photo credit- Frank Wojciechowski
 

Playing the Guitar

“The guitar is no more than a cowbell, so easy to play, especially rasgueado, that there is not a stable lad who is not a guitarist.”

-Sebastian Covarrubias Oroco, 17th century

"I have always been attracted to terrible instruments..."

-Hector Berlioz, 19th century

 
   
 
Arabescata and Sunrise From the Bottom of the Sea
   
clip length: 8'06"
     
 
   
Scarlatti, Lee, and Albéniz
   
 
clip length: 9'33"
 
   
Andrew McKenna Lee
1. Arabescata (live!)
2. Gravity and Air (live!)

(from the Scordatura Suite)
 
   
3. Variations, Fixations, and Fantasies (after a Prelude by Bach)
   
4. Sunrise From the Bottom of the Sea (homage to Jimi Hendrix)
   
Isaac Albéniz
1. Sevilla (live!)
 
   
Domenico Scarlatti
Four Sonatas
 

1. Sonata K 213 in D minor (live!)
2. Sonata K 322 in A major
(live!)
3. Sonata K 208 in A major
(live!)
4. Sonata K 175 in A minor (live!)

 
   
Lennox Berkeley
Sonatina, Op. 52
 

1. Allegretto
2. Lento
3. Rondo: Allegro non troppo

 
   
J.S. Bach
Prelude, Fugue, and Allegro (BWV 998)
 

1. Prelude
2. Fugue
3. Allegro