“Imagine”, Lennon for guitar duo

Imagine is certainly the most famous song written by John Lennon in his solo career after the Beatles. The lyrics is a hymn to peace and against capitalism, and was accepted because, as Lennon said, “the lyrics is covered with sugar.” Not…

The best guitarist in the world

Sometimes I read articles on the Internet with titles such as: “The best guitarist in the world” or “The fastest guitar player in the world” and things like that. But we can say that a guitarist is much better than…

La valse d’Amélie – Classical Guitar solo

The success of the film “The Fabulous Destiny of Amelie Poulain“, is also on the soundtrack of the French minimalist composer Yann Tiersen. In particular, “La valse d’Amélie” is a song that recalls the style of Eric Satie, with a…

John Williams, “Cavatina” by Stanley Myers

The song “Cavatina” by Stanley Myers, was originally composed for piano, but was later re-written for guitar by the same author, on the suggestion of John Williams, who recorded it before the film “The Deer Hunter” in 1978. Thanks to…

Julian Bream plays “A Fancy” (John Dowland)

After that in 1987 Julian Brean had damage to his right arm in a car accident, with effort he recovered his technique and so we can feel Bream playing this song by John Dowland, beautiful and complex. Julian Bream is…