In Reply to: Classical, Spanish & South American Guitar posted by fantja on November 14, 2014 at 15:17:46:
I've been a player of all sorts all my life. For 14 years I was a classical guitarist. I've collected recordings the entire time. I'm a bit frustrated at the apparent ignorance of most folks on the subject. I was never a world class player, which meant I was limited to performing at various classical guitar societies. The ONLY paying gig I ever had was at a Mexican food eatery. By the way.....I only played the music of J S Bach. People are idiots.
Lesson one: What are you really after......Paco Pena is a Flamenco player, which is both Spanish as well as folk music....he is NOT a classical musician. South American classical composers are not to be lumped together with the likes of Charlie Byrd Bosa Nova music. Villa Lobos, Barrios, Lauro, and Brouwer are latin American classical composers.
The older giants after the likes of Segovia and Llobet were followed by Williams, Bream, Russell, the Assad Brothers, etc etc. Checkout the Naxos series covering the entire catalogue of Fernando Sor and Mario Guilianni. Guitar Solo on the GSP label will give you huge group of younger players to choose from.
Sorry for being prickly about the whole thing. It's what I had to put up with while attempting to turn people onto some incredibly profound music.
Tom B.
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- RE: Classical, Spanish & South American Guitar...ehh gadss.... - Tom B. 12:53:46 11/16/14 (1)
- RE: Classical, Spanish & South American Guitar...ehh gadss.... - fantja 11:04:53 11/17/14 (0)