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May 16, 2013 0
Coventry Carol by Chet Atkins (1924-2001)
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Chester Burton Atkins, known as Chet Atkins, was an American guitarist and record producer who, along with Owen Bradley, created the smoother country music style known as the Nashville sound, which expanded country’s appeal to adult pop music fans as well. Among many honors, Atkins received 14 Grammy Awards as well as the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, |
May 14, 2013 0
Hark The Herald Angels by Chet Atkins (1924-2001)
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Chester Burton Atkins, known as Chet Atkins, was an American guitarist and record producer who, along with Owen Bradley, created the smoother country music style known as the Nashville sound, which expanded country’s appeal to adult pop music fans as well. Among many honors, Atkins received 14 Grammy Awards as well as the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, |
May 12, 2013 1
I Feel Pretty by Chet Atkins (1924-2001)
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Chester Burton Atkins, known as Chet Atkins, was an American guitarist and record producer who, along with Owen Bradley, created the smoother country music style known as the Nashville sound, which expanded country’s appeal to adult pop music fans as well. Among many honors, Atkins received 14 Grammy Awards as well as the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, |
May 9, 2013 0
The Streets Of Laredo by Chet Atkins (1924-2001)
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Chester Burton Atkins, known as Chet Atkins, was an American guitarist and record producer who, along with Owen Bradley, created the smoother country music style known as the Nashville sound, which expanded country’s appeal to adult pop music fans as well. Among many honors, Atkins received 14 Grammy Awards as well as the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, |
Feb 27, 2013 0
Opus 232 No 2 Oriental by Isaac Albeniz (1860-1909)
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The virtuoso pianist and composer Isaac Albeniz was an instrumental figure in the development of the Spanish “nationalist” school of composition. Asturias-Leyenda is from his “Suite espanola” which contains eight pieces for piano with both geographical and generic titles. For example, Asturias is an old province of northwestern Spain, and a leyenda is a type of dance. |
Feb 10, 2013 0
Opus 33 No 4 Mazurka by Frederic Chopin (1810-1849)
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Frédéric François Chopin was a Polish composer, virtuoso pianist, and music teacher of French–Polish parentage. A great masters of Romantic music and has been called “the poet of the piano”. He supported himself as a composer and piano teacher, giving few public performances. For most of his life, Chopin suffered from poor health; he died in Paris in 1849 at the age of 39. |
Feb 9, 2013 0
Opus 24 No 3 Mazurka by Frederic Chopin (1810-1849)
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Frédéric François Chopin was a Polish composer, virtuoso pianist, and music teacher of French–Polish parentage. A great masters of Romantic music and has been called “the poet of the piano”. He supported himself as a composer and piano teacher, giving few public performances. For most of his life, Chopin suffered from poor health; he died in Paris in 1849 at the age of 39. |
Feb 4, 2013 0
Danza Espanolas No 8 (Asturiana) by Enrique Granados (1867-1916)
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Enrique Granados was a Spanish–Catalan pianist and composer of classical music. His music is in a uniquely Spanish style and, as such, representative of musical nationalism. Enrique Granados was also a talented painter in the style of Francisco Goya. |
Jan 15, 2013 0
Opus 5 No 5 by Fernando Sor (1778-1839)
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Fernando Sor was a Spanish classical guitarist and composer. He is best known for his guitar compositions, but he also composed music for opera and ballet, earning acclaim for his ballet titled Cendrillon. Sor’s works for guitar range from pieces for advanced players, such as Variations on a Theme of Mozart, to beginner pieces. |
Jan 14, 2013 0
Quirpa Guatirena (Study) by Alirio Diaz (1923-)
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Díaz was born in Caserio La Candelaria, a small village near Carora in western Venezuela. In 1951 he went to Siena (Italy), seeking to study with Andrés Segovia. There he impressed Segovia greatly with his flawless technique and extensive repertoire. |
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