Bradford Werner Plays Pastoral, No.9, Op.15 by François de Fossa

Bradford Werner performs Pastoral, No.9 from Douze Divertissemens, Op.15 by François de Fossa (1775-1849) on classical guitar. François de Fossa is one of my favourite 19th century composers for guitar and one who composed music of significantly higher quality than many of…

Bradford Werner Plays Aria and Capriccio by Asioli

Bradford Werner performs Aria and Capriccio by Francesco Asioli (1645-1676). Francesco Asioli was an Italian Baroque guitarist and these works both come from his third book Concerti armonici per la chitarra spagnuola, Opera Terzi. You can find my pdf sheet music edition for this…

Bradford Werner Plays Sonata No.9 by Zamboni

Bradford Werner performs Sonata No.9 a by Giovanni Zamboni (c.1650-1721). From Sonate d’intavolatura di liuto Op.1. on classical guitar. Originally for archlute. Giovanni Zamboni was a baroque composer and lutenist who performed and composed for theorbo, lute, guitar, mandola, mandoline and harpsichord. His published works include…

Bradford Werner performs No.23 Les balancelles by Dyens

Bradford Werner performs No.23 Les balancelles (Dedicated to Emilio Pujol) by Roland Dyens on classical guitar. Les Productions d’OZ with the help of Louis Trépanier have enlisted numerous guitarists to perform and record the complete Les 100 de Roland Dyens on YouTube. The set is 100…

Bradford Werner Plays Lachrimae by John Dowland

Lachrimae (Poulton No.15) by John Dowland (1563-1626) on classical guitar. Originally for Renaissance lute. “This solo work was later arranged and composed into the Lachrimæ or seaven teares.The seven pavans are variations on a theme, the “Lachrimæ pavan”, which Dowland had already made well known as a…

Bradford Werner Plays La Traditora No.2 by Marco Dall’Aquila

Bradford Werner Plays La Traditora No.2 (Saltarello) by Marco Dall’Aquila (c.1480-1538) on classical guitar. Marco Dall’Aquila was a Venetian lutenist and composer born in L’Aquila but resided and worked in Venice. He is known mainly for his Ricercars which make up the majority of his surviving…

Bradford Werner Plays Cello Suite No.2, BWV 1008 by Bach

Bradford Werner Plays Cello Suite No.2 in D Minor, BWV 1008 by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) for classical guitar. Movements in this suite: Prelude, Allemande, Courante, Sarabande, Menuets, Gigue. You can find my pdf sheet music edition for this work…

Bradford Werner Plays Capirola

Bradford Werner performs La Vilanela, Balletto, Canto Bello, Gentil Prince from the Capirola Lutebook by Vincenzo Capirola (1474–c.1548) arranged for classical guitar. I also made a sheet music edition that you can check out: Capirola Lutebook Volume 1 from Werner Guitar Editions. The…

Bradford Werner Plays Suite pour Guitare Op.41 by Jacques Hétu

Bradford Werner plays Suite pour Guitare Op.41 by Canadian composer Jacques Hétu (1938-2010). I’ve been meaning to record this suite for a long time. The suite was commissioned and premiered by Alvaro Pierri with support of the Canada Council for…

Bradford Werner Plays Kellner

Bradford Werner plays the Rondeau, Pastorel, Passepied, and Giga by David Kellner (1670-1748) arranged for classical guitar (originally for lute). You can find my sheet music edition here. David Kellner (1670-1748) was a German composer of the baroque period and…

Virtual Guitar Orchestra – Scient, Safe and Sane

The Virtual Guitar Orchestra is at it again with a second edition, Scient, Safe and Sane by Sergio Assad with organizers Mak Grgic and Uros Baric. This comes via their sponsor Guitar Salon International‘s YouTube channel (see additional sponsors in YouTube description). The orchestra includes some of the world’s…

Virtual Guitar Orchestra

The Virtual Guitar Orchestra plays Kaleidokithara by Sergio Assad with 144 players from over 50 countries. This project was created by orchestra founder Mak Grgic along with Sergio Assad and Uros Baric. I was very happy to be able to…