The Elephant by Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921) Camille Saint-Saëns was a French composer of the Romantic era. “The Swan” is taken from the “Carnival of the Animals” (Le Carnaval des animaux), a light-hearted musical comedy of 14 moments. The suite was published in 1922, the year after his death.
BWV 788 Sinfonia 2 by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) 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.
Liebeslied by Johann Kaspar Mertz (1806-1856) János Gáspár Mertz was born in Pozsony, Kingdom of Hungary, now Bratislava (Slovakia). A virtuoso, he established a solid reputation as a performer. Mertz’s guitar music, followed the pianistic models of Chopin, Mendelssohn, Schubert and Schumann, rather than the classical models of Mozart and Haydn (as did Sor and …
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BWV 1004 Corrente by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) 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.
les sauvages by Jean Philippe Rameau (1683-1764) Jean-Philippe Rameau was one of the most important French composers and music theorists of the Baroque era. Little is known about Rameau’s early years, and it was not until the 1720s that he won fame as a major theorist of music with his Treatise on Harmony (1722). Today, …
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Manchega (Danza Espanola) by Francisco Tarrega (1852-1909) Tárrega is considered to have laid the foundations for 20th century classical guitar and for increasing interest in the guitar as a recital instrument. Tárrega preferred small intimate performances over the concert stage. Some believe this was because he played without the nails needed for volume. Others say …
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Sonata in A minor K54 by Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757) Giuseppe Domenico Scarlatti was an Italian composer who spent much of his life in the service of the Portuguese and Spanish royal families. He is classified as a Baroque composer chronologically, although his music was influential in the development of the Classical style.
Estilo Popular Argentino (in E minor) by Miguel Llobet (1878-1938) Miguel Llobet Solés was a classical guitarist, born in Barcelona (Catalonia, Spain). Llobet was a renowned virtuoso who toured Europe and America extensively. He made well known arrangements of Catalan folk songs for the solo guitar and is also the composer of original works.
Czárdás by Vittorio Monti (1868-1922) Vittorio Monti was an Italian composer, violinist, mandolinist and conductor. His most famous work is his Csárdás, written around 1904 and played by almost every gypsy orchestra. In Paris, Monti was a significant figure in the Mandolin community, he created the “La Stella”, a group based around mandolin and guitar …
La Forza del Destino by Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi was an Italian Romantic composer, mainly of opera. He was one of the most influential composers of the 19th century. His works are frequently performed in opera houses throughout the world and, transcending the boundaries of the genre.
