Ken Murray Les Productions D’Oz: 8 pages   Ken Murray’s compositions are many and varied and his guitar work as a performer and recording artist are superb and second to none. So a new piece from him is always something to look forward to. In spite of the cover photo of Shanghai, the piece itself is based on the Australian slang for as slingshot, and therefore the music does not have any oriental sounds to it!   Set in A Major with a Dropped D 6 th  its Con Spirito marking te

Leonardo Bravo Les Productions D’Oz: 3 pages     This folk styled piece by Argentinean guitarist Leonardo Bravo is a short but fun piece that has the time signature of 3/4 6/8, so it becomes immediately obvious that the Latin styled music is full of a mixture of the two time signatures , often in the same bar. It is also an Allegro of 160 crotchets a minute so it does really go right from the outset. At only 48 bars (with a complete repeat) it moves smartly but doesn’t stay a

Dusan Bogdanovic Doberman – Yppan : 16 pages   This Yugoslavian composer’s music is very different from any other composer’s music as anyone who has heard, or seen some of it will recognise. The first thing you notice about this four movement work is just how very complex the actual music pages look, when you first open the volume. For example on page one , which consists of 17 bars of music there are the following time signatures 2/4, 6/8, 7/8, 3 / 4, 11/16, 5/8, 7/16, 4/4,

Stephen Goss Doberman – Yppan : 15 pages   You always know that when you come across a Stephen Goss piece, it will be completely different from any other composer, and this latest piece is no different from that. The Preface tells the story of the piece in that the characters, being from the Commedia Dell ‘Arte , namely  Pierrot, Harlequin and Coliumbina are interacting with each other. Columbina is considering choosing one of them as a partner.So in this piece which is a se

Ramses Calderon Les Productions d’Oz: 12 pages   Calderon heralds from El Salvador and here are 4 pieces from his large compositional repertoire that , generally speaking , are for advanced players only. The opening piece El Colibri is perhaps the most difficult. It begins with a four bar introduction that jumps around the notes in an Em chord, but with half of the notes requiring a trill. This then leads to almost the entire remainder of the piece (33 bars, and nearly 5 page

Edwin Guevara Gutierrez Bergmann Edition: 11 pages   This composer has a very impressive musical life, too many things  to go into now but suffice it to say that they are huge and varied. The Bambuco is  a traditional Colombian music and dance genre from the Andean region, characterized by a waltz-like rhythm with roots in Spanish, indigenous, and African musical styles . It is known for its expressive melodies and intricate rhythms and that is definitely the case here with t

Francis Bebey Les Productions D’Oz: 3 pages   This short but melodic piece of writing is by a man who I first discovered through the playing and recordings of John Williams, quite a considerable time ago. The two pages about his life and his guitar work makes for fascinating reading. This little piece is in D Major with a dropped D 6 th and has a melody that returns a few times in the piece in slightly different guises as it progresses .It is generally in three voices, with

Michel Cardin Bergmann Edition : 5 pages   Michel is a well known name in the guitar fraternity and over the years he has produced lots of wonderful pieces. This one is based on a French Canadian folk song called ‘ J’ai fait une maitresse’. The piece is in E Major in 3 / 4 and is a gently flowing little piece that relies mostly on arpeggiated patterns  of a number of different styles with the melody peeping through the various arpeggios.As  long as you know your Es, As, C# mi

Milan Zelenka Bergmann Edition : 36 pages   Czech composer/guitarist Milan Zelenka has written numerous works for our instrument,...

Brian Wright Bergmann Edition: 12 pages   Kenneth Allsop of course was a famous broadcaster, and television presenter, and he died 52...

ALBENIZ ( Arr. Julian Bream – Edited by John Mills): Suite Espanola Op47 a) Granada b) Cataluna c) Sevilla d) Cadiz : Recuerdos de Viaje...

John W. Duarte Doberman – Yppan : 19 pages   This newly – published work from Duarte, hails back to 1986, and is a set of variations on...

Anything Goes; I Get a Kick Out of You; I Love Paris; In the Still of the Night; Just One of Those Things; I’ve Got You Under My Skin;...

Aleksander Wilgos Bergmann Edition : 20 pages   This Polish composer’s book is the first I have seen, it it is quite fascinating.  For a...

Johann Paul von Westhoff: transcribed and arranged for guitar by Alan Grundy Bergmann: 16 pages The story about Johann Paul von Westhoff...

Antonin Dvorak : Arrangement by Stuart Weber Bergmann Edition: 12 pages   Of course this is one of those melodies that everyone knows,...

Marianne Vedral Bergmann Edition: 13 pages   Marianne Vedral is a relatively new name to me, as I enjoyed her Summer Memories a while...

Konstantin Vassiliev Bergmann Edition: 16 pages   I have several pieces by this composer and always found them fascinating, unusual...

Christian Vasseur Bergmann Edition : 24 pages   French – born Christian Vasseur is a player of many stringed instruments related to the...

Philip Trumble Bergmann Edition : 12 pages   The first thing to say about this piece is that it is printed in notation and tab, simply...