The Essential Guitar - Music Of Beauty And Romance (2009)

Disc 1:
01. Vivaldi -Guitar Concerto In D Major, Rv93: I. Allegro
02. Schumann - Scenes From Childhood: Trumerei (Reverie)
03. Bach - Fugue 4
04. Granados - Songs Of Youth: Dedicatoria
05. Pujol - Verde Alma (Innocent Soul)
06. Trad. Celtic - Skye Boat Song
07. Bizet - Carmen: Seguidilla
08. Dyens - Tango En Ska?
09. Trrega - Arabian Caprice
10. Paganini - Caprice In A Minor: Theme ? Variations I - Xi ? Finale
11. Granados - La Maja De Goya
12. Albniz - Iberia: Triana
13. Granados - Suite Espaola: Sevilla Sevillanas
14. Albniz - Asturias (Leyenda)
15. Handel - The Arrival Of The Queen Of Sheba
16. Weiss - Prelude In D Minor
17. Anon. - Le Rossignol (The Nightingale)
18. Satie - Gymnopdie No. 1
19. Westlake - Flying Fish
20. Plant/page - Stairway To Heaven

Disc 2:
01. Pachelbel - Canon In D
02. Trad. English - Greensleeves
03. Bach - Cello Sonata No. 1: Prelude
04. Vivaldi - Concerto In G Major For Two Guitars: Ii. Andante
05. Mascagni - Cavalleria Rusticana: Intermezzo
06. Myers - The Deer Hunter: Cavatina
07. Westlake - Antarctica: Ii. Wooden Ships
08. Debussy - Clair De Lune
09. Albniz - Espaa: Tango
10. Falla - The Three-cornered Hat: Dance Of The Miller (Farruca
11. Falla - Four Spanish Pieces: I. Aragonesa
12. Morley - Now Is The Month Of Maying
13. Scarlatti - Sonata K208 (Andante E Cantabile)
14. Trad. Irish - The Sally Gardens
15. Sor - L?encouragement: I. Cantabile
16. Milhaud - Scaramouche: Iii. Brasileira
17. Mangor - Julia Florida
18. Granados - 12 Danzas Espaolas: Vi. Rondalla Aragonesa
19. Rodrigo - Concierto De Aranjuez: Ii. Adagio
20. Koch - Rumba Flamenca

Performer:
Margaret Blades 	Violin
Sal Bonavita 		Flamenco Guitar
Hilary Bruer-Jones 	Violin
Jacqueline Curiel 	Cello
Juris Ezergailis 	Viola
Leonard Grigoryan 	Guitar
Slava Grigoryan 	Guitar
Danielle Jaquillard 	Violin
Timothy Kain 		Guitar
Gareth Koch 		Guitar
David Leisner 		Guitar
Glenn Madden 		Trumpet
Michael Milton 		Violin
Alexander Murray 	Cor Anglais
Karin Schnaupp 		Guitar
Jason Waldron 		Guitar
Hong Bing Zhang 	Double Bass

Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
Queensland Orchestra
Guitar Trek
Saffire 	Ensemble

Conductor - Benjamin Northey, Brett Kelly, Benjamin Northey, David Porcelijn

From the electric passion of flamenco to the haunting Cavatina from The Deer Hunter, the guitar touches us in a way no other instrument can. This double album of classic guitar music, both original compositions and arrangements by some of the world's finest guitar virtuosi, reveals the many sides of the guitar's personality. Supremely elegant or steamily sensual, flamboyantly virtuosic or eloquently lyrical, The Essential Guitar is essential listening.

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