The passion of Flamenco blends with the elegance of courtly dances in the most popular guitar concerto of all time: Rodrigo’s Concierto de Aranjuez. The work was composed in Paris in 1939 during a ...

It’s one of the first great concertos ever written for the guitar—and it still holds its place as a cornerstone of the repertoire. Mauro Giuliani’s Guitar Concerto No. 1 is smooth, stylish, and shows ...

A portrait of English composer, Sir Malcolm Arnold depicts a man with humor and intensity. You can hear that personality in his work this week on Fretworks. On the next Fretworks, Flutist James Galway ...

Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos wrote his only guitar concerto in 1951 for Andres Segovia, the most famous classical guitarist in the world, originally calling it "Fantasia Concertante." ...

As cliché as it may seem for a classical guitar player, my "First Love" would be a tie between Joaquin Rodrigo’s Concierto de Aranjuez (yes, the one you hear all the time!) and Heitor Villa-Lobos’ ...

You could probably count on one hand how many times electric guitar has been a part of a symphony concert, and the count would be equal when you consider how many classical composers have written for ...

3 The Southbank Centre Reveals Classical Music Autumn/Winter 2026/27 Season Named by The Washington Post as one of the "gifted young composers" of this generation, Leshnoff is a leader of contemporary ...

The guitar concerto, „Concerto for Jazz Guitar & Chamber Orchestra” was recorded at the end of the year and was released in the spring of 2020 by Tom-Tom Records. The author played the guitar part of ...

Concerto for Guitar and Orchestra Elmer Bernstein, Composer Rasmus Baumann, Conductor Thorsten Drücker, Musician, Guitar Cologne Radio Orchestra Concerto for Guitar and Chamber Orchestra Rasmus ...