20 French – Canadian Children’s Songs for Voice and Guitar Michel Cardin Bergmann Edition:  32 pages (Score only)   This first volume of 20 songs (there is a second volume of 20 more) originated with a number of songs being sung on children’s television that were loved by Hélène Gosselin-Cardin and subsequently collected together with a view to making something out of them. So she asked a number of composers to add a number of others to the list,. Then Michel Cardin provided

Scott Fields Bergmann Edition : Score and separate  flute part : 12 and 4 pages respectively   This composer is a new name to me, but he is an American guitarist who has a number of bands who concentrate on modern elements such as the avant – garde and to a certain extent the experimental music .He also likes mixing notation with improvisation in some works so I was wondering just what I was going to be in for here, with this 90 odd bar piece for flute and guitar. The first t

Francois Couperin  (Arranged for guitar by Michel Cardin) Bergmann Edition : 7 pages   Couperin of course was a Baroque composer  Who played Harpsichord and Organ, and this piece is the fifth piece from the 1st Ordre and arranged for guitar by Michel Cardin. As with much Baroque keyboard music there are a large number of ornamental notes in multiple patterns throughout this piece, which do of course add to the difficulty of playing this fine piece.To give you an example the

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

Michel Cardin Bergmann Edition: 7 pages   This is a quite different piece from my previous review of his Un Canadien Errant stylistically and also as regards its technical difficulty, not that it’s not a fine piece to play because it is. It just has quite of lot of tricky parts, but then again, it is a Study! It is an Allegretto in 2/4 that begins in E minor, although the amount of other flats and sharps that it progresses through means that the key signature is often not qui

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

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

CLARICE ASSAD : Bluezilian; Dancas Nativas – 1) Twisted Samba 2) Reflective Cancao ; 3)  Mad Baiao: VILLA – LOBOS  Bachianas Brasilieras No5 – Aria; String Quartet No1 – Brincadeira: GISMONTI : Palhaco; Memoria e Fado : SERGIO ASSAD: Uarekena: DYENS: Bresils 1)Da Natureza;2)Choro Legal; 3)Marchinha do Ceu 4)Modinhazul 5) O Spirito do  Joao 6)Xaxare : BELLINATI : A

MORENO – TORROBA: Castillos de Espana Nos 1 – 14; Las Puertas de Madrid Nos 1 – 7; Preludio ; Vieja Leyenda; Jaranera. Ana Vidovic...

M.D. PUJOL: Preludio Rockero ; Preludio Triston ; Tristango En Vos ; Curdo Tangueada; Candombe en Mi : DYENS : Saudades No3; Danse; Fete...

JOPLIN: The Entertainer ; Heliotrope Bouquet; Weeping Willow ; Solace ; Maple Leaf Rag ; Sugar Cane;The Chrysanthemum; Pleasant Moments ;...

MOZART: Allegro in D Major K626b/16; Adagio in C Major K356;Adagio in Eb Major K15kk ;Andante in Bb Major K15q; Allegro In F Major K33b;...

ESBE : Mount Iwaki –Cherry Blossom at Hirosaki Castle; Sunset on Mount Hotaka; Passing Storm in Yosemite; Lazy Lunch in the Sierra...

Jingle Bells; Little Drummer Boy; O Christmas Tree; Angels We Have heard On High; We Wish You A Merry Christmas;Away in A Manger; Deck...

McNICOL : The Nightwatchman; Dragonflies ,Frogs and Bumblebees; Casting Shadows, A Thousand Paper Cranes; By The Water ; Lighthouse;...

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

ZINCHUK: The Four Seasons: 1) April 2) Summer 3) Autumn 4) Christmas; Dance in the Sforza Castle: The Morning of Poor Louis ; Laura’s...

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...

RASETA : Adventures 1, 2, and 3 Janko Raseta Score home produced .Requests taken on line     Commissioned by the Jugendgitarrenensemble...