Enjoy my collection of over 50 recordings for Guitar Salon International and Elite Guitarist.
Classical Guitar Videos
Armand Coeck -CONSTELLATIONS
“I don’t generally “gravitate” towards contemporary pieces, but this was the coolest GSI video I’ve ever seen . The music ran the gamut from delicate harmonics to driving heavy metal style chops, all of which evoked a space journey. While the playing was out of this world, the cinematography was what really set this apart from other offerings on this channel; the added space footage and cross dissolves added a certain elegance to what might have been an otherwise quotidian offering. Bravo” - Josh Vanjani, comment on YouTube, December 2023
Guitar: 2023 Marc Dickinson SP/IN, Astrophotography - Marc Dickinson
Heitor Villa-Lobos’ “Choros No. 1” performed by Tomasz Fechner on a 2021 Stefan Nitschke “Hauser”
Chrystian Dozza's "Baião de Dois" performed by Tomasz Fechner on a 2016 Luis Fernandez de Cordoba
“I think this is the best performance I have seen on this channel all year, well done, amazing guitar music!”
— Brian Cullen, Comment on YouTube, April 2021
Elite Guitarist: Francisco Tarrega’s “Danza Mora” performed on a 2020 Francisco Munoz Alba “Homenaje”
Francisco Tarrega’s “Capricho Arabe” performed on a 2020 Hans Van Velzen “Santos”
“Perfect player for Villa-Lobos”
— Erik Salazar, Comment on YouTube, May 2021
Elite Guitarist: "Mazurka-Choro" by Heitor Villa-Lobos performed on a 2020 Teodoro Perez "Especial Aniversario"
Elite Guitarist: "Scottish-Choro" by Heitor Villa-Lobos performed on a 2012 Michael Thames
Ángel Villoldo's "El Choclo" performed by Tomasz Fechner on a 2018 Richard Reynoso SP/CY
Luigi Mozzani’s “Feste Lariane” performed on a 2019 Andrea Tacchi “Coclea Thucea - Riflesso”
“The artist interprets the composer's musical intention thoughtfully and artistically.”
— Astrid Ryterband on Tomasz’s performance of Roman Ryterband’s “Sonatina for Guitar,” October 2016
Roman Ryterband’s “Sonatina, I. Allegro Deciso”
Tonal gravitations in the first movement are abundantly interspersed with surprising modulations which frame the imitative linearity. The energetic opening statement and its development require considerable digital dexterity on the part of the performer as the texture explores all possibilities the guitar has to offer.
- Roman Ryterband
Guitar: 1960 Hernandez y Aguado
Guitar: 1910 Hermann Hauser I
Roman Ryterband’s “Sonatina, II. Larghetto Semplice”
An aura of long forgotten sagas, enhanced by the touch of the main theme’s Phrygian mode, provides serenity and repose in the second movement.
- Roman Ryterband
Roman Ryterband’s “Sonatina, III. Vivo”
The pulsating thrust of the closing Vivo displays virtuosity in the joyously playful sections of the rondo. Rhythmic and harmonic changes, syncopations, lilting melodies, runs and strummed chords, make up a gamut of contrasts leading to a bravuroso finale.
- Roman Ryterband
Guitar: 2015 Sebastian Stenzel
“One of the best performances I've seen!”
— Mauricio Meloni, comment on YouTube, May 2021
Piazzolla's "Bordello 1900" from the "Histoire du Tango" played with Deanna Pyeon on a 2016 Gioachino Giussani
Piazzolla's "Nightclub 1960" from the "Histoire du Tango" played with Deanna Pyeon on a 2003 Stefano Moccetti
Piazzolla's "Cafe 1930" from the "Histoire du Tango" played with Deanna Pyeon on a 2018 Michael Cadiz
Piazzolla "Concert d"Aujourd'hui" from "Histoire du Tango" played with Deanna Pyeon on a 2011 Oscar Trezzini
“Superb...excellent guitarist with excellent feelings and nuances and technics...”
— Raffi Torossian, comment on YouTube, September 2020
Francisco Tárrega's "Recuerdos de la Alhambra" played on a 2020 Elias Bonet
Villa-Lobos' "Valsa-Chôro" played on a 2018 Julia Wenzel
Mauro Giuliani's "Grande Ouverture, Op. 61" played on a 2007 Fritz Ober
Villa-Lobos' "Schottish-Chôro" played on a 1998 Manuel Contreras II
Douze Études by Heitor Villa-Lobos
Etude 1 by Heitor Villa-Lobos played on a 1939 Hermann Hauser I
Etude 4 by Heitor Villa-Lobos played on a 2018 Youri Soroka
Etude 7 by Heitor Villa-Lobos played on a 2018 Vladimir Druzhinin
Etude 10 by Heitor Villa-Lobos played on a 2010 Teodoro Perez
Etude 2 by Heitor Villa-Lobos played on a 2018 Sergio Perez
Etude 5 by Heitor Villa-Lobos played on a 2018 Teodoro Perez ‘Especial’
Etude 8 by Heitor Villa-Lobos played on a 2018 Jake Fuller
Etude 11 by Heitor Villa-Lobos played on a 2018 Teodoro Perez
Etude 3 by Heitor Villa-Lobos played on a 2018 Lucas Martin
Etude 6 by Heitor Villa-Lobos played on a 2018 Fernando Moreno
Etude 9 by Heitor Villa-Lobos played on a 2018 Ariel Ameijenda
Etude 12 by Heitor Villa-Lobos played on a 2018 Lucas Martin
Tres piezas españolas by Joaquin Rodrigo
Joaquin Rodrigo’s “Tres piezas espanolas: I. Fandango” played on a 2018 Henner Hagenlocher
Joaquin Rodrigo’s “Tres piezas espanolas: II. Passacaglia” played on a 2020 Florian Blochinger
Joaquin Rodrigo’s “Tres piezas espanolas: III. Zapateado” played on a 2020 Felipe Conde
“There's lots of different interpretations of this piece online, but yours is the one that speaks to me most…”
— tunalord, comment on YouTube, March 2021
Heitor Villa-Lobos' "Mazurka-Chôro" played on a 2020 Zoran Kuvač
Elite Guitarist: “Spagnoletta” performed on a 2020 Vicente Carrillo “India Estudio”
Francisco Tárrega's "Danza Mora" played on a 1964 Jose Ramirez
Maciej Staszewski’s “Toccata” performed by Fechner, Gogoncea, Haas, and Staszewski
“Perfect interpretation of this Choro”
— Mauricio Marquez, comment on YouTube, May 2021
J. S. Bach’s Prelude BWV 998 played on a 2011 Tobias Berg
Roman Ryterband’s “Sonatina for Guitar”
Timothy Peterson’s “Poem” for Violin and Guitar played with Tiffany Chung
Isaac Albeniz’s “Asturias” played on a Cordoba Guitars Master Series “Rodriguez”
Suite in Modo Polonico by Alexandre Tansman
Alexandre Tansman’s “Entree” played on a 2015 Lucas Martin
Alexandre Tansman’s “Berceuse D’Orient” played on a 1997 Hermann Hauser III
Alexandre Tansman’s “Kujawiak” played on a 2007 Jose Marin Plazuelo
Alexandre Tansman’s “Alla Polacca” played on a 2012 Yuichi Imai
Alexandre Tansman’s “Tempo di Polonaise” played on a 1967 Daniel Friederich
Alexandre Tansman’s “Oberek” played on a 2007 Dominique Field
“Tomasz Fechner on Mazurka-Choro - best interpretation I ever heard!”
— Burnaby Guitar Studio, comment on YouTube, October 2021
Krzysztof Olczak’s “Gdansk Concerto” for three guitars & orchestra (played with Bartosz Paprot, Maciej Staszewski & Szymon Morus - conductor)
Heitor Villa-Lobos’ “Valsa-Choro” recorded for Elite Guitarist.
