The first edition of Paganini's 6 Sonatas, Opus 3 was published in 1820 by Ricordi in Milan. The original composition, written in 1805, has survived in the form of autograph violin and guitar parts. M...

In diesem Band finden sich die bekanntesten Gitarrenstücke Rodrigos, allesamt von berühmten Virtuosen eingerichtet. Sie geben einen informativen Einblick in das reiche Schaffen eines der wichtigsten K...

Finally, an urtext edition of these 20th century standards which have only been available in the Segovia editon up to now.

The Spaniard Joaquin Turina (1882-1949) was one of the first contemporary composers who, addressed by the outstanding guitarist Andrés Segovia, wrote contemporary original works for the guitar, thus p...

The Spaniard Joaquin Turina (1882-1949) was one of the first contemporary composers who, addressed by the outstanding guitarist Andrés Segovia, wrote contemporary original works for the guitar, thus p...

Silvius Leopold Weiss (1686-1750) is considered to be the most important lutenist of the Baroque era. His works fascinate with elegance and grandeur on the lute. This effect is achieved by making the...

The philosopher and mystic G. I. Gurdjieff, born in Caucasus at the border between Armenia and Turkey, developed a theory which is supposed to mediate between the esoteric knowledge of the East and th...

Venetian tribute: Alexandre Tansman's 'Cavatine', 1952 published in the Edition Andrès Segovia, is now published in the urtext version for the first time.

Hindemith wrote his trio setting in the original version for three guitars in 1930 - initially intended as middle piece of the cantata 'Wanderlieder' and commissioned by 'Tage für Neue Musik Berlin' [...

To transfer Scarlatti's keyboard language into a melodious guitar syntax is a great challenge. These expertly written transcriptions for guitar of eight sonatas are true to the sound of Scarlatti.

Weber probably composed this work rather for domestic music-making rather than for the concert hall. Described as 'assai facile' in the original title, the piece offers rewarding passages to both inst...

Weber probably composed this work rather for domestic music-making rather than for the concert hall. Described as 'assai facile' in the original title, the piece offers rewarding passages to both inst...

Obscuritas - Traumbild für Gitarre is dedicated to the topic of dream. Most of what can be heard are soft passages orbiting around a harmonic figurative model and suggestively evoking strangely beauti...

Unlike its predecessor Jehkin Iivana, which draws its inspiration from the world of Finnish myths and the ancient tradition of poet singers, the sources of the Sonata No 2 are more abstract.The first...

Nousi's arrangements are an attractive addition to the repertoire of the guitar. The vocal part of the emotional songs has been integrated into the guitar part, thus intensifying the intimate but also...

Fünf Jahre nach der ersten habe ich mich angeschickt, eine zweite Sonate für die von mir geliebte Gitarre zu schreiben. Und nicht nur um den Gesamttitel des Zyklus' (der hiermit geschlossen ist) beibe...

Ein 'barockes' Werk von Manuel Ponce, für Andrés Segovia geschrieben. In Segovias Repertoire tauchte das Stück allerdings immer unter dem Namen des Lautenkomponisten Silvius Leopold Weiss auf. Die Ers...

On the one hand, Manuel de Falla's Homenaje a Debussy is a tribute to his late friend Claude Debussy. On the other hand, we owe the composer's only guitar work to his friendship with the guitarist Mig...

La mia idea di sviluppare la musica del monologo di Gloucester "Now is the winter of our discontent" e di farne ulteriore musica risale agli anni Sessanta. Ha preso forma solo dieci anni dopo, quando...