Best Guitar 100

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Tracklist

1▶CD: Baroque and Before
2▶CD: Spanish Guitar, Vol. 1
3▶CD: Spanish Guitar, Vol. 2
4▶CD: Rodrigo
5▶CD: Latin America Guitar
6▼CD: The Modern Guitar
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1Concierto de Aranjuez: I. Allegro con spirito
solo guitar:
Julian Bream
conductor:
Simon Rattle (conductor)
recording of:
Concierto de Aranjuez: I. Allegro con spirito
composer:
Joaquín Rodrigo (Spanish composer and virtuoso pianist) (in 1939)
part of:
Concierto de Aranjuez
Joaquín Rodrigo6:25
2Homenaje a la guitarra
guitar:
Julian Byzantine
recording of:
Homenaje a la guitarra
composer:
Eduardo Sainz de la Maza
Eduardo Sainz de la Maza7:15
3Penny Lane
mixer:
Giles Holland (classical engineer, editor), Simon Rhodes (senior recording engineer at Abbey Road Studios) and Bob Whitney (engineer)
editor:
Simon Kiln
guitar:
Manuel Barrueco (guitarist) and David Tanenbaum (guitarist)
balance engineer:
Simon Rhodes (senior recording engineer at Abbey Road Studios)
recorded at:
Abbey Road Studios: Studio 2 in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1994-05)
instrumental cover recording of:
Penny Lane
writer:
John Lennon (The Beatles) and Paul McCartney (The Beatles)
publisher:
Catherine Holmes A'Court, EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint), Maclen Music, Inc. (U.S. based publisher for Lennon–McCartney), Northern Songs and Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020)
recording of:
Penny Lane (for guitar, Brouwer)
writer:
John Lennon (The Beatles) and Paul McCartney (The Beatles)
arranger:
Leo Brouwer
arrangement of:
Penny Lane
John Lennon, Paul McCartney / Leo Brouwer2:06
4Concerto for Guitar & Orchestra for Two Christophers: III. Celebration
guitar and solo guitar:
Christopher Parkening (guitarist)
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Elmer Bernstein (American score composer)
recorded at:
Abbey Road Studios in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1999-12)
recording of:
Concerto for Guitar & Orchestra "For Two Christophers": III. Celebration
composer:
Elmer Bernstein (American score composer)
part of:
Concerto for Guitar & Orchestra "For Two Christophers"
Elmer Bernstein4:05
5Yesterday
mixer:
Giles Holland (classical engineer, editor), Simon Rhodes (senior recording engineer at Abbey Road Studios) and Bob Whitney (engineer)
editor:
Simon Kiln
guitar:
Manuel Barrueco (guitarist)
balance engineer:
Simon Rhodes (senior recording engineer at Abbey Road Studios)
recorded at:
Abbey Road Studios: Studio 2 in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1994-05)
recording of:
12 Songs: Yesterday
composer:
John Lennon (The Beatles) and Paul McCartney (The Beatles)
arranger:
武満徹 (Tōru Takemitsu, composer)
arrangement of:
Yesterday (original by The Beatles)
part of:
12 Songs for guitar
John Lennon, Paul McCartney / Toru Takemitsu3:17
6Bookends
engineer:
Simon Rhodes (senior recording engineer at Abbey Road Studios)
producer:
Simon Woods (producer)
guitar:
Manuel Barrueco (guitarist)
instruments arranger:
Manuel Barrueco (guitarist)
recorded at:
Abbey Road Studios: Studio 3 in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1993-09-13 until 1993-09-15)
recording of:
Bookends (for guitar, Bellow)
composer:
Paul Simon (of Simon & Garfunkel)
arranger:
Alexander Bellow (American guitarist and composer)
arrangement of:
Bookends Theme
Alexander Bellow2:35
7Eleanor Rigby
mixer:
Giles Holland (classical engineer, editor), Simon Rhodes (senior recording engineer at Abbey Road Studios) and Bob Whitney (engineer)
editor:
Simon Kiln
guitar:
Manuel Barrueco (guitarist)
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Jeremy Lubbock
balance engineer:
John Kurlander (engineer)
recorded at:
AIR Studios (Lyndhurst Hall 1991–present) in Hampstead, Camden (London Borough of Camden), London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1994-06)
recording of:
Eleanor Rigby (for guitar, Brouwer)
writer:
John Lennon (The Beatles) and Paul McCartney (The Beatles)
arranger:
Leo Brouwer
arrangement of:
Eleanor Rigby
John Lennon, Paul McCartney / Leo Brouwer4:51
8Koln Concert: Pt IIc
engineer:
Simon Rhodes (senior recording engineer at Abbey Road Studios)
producer:
Simon Woods (producer)
guitar:
Manuel Barrueco (guitarist)
instruments arranger:
Manuel Barrueco (guitarist)
recorded at:
Abbey Road Studios: Studio 3 in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1993-09-13 until 1993-09-15)
cover recording of:
Köln, January 24, 1975, Part IIc
composer:
Keith Jarrett (pianist) (on 1975-01-24)
part of:
Köln, January 24, 1975
recording of:
Köln, January 24, 1975, Part IIc
composer:
Keith Jarrett (pianist) (on 1975-01-24)
part of:
Köln, January 24, 1975
Keith Jarrett6:10
9Ojos brujos (Les Yeux sorciers)
classical guitar and guitar:
Manuel Barrueco (guitarist)
recording of:
Ojos brujos
composer:
Leo Brouwer
Leo Brouwer1:48
10Guajira criolla
classical guitar and guitar:
Manuel Barrueco (guitarist)
recording of:
Dos aires populares cubanos: No. 1. Guajira criolla
composer:
Leo Brouwer
part of:
Dos aires populares cubanos
Leo Brouwer2:18
11Estudio sin luz
guitar:
Ernesto Bitetti (classical guitarist)
recording of:
Estudio sin luz
composer:
Andrés Segovia (guitarist)
Andrés Segovia3:01
12Madroños
guitar:
Ángel Romero (guitarist/conductor)
recording of:
Madroños
composer:
Federico Moreno Torroba (composer)
Federico Moreno Torroba2:49
13Sonata (Dedicated to Ernesto Bitetti): III. Bárbaro
guitar:
Ernesto Bitetti (classical guitarist)
recording of:
Sonata: III. Bárbaro
composer:
José Buenagu (conductor)
part of:
Sonata
José Buenagu3:17
14Sonatina in A: I. Allegretto
guitar:
Ernesto Bitetti (classical guitarist)
recording of:
Sonatina: I. Allegretto
composer:
Federico Moreno Torroba (composer) (in 1923)
part of:
Sonatina
Federico Moreno Torroba4:00
153 Gymnopédies: No. 1. Lent et douloureux
guitar:
Pierre Laniau
recording of:
Première Gymnopédie: Lent et douloureux (catch-all for arrangements)
composer:
Erik Satie (French composer)
publisher:
Das Maschine GMBH, Hanseatic Musikverlag GmbH & Co. KG (2001–2017) and Londek Edition
arrangement of:
Première Gymnopédie : Lent et douloureux (Gymnopédie no. 1)
Erik Satie3:16
16Nocturnal after John Dowland, op. 70: V. March-like (Quasi una marcia)
guitar:
Carlos Bonell (classical guitarist)
recording of:
Nocturnal after John Dowland, op. 70: V. March-like
composer:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist)
part of:
Nocturnal after John Dowland, op. 70
Benjamin Britten1:29
17Five Bagatelles for guitar: IV. [Lento]
guitar:
Carlos Bonell (classical guitarist)
recording of:
5 Bagatelles: IV. (Sempre espressivo)
composer:
William Walton (British composer and conductor) (in 1971)
part of:
5 Bagatelles
Sir William Walton2:11
18Suite Compostelana: Canción (extract))
guitar:
Oscar Ghiglia (guitarist)
recording of:
Suite compostelana: V. Canción
composer:
Federico Mompou (composer and pianist) (in 1962)
part of:
Suite compostelana
Federico Mompou3:02
19Tarentella
guitar:
Oscar Ghiglia (guitarist)
recording of:
Tarantella, op. 87
composer:
Mario Castelnuovo‐Tedesco (Italian composer)
Mario Castelnuovo‐Tedesco3:54