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May 2, 2012 Comments Off
Staccato Dance by Jorge Morel (1931-)
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Jorge Morel is a classical guitarist and composer from Argentina. He is now living and working in New York City. Through his original compositions and arrangements, Jorge Morel has substantially added to the existing repertoire for classical guitar while consistently challenging traditional, technical, and stylistic limitations. |
Mar 14, 2012 0
Etude No 4 in G by Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959)
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Heitor Villa-Lobos was a Brazilian composer, described as “the single most significant creative figure in 20th-century Brazilian art music”. Villa-Lobos has become the best-known and most significant Latin American composer. His music was influenced by both Brazilian folk music and by stylistic elements from the European classical tradition. |
Dec 5, 2011 0
The Princes Toys Doll: Playing With Soldiers by Nikita Koshkin (1956-)
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Nikita Koshkin (born February 28, 1956) is a classical guitarist and composer born in Moscow. His early influences included Stravinsky, Shostakovich and Prokofiev, as well as rock music. As with those composers his music is characterised by rhythmic appeal, immediacy and wide range of colours, and well-thought-out dramatic content. |
Nov 15, 2011 0
Two Dances by Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
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Ludwig van Beethoven was a German composer and pianist. The crucial figure in the transition between the Classical and Romantic eras in Western art music, he remains one of the most famous and influential composers of all time. |
Nov 15, 2011 0
BWV 1034 III Sonata by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
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Johann Sebastian Bach was a German composer, organist, harpsichordist, violist, and violinist whose sacred and secular works for choir, orchestra, and solo instruments drew together the strands of the Baroque period and brought it to its ultimate maturity. |
Nov 14, 2011 0
Etude No 7 in E by Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959)
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Heitor Villa-Lobos was a Brazilian composer, described as “the single most significant creative figure in 20th-century Brazilian art music”. Villa-Lobos has become the best-known and most significant Latin American composer. His music was influenced by both Brazilian folk music and by stylistic elements from the European classical tradition. |
Nov 10, 2011 0
Minueto En Mi by Agustin Barrios Mangore (1885-1944)
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Barrios’s compositions can be divided into three basic categories: folkloric, imitative and religious. Barrios paid tribute to the music and people of his native land by composing pieces modeled after folk songs from South America and Central America. Imitating the compositional style and techniques of the Baroque and Romantic periods was another side to his craftsmanship. |
Nov 2, 2011 0
La Comparsa by Ernesto Lecuona (1895-1963)
Ernesto Lecuona y Casado was a Cuban composer and pianist of Canarian father and Cuban mother, and worldwide fame. He composed over six hundred pieces, mostly in the Cuban vein, and was a pianist of exceptional quality.
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Sep 12, 2011 0
Danza Caracteristica by Leo Brouwer (1939)
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Juan Leovigildo Brouwer Mezquida is a Cuban composer, conductor and guitarist. He is the grandson of Cuban composer Ernestina Lecuona Casado. Brouwer is best known for his performances and guitar compositions of modern music. |
Sep 12, 2011 0
Les Yeux Sorciers (Ojos Brujos) by Leo Brouwer (1939)
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Juan Leovigildo Brouwer Mezquida is a Cuban composer, conductor and guitarist. He is the grandson of Cuban composer Ernestina Lecuona Casado. Brouwer is best known for his performances and guitar compositions of modern music. |
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