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 ...

This week on Fretworks, I'll start the hour with a British group, the Pro Arte Guitar Trio in a recording from the early 1990s. They'll play Le Grand Tango by Argentinian composer Astor Piazzolla.

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. This album is part of 1000 Years of Classical Music ...

The evocative and dramatic "Asturias" from the Suite española of Isaac Albeniz will open the program on the next Fretworks Saturday evening at 7:00 PM on Classical 101. Guitarist MilosKaradaglic will ...

An all-star cast, including guitarist Pepe Romero and the legendary I Solisti di Zagreb, heads up these performances of three concertos by Ernesto Cordero. Born in New York in 1946, Cordero was raised ...

GREAT BARRINGTON — It was only several generations ago that leading classical guitarists such as Andres Segovia had a limited repertoire — works written by Rodrigo and other Spanish composers, and a ...

Miloš Karadaglić was eight when he noticed the dusty guitar sitting on a shelf in his house in Montenegro. "I think my father had this guitar when he was young, and when he tried to seduce my mother — ...

Named by The Washington Post as one of the "gifted young composers" of this generation, Leshnoff is a leader of contemporary American lyricism. His compositions have earned international acclaim for ...

Iván Duran Aguayo is likely the first artist to record Ernest Shand's Op. 48 with a backing string quartet, according to his research. With more music than anyone could listen to in a lifetime ...

Regional guitar and music lovers are getting ready for the upcoming JoAnn Falletta International Guitar Concerto Competition. The highly anticipated competition witnesses some of the world’s most ...