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Building a Classical Guitar Recorded Music Collection
Suggestions from guitarist Dale Reagan
- start with what you can afford (duh!) This is the same for recordings as it is for music. Some of the smaller or niche labels provide real bargains with super recording quality and exceptional artists (i.e. the Naxos label)
- There is a reason (or six!) for an artist to reach a high level of visibility and (usually) to have a large number of published recordings.
- I suggest starting with recordings that cover many styles or periods of music (instead of containing music from only one period or one composer, i.e. an all Bach recording.)
- I have tried to include both long established and new artists in the selections below
- Andres Segovia dominates the listing on this page to to his tremendous contribution (as well as a very large number of recordings; it is quite interesting to listen to recordings from the various seasons of this significant artist.)
- You should also consider the free MP3s described here.
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The artists below are some of my favorites (Julian Bream, John Williams, Manuel Barrueco, David Russell, Martha Masters, Ana Vidovic); your mileage, of course, will vary... :)
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Click here for several links to collections of composer specific classical guitar music and transcriptions.
Also see: Building a Classical Guitar Sheet Music Library
Whether you are a performer or not, I believe that it is quite helpful to listen to recordings (AND live performances!) by NON-guitarists as well as guitar duos and ensembles. Listening to recording by any of the currently or previously recognized great musicians on any instrument can be quite helpful in your growth as a musician. Some suggestions follow and include recordings of solo piano, string ensemble, solo cello, guitar duo, banjo! and bluegrass gospel!:
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