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3 years ago 495 0
Rob MacKillop performs three tunes from the Georgina Gregory manuscript, Edinburgh c.1830. Braes o Balandean, Robin Adair and Scots Wha Hae. The guitar is strung in gut and is a copy by Simon Ambridge of a Panormo.
3 years ago 1,630 3
My favourite study by Fernando Sor, the Catalan guitarist, which was published in 1828. In his Method, he suggests resting the guitar on a table - as I do here.
3 years ago 1,491 2
A very beautiful piece by Sor. Is he reminiscing of his days in the monastery of Montserat?
3 years ago 1,286 2
Two of Sor's most famous studies. Panormo copy by Simon Ambridge, with gut and silk strings by Aquila. For my new website devoted to Sor and the 19th-Century Guitar: www.sorstudies.co.uk
3 years ago 875 5
The first part of the Suite in Dm for guitar by Robert de Visee: Prelude, Allemande, Courante and Sarabande. Part 2 also available on this site.
3 years ago 317 0
Part 2 of the Suite in Dm by Robert de Visee. Gigue, Gavotte, Bouree, Menuets, Pasacaille
3 years ago 413 4
Greensleeves is just one song written to the chord sequence known as La Romanesca. Here is another, from a Mexican manuscript for baroque guitar. Guitar by Alexander Batov www.vihuelademano.com
3 years ago 241 2
A baroque guitar piece from Portugal. There was a fashion for 'falsas' - strange, experimental harmonic movement. Very interesting. Guitar by Maestro Alexander Batov.
3 years ago 476 4
Baroque guitar music from a Portuguese manuscript. It is a passacaglia in Dm. Guitar by Alexander Batov.
3 years ago 459 0
Two beautiful and enigmatic pieces from 17th-Century Scotland.
3 years ago 507 5
This beautiful port is from the Straloch lute manuscript, 17th-century Scotland. Played on a 10c lute in Renaissance tuning.
3 years ago 1,835 4
Somebody asked me how I strum, so here is a rough performance of the Terantela from the Coimbra MS and an explanation of what I'm doing. The original has only one line of chords: C G C G F E Am but I introduce it with the chords which underlie the punteado part: Am G C G Am E Am. Only the first punteado […]

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