Classical Guitar?

[Dralan]

Any other classical guitarists / fans out there ??

 

[smv2sax]

I am a fan...not a player...I like listening to John Williams. Are there any other artists you recommend?

 

[Dralan]

Williams is probably my favorite. Segovia, of course is great. Christopher Parkening, Andrew York, David Russell, Julian Bream are all excellent as well, among others.

 

[smv2sax]

Thanks for recommendations. I'll be sure to check them out.

 

[Dralan]

Thanks for recommendations. I'll be sure to check them out.

You're welcome !

 

[Bablefish]

I'm getting really into Sergio and Odair Assad. They are an amazing guitar duo. I've also been listening to Berta Rojas and Thomas Viloteau; both of which I've seen perform. Berta is a paraguayan guitarist who has had many works commissioned and arranged for her. All of which are performed beautifully. And Thomas, only 23 years old, plays on the level of players twice his age and experience. I would highly recommend these players to any who are interested in the classical guitar.

 

[Andrew B.]

Lately I've been listening to a lot of music by Fernando Sor.

 

[zaaaaac]

im a fan and a player love the classical guitar love the feeling just love it

 

[Cascade]

I love Spanish classical such as the guitarists you find all over Spain.

 

[molimar]

I think its a lot harder than playing regular guitar.

 

[JamesAH]

I like acoustic guitar but I like classical nylon string guitar better.

 

[calledbyname]

I'm a big fan of classical music in general, my fave for guitar is concerto de aranjuez - i just see spain whenever i listen to it

 

[JuliaChicken]

Hey guitar lovers! Yes, I am a classical guitarist. I am currently working on a trio by Paganini for violin, cello and guitar.

I love Parkening and Aniello Desiderio.

Lora

 

[willard3]

I'll be honest...guitar is my least favorite instrument, mostly because there's so many people who can strum a few basic chords and get huge amounts of attention, when I've been playing piano for 18 years, can pound out a huge Romantic sonata, and everyone goes "meh." (Yeah, this applies to the piano too.)

Also I get annoyed when I see guitar pieces that are just transcriptions from another instrument.

BUT, I do like a good piece written specifically for classical guitar. Villa-Lobos and Albeniz come to mind.

 

[JuliaChicken]

Willard3,

That can be said with any instrument, no? All instruments can be played poorly - without any skill being required whatsoever.

I see nothing wrong with transcriptions. For example, Bach wrote not a note for the guitar. How sad it would be for his music not to be played on an instrument that seems to fit like a glove!

 

[Akita Suggagaki]

I’ve been playing since 1976. On a scale of 1 to 10 I am comfortable with 4 level difficulty. It doesn’t matter though. There is plenty of beautiful stuff at that level. Fernando Sor is my favorite. Next Terrega. But then John Dowland also

 

[Akita Suggagaki]

For me it all started with. Kid’s show, Tales of the Riverbank. The theme song was nice and I found out later was a version of Maurio Giuliani’ Andante