Method: Whether You Call it ‘Leyenda’ or ‘Asturias’ or ‘Prelude,’ Albeniz’s Expressive Piece is a Test for Guitarists BY RHAYN JOOSTE | FROM THE SPRING 2019 ISSUE OF CLASSICAL GUITAR Prelude (better known as either Asturias...
Luthier Music Founder, String Maker Tony Acosta Passes Away at 77 BY BLAIR JACKSON Sorry we’re a little late getting to this, but there is still more sad news...
Album releases: The Great Necks Take Bold Chances and James Akers Salutes 19th Century Women Composers Some weeks we take a peek at recent albums or sheet music releases. Here are two of the...
Video Pick of the Week: Jennifer Kim Plays Llobet’s ‘Variations on a Theme by Sor’ Though this very popular classical-guitar piece is billed as “Variations on a Theme by Sor,” as most of...
Print Music Review: Quality and Variety in Books of 19th Century Spanish Music España Romantica (3 volumes for solo guitar) edited by Mario Martino Ut Orpheus, 40, 42, and 64 pp....
Read Part 2 of Rico Stover’s 2011 ‘CG’ Article ‘Barrios and Segovia’! Our tribute to our recently departed colleague Rico Stover, who died February 3, 2019, continues with Part 2...
Video Pick of the Week: Goran Krivokapić Plays the Premiere of Gerard Drozd’s Great New Guitar Concerto! It’s a treat any time we get to hear a new guitar concerto, and this one, by the...
News from NAMM 2019 #2: More New Guitars and Gear BY BLAIR JACKSON Here are some more new or recent products on display at the recent NAMM musical...
Guitarist and Barrios Expert Richard “Rico” Stover Passes Away at 73; Read His ‘Barrios and Segovia’ Article! On February 3, the classical guitar world lost another important and colorful figure when Richard “Rico” Stover died...
The State of Competitive Flamenco: Contests Have Grown and Evolved as the Art Form Has Changed BY THÉRÈSE WASSILY SABA | FROM THE WINTER 2018 ISSUE OF CLASSICAL GUITAR The highlight of the summer...