SHANI INBAR : Guitar Poetry : CD ALBENIZ : Mallorca: ARNOLD Fantasy for Guitar Op107: DE MILANO Ricercare LVII: TARREGA Fantasia on themes from La Traviata ; Capricho Arabe: CASTELNUOVO – TEDESCO Capriccio Diabolico: KARKOWSKI Sound Moves 1984: TURINA : Sevillana. Shani Inbar CD Privately produced :Available from her web site. Israeli – Born Shani Inbar has here brought us an album with a lot of variety and with music over a large span of time from Francesco Canova

RICARDO GALLEN : Fernando Sor Guitar Sonatas CD SOR: Grande Sonate Op25; Sonate Op15b; Grand Solo Op14; Grande Sonate Op22. Ricardo Gallen Eudora Records EUD SACD 1401. Fernando Sor wrote many guitar works, but some of the most important are these recorded here. Incidentally Gallen does use a 19th century instrument to make the sound even more like Sor would have played them. Indeed in my humble opinion Fernando Sor was by far the most important guitar composer in this period

ROVSHAN MAMEDKULIEV : Guitar Recital CD DE FALLA ( Arr. Fujii) : La Vida Breve – Danza No1 –Act II Scene I ; AMIROV : (Arr Mamedkuliev) : 12 Miniatures ( Excerpts) I Ballad, II Ashug’s Song, V Lyrical Dance, VI On Hunting , II Nocturne, X Toccata ; LLOBET : Theme and Variations on a Theme of Sor Op15; RUDNEV : Ivuska (Russian Folk Song Variations) ; ALBENIZ (Arr. Tarrega): Suite Espanola Op47- No3 Sevilla ( Sevillanas) ; TURINA : Sevillana ( Fantasia) ; CASTELNUOVO – TEDES

NIGEL NORTH : Robert Johnson –The Prince’s Almain and Other Dances for Lute ROBERT JOHNSON : The Prince’s Almain, Masque and Coranto ; Pavan No1; Galliard – My Lady Mildemay’s Delight; Pavan No2 ; 2 Almains; The Noble Man; The Witches’ Dance ; Pavan No3 ; 3 Almains; The Fairies’ Dance ; Fantasie ; Galliard; Lady Strange’s Almain ; Pavan No4; The First, Second and Third Dances in the Prince’s Masque; 3 Almains; The Satyre’s Dance. Nigel North Naxos 8.572178 Playing a 10-cou

PIXINGUINHA : Proezas de Salon; Desprezado; Rosa ; Atencioso ; Ingenuo; Gargalhada ; Oscarina ; Lamentos ; Naquele Tempo ; Carinhoso ; Um A Zero . Roland Dyens GSP Recordings: GSP 1035CD The first thing that strikes you about this music is how fitted to the guitar it is, and yet Pixinguinha (or as he was born Alfredo da Rocha Viana Filho ) was a flautist and a saxophone player, and never wrote a single piece for the guitar, though he wrote literally hundreds of works . The

LUIGI ATTADEMO : D.Scarlatti Sonata for Guitar : CD D.Scarlatti : Sonata K377 Allegrissimo; Sonata K208 Adagio e Cantabile; Sonata K209 Allegro; Sonata K32 Aria; Sonata K77 Moderato e Cantabile; Minuet; Sonata K34 Larghetto; Sonata K291 Andante ; Sonata K292 Allegro; Sonata K87; Sonata K481 Andante e Cantabile; Sonata K476 Allegro; Sonata K213 Andante. Luigi Attademo Brilliant Classics : 9125 Domenico Scarlatti never wrote anything for the guitar but his 600 or so keyboard

O’CAROLAN : First Two Pieces After Turlough O’Carolan – Shebeg and Shemor; Irish Suite After O’Carolan –1) Hewlett 2) George Brabazon; Carolan’s Farewell to Music ;A Jig : HROMEK : Suite 1) Prelude; 2) Pilgrimage; 3) March ; Double Obstinacy (At The Five Bells) ; Dances From Old Narnia – Part Two – Rondo #2; Pieces of Eight ; The Fall of a Chieftain : TRADITIONAL : Two Irish Ballads – Fanaid Grove; To Scotland , England ( Westward Bound , Suita); Three English Ballads – T

EDWARD SIMON : El Manicero ( The Peanut Seller): NICO ROJAS : Guyun – El Maestro; En El Abra Del Yumurí (In Yumuri Bay) ; Francito Y Alfonsito ; Lilliam ; Guajira A Mi Madre (Guajira For My Mother): CARLOS FARINAS : Preludio ; Canción Triste (Sad Song): ALDO RODRIGUEZ: Cancion ; Danza: HAROLD GRAMATGEZ : Suite Breve (Preludio; Alemanda;Siciliana, Sarabanda; Minuetto):LEO BROUWER: Cancion de Cuna ( Berceuse);Zapateo; Ojos Brujos: HECTOR ANGULO: Cantos Yoruba de Cuba : (Asokere

D’AGOSTINO : Grand Canyon; Mediterranean Spark; Costa Rica; The Blue Ocean; Running Wild; Under The Same Sky; The Dancer; Close to Heaven; Western Journey; Desert Flower; Mother’s Tears; The Genie; Lagavullin; Born In The Sea. Peppino D’Agostino Favoured Nations Entertainment: FNA 5020-2 Here is an album where every track is written by our player, who is playing in a classical manner on an acoustic guitar. The first thing that hits you is how fabulous a player this man is.

LAURO : Virgilio; Romanza: RUIZ – PIPO : Cancion y Danza No1: DUARTE: Appalachian Dreams Op121: TAKEMITSU : Londonderry Air: GISMONTI : Agua e Vinho : RAMON Y RIVERA: Brisas del Tobes: LECUONA: Canto Siboney: SAN SEBASTIAN: Preludio No6 – Dolor: TARREGA: Recuerdos de la Alhambra: SHEMER: Four Songs: THEODORAKIS: Two Epitaphios: THIAGO DE MELLO: Varre – Vento: GRANADOS : Dedicatoria. Sharon Isbin CD: Teldec : 3984 – 25736 – 2 . Here is a very varied recital from Sharon Isbin

TRAD: Morning Has Broken; House of the Rising Sun; Scarborough Fair: LENNON: Imagine: CHRISTOPHER/JAMES/THOMPSON: Always on my Mind: JOHN/TAUPIN: Candle in the Wind: PAGE/PLANT: Stairway to Heaven: BROOKER/REID: A Whiter Shade of Pale: CLAPTON/JENNINGS: Tears in Heaven: LENNON/ONO: Oh My Love: CLAPTON: Wonderful Tonight: NORGE: Beautiful Scenery: HENLEY/FREY: Wasted Time: LARSEN: Som Et Strejf. Kaare Norge (Guitar) with Kassandra Kvartetten and Kontra Kvartetten CMC RECORDS

DOMINGUEZ: A Dona Cata – Gato Puyano; Pasando Los Diaz - Gato: GUARANY :El Vino Aquel; Cuandro Vuelva La Nieve: DOMINGUEZ / GUARANI : Cancion Para Mi Guitarra Sola: MENDEZ: Milonga Veraz; KAY / VALLE: Promesas – vals: ORTEGA: Milonga de Ellos: ZAVALA: Polainas Blancas – Milongon: ZAMORA: Del Plumerillo: BARDI: Que Noce!: GRELA: Setiembre Color; Choro En La: DE CARO / LINYERA: Boedo – Tango: TROILO: La Trampera: AROLAS: Maipo – Tango : CANARO : La Tablada – Tango: GARDEL / L

ALFONSO Y ZABALA: El 180: ARMANDO TEJADA GOMEZ and TITO FRANCIA: Zamba Azul: MOYANO: Gato Nomas; Vidala; Chelik: FALU: Sanjuanino Soy (a la memoria de Coco Ruffa) ;El Estrecho; Que Lo Diga El Rio: CARLOS GUASTAVINO: Pueblito mi pueblo : RAFAEL ROSSI/TRAD : Viva Jujuy: HOMERO MANZI and SEBASTIAN PIANA: Silbando: ANDRES CHAZZARRETA :La Lopez Pereira: CARLOS MONTBRUN OCAMPO and OSVALDO VICENTE ROCHA: Las Dos Puntas: JULIAN ANTONIO ‘ CACHILO’ DIAZ and SOKO: La Vieja: TRAD: La Ca

STEVEN MEREDITH EDWARDS EL Chino; Tears In The Rain; Desert Flower; Lotus Flower; Wildflower; Fuego Loco ;El Gato Malo; Arco; Cafe Triste; Tango de Reve; Siempre ; Ride Guitarra Azul CD personal production, available from numerous sites including CDBaby Here is an eight piece band, with guitars, percussion, violins, accordion and bass playing in a very Latin style, and at times crossing over to almost Flamenco too. All the pieces are written by guitarist Steven Meredith Edw

BEATLES: Michelle, Penny Lane, The Long and Winding Road, When I'm Sixty-four, Get Back, Here, There and Everywhere, I Need You, Yesterday, And I Love Her, Revolution, Drive My Car, I Will, Help, Eleanor Rigby, Tomorrow, Norwegian Wood, If I Fell, From Me To You,Let it Be, Medley. Pedro Javier Gonzalez Konga Music ;CXCD216 I reviewed some time ago, this player’s Guitarra 2 which was a wide mixture of many different composers and writers, but all still very well – known to t

MOMPOU: Musica Callada – 1.Angelico: TOSCANO: Crystal I, II, III, and IV: CAMAHORT: Alba Nova: ASENCIO: Suite Mistica 1) Getsemani 2) Dipso 3) Pentecostes: ALBENIZ: Suite Iberia; a) Almeria; b) El Albaicin: SMAILI: Il Faisait Encore Nuit. La Buhardilla Records: LBR – 016. All the tracks on this latest album by Spanish player/composer Toscano have a certain depth about them , no matter who the composer is. Frederic Mompou’s track from his suite Musica Callada, is new to me.

MERCURY: Bohemian Rhapsody: LENNON & McCARTNEY: Day Tripper; Come Together: PETER & ZOLTAN KATONA: Vivaldi Stormed; Scarborough Guitars: KING, ROSSINGTON, VAN ZANT: Sweet Home Alabama: ORZABAL: Mad World: ZOLTAN KATONA: Guitar Rave; Butterfly : MORRISON, KREIDER, DENSMORE, MANZAREK: Light My Fire: PETER KATONA: Meditation and Passacaglia: Katona Twins, with the Liverpool String Quartet SOLO MUSICA: CD This is one of the most remarkable recordings I have EVER heard. I knew

VALDERRABANO: Soneto 2 ; Soneto 1: MILAN: Fantasia 8: NARVAEZ: Differencias Sobre ‘Guardame Las Vacas’: DA MILANO : Ricercar 16; Fantasia 28, Fantasia 32; Fantasia 61:PICCININI : Aria di Saravanda in Varie Partite; Corrente 11: DOWLAND: Sir John Smith, His Almain; Lachrimae;Tarleton’s Risserectione :ROBERT JOHNSON: Alman: CUTTING: Greensleeves: ANON: The Cobbler: ABEL: Allegro D Moll WKO208; Allegro D Moll: BACH: Sonate No2 A Moll BWV1003 – a)3- Andante ; b) 4 – Allegro: WEI

MALATS Y MIARONS : Serenata Espanola:NARVAEZ: Diferencias on Guardame las Vacas ; Canción del Emperador (sobre "Mille Regretz" de Josquin des Prez) : LLOBET: Canco de Lladre (Thief's song) : El Testament d'Amelia (Amelia's Testament) SOR: Variations on a Scottish Theme, ‘Ye Banks and Braes o' Bonnie Doon’, Op. 40 : VILLA – LOBOS: Suite populaire brésilienne: 2. Schottish-Chôro ; Prelude No. 1: Homenagem ao sertanejo brasileiro ; Prelude No. 2: Homenagem ao Malandro Cario

PICCININI: Partite Variate Sopra Quest’Aria Francese Detta L’Alemana; Corrente VI Sopra L’Alemana: HELSTROFFER : Comme un Beffroi; Perivoli Blue ;Thanks Toumani; Clan ; Vos Luths : KAPSBERGER : Toccata Nona ; Bergamasca ; Dans La Chambre de Mon Theorbe ; Toccata Undicessima : CASTALDI: Arpeggiata A Mio Modo : SATIE: Gnossienne No1: BACH : A Tea with Bach . Bruno Helstroffer (theorbo);Rosemary Standley (vocalist);Jean-Luc Debattice (reader);Michel Godard (serpent);Emek Evçi