Classical Guitar Repertoire

RÉZA GANJAVI'S CLASSICAL GUITAR REPERTOIRE

(Dionysio Aguado Garcia (Madrid, 8 April 1784 - Madrid, 29 December 1849)

-- Lesson 2 - Allegro

-- Lesson 3 in G


Isaac Manuel Francisco Albeniz (Camprodon, Gerona (Catalonia),Spain, 29 May 1860 - Cambo-les-Bains,France, 18 May 1909)

-- Rumores de la caleta(Malaguena) from Recuerdos de Viaje Opus71,No.6(Sounds from the cove.)

-- Asturias(Leyenda) - from Suite Española Opus 47, No. 5


Mateo Albeniz (1760? - 1831)

-- Sonata (1790)


Anonymous/Traditional

-- Greensleeves – English

-- Scarborough Fair – English

-- Malaguena – Spanish

-- The Parlement – From the Dowland manuscript, based on (Will) Kemp’s Jig

-- Secret Seasons – Variations on Greensleeves written by Rayzire

-- Romance (de Amor) - Ukrainian (from film Jeux Interdits - Forbidden Games - by R. Clément)

-- Afro-Cuban Lullaby

-- Italiana (not Saltarello) (not by Vincenzo Galilei (?) (Santa Maria a Monte, near Florence 1520? – Florence 1591))

-- El Noy De La Mare (Il Fanciullo Della Mamma) - Catalan


Johann Sebastian Bach (Eisenach 21 March 1685 - Leipzig 1750)

-- Jesus, Joy of Man’s Desiring (from Cantata 147)

-- Bourrée - from Lute Suite No. 1 in E minor, BWV 996

-- Prelude No. 1. in C, from The Well-tempered Clavier, Book 1, BWV 846

-- Menuet - from Anna Magdalena Notebook, No. 2, BWV 114 [C. Petzold]

-- Prelude for Lute in D minor (originally in C minor), BWV 999


Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)

-- Ode to Joy – from Symphony No.9

Angelo Gilardino (b. 16 November 1941, Vercelli, Italy )

-- Various

Agustin Barrios Mangore (San Juan Bautista de las Misiones, Paraguay, 5 May 1885 - 7 Aug 1944)

-- La Catedral (1921):

1. Preludio "Saudade" (Lento)

2. Andante Religioso

3. Allegro Solemne


Luis Bonfa (Brazil 1922)

-- Manha de Carnaval (Morning of the carnaval - from "Black Orpheus")


Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)

-- Hungarian Dance No. 5


Leo Brower (Havana, 1 March 1939)

-- Etude VI and variation

-- Etude IV: Comodo Allegretto


Bartolome Calatayud (Palma de Mallorca, Spain 1882 - 1973)

-- Vals - 1962

-- Cancion de Cuna – Tema Popular Mallorquin - 1962

-- Vals in E minor – To: Erik Ronne - 1964

-- Romanza in G – 1962


Matteo Carcassi (Florence 1792 - Paris 1853)

-- Etude in A, Opus 60, No. 3: Andantino

-- Etude in A minor, Opus 60, No. 7: Allegro

-- Andantino


Ferdinando Carulli (1770 - 1841)

-- Etude in A minor – Allegro

-- Waltz in G, Allegro

-- Waltz in C

-- English Dance - Moderato

-- Andante in A minor


Anton Diabelli (1781-1858)

-- Old Viennese Landlers - Opus 121, No. 6

-- Old Viennese Landlers - Opus 121, No. 8


Manuel de Falla (1876 - 1946)

-- Danza del Molinero (Farruca) (Dance of the miller)


Daniel Fortea (Benlloch, Castellon de la Plana, Spain, April 28, 1878 - March 5, 1953)

-- Vals


Georg Leopold Fuhrmann (fl c1600)

-- Tanz in D – from Testudo Gallo-Germanico


Angelo Gilardino (Vercelli, Italy, 1941)

-- Studio No 4 - Elegia di marzo – Homage to Juan Ramon Jimenez

-- Lullaby for Guitar – A Laura Mancini (1965, rev. 1982)


Mauro Giuliani (Giuseppe Sergio Pantaleo) (Bisceglie, Italy 27 Jul 1781 – Naples 8MAY1829)

-- Etude in A minor, Opus 48: Allegro

-- Grand Overture, Opus 61

-- Sonate in C, Opus 15: Allegro Spiritoso

-- Etude: Andantino

-- Etude in E minor: Andantino

-- Etude: Allegretto


Georg Friedrich Handel (Halle 1685 - 1759)

-- Theme: Harmonious Blacksmith: Andante


Maurice Jarre (Lyon, France, September 13, 1924)

-- Lara’s Theme (From Dr. Zhivago)


Johann Philipp Krieger (1651 – 1735)

-- Minuet in B minor


Antonio Lauro (3AUG1917 Ciudad Bolívar – 18APR1986 Caracas)

-- Valse Criollo . Valse Venezolano No. 3 – Natalia


Luigi Rinaldo Legnani (Ferrara 1790 - Ravenna 1877)

-- Capricchio Opus 20: #2 in E minor - Allegro

-- Capricchio Opus 20: #9 in E minor - Largo


John Winston Lennon (Liverpool, England 9OCT1940 - New York City 8DEC1980) / James Paul McCartney (Liverpool, England *18JUN1942)

-- Black Bird (from "The Beatles" a.k.a. "The White Album" - 1968)

-- Norweigen Wood

-- Here Comes The Sun

-- Yesterday


Adrian LeRoy (1520 - 1598)

-- Troisieme Branle (de Bourgogne) (from the First Book of Tablature for the Guitar (1551) )


Joaquin Malats ( Barcelona 1872, Barcelona 1912)

-- Serenata Española (No. 2 from "Impresiones de España")


Johann Kaspar Mertz (Pressburg (Bratislava, Slovakia) 17AUG1806 – Vienna 14OCT1856)

-- Nocturne Op 4 - No 2


Alonso de Mudarra (1510? - 1580)

-- Galliard - From Tres libros de musica en cifra para vihuela (1546)


Luys de Narváez (Granada, Spain circa 1500–1555; fl 1526–49)

-- Diferencias sobre “Guárdame Las Vacas” (Herd my cows) – from “Los seys libros del Delphin” 1538 – (seven variations)


Cesare Negri Milanesi (detto Il Trombone) (Italy 1535 to1546 - 1604)

(from collection: Le Gratie d´Amore - Love Graces (Nuove Inventioni di Balli))

-- Bianco Fiore - white flower


Carlos Santana (Autlan de Navarro, Mexico 20JUL1947)

-- Europa

-- Moonflower


Gaspar Sanz (Calanda(Aragon - Teruel),Spain 04APR1640 - Madrid 1710)

-- Pavanas

-- Canarios

-- Folía


Giuseppe Domenico Scarlatti (Naples 26OCT1685 - Madrid 23JUL1757)

-- Sonata in A, K. 322 (L 483): Allegro

-- Aria in E minor K. 32 (L 423) (originally in D minor)


Jose Fernando Macarurio (Macari) Sor (Ferdinando Sors) (Barcelona 14FEB1778 - Paris 10JUL1839)

-- Etude Opus 6, No. 8

-- Minuet in C, Last movement from Sonata Opus 25 ( the Second Grand Sonata Opus 25) in C minor

-- Etude in B-flat Opus 29, No. 13

-- Etude in B minor, Opus 35, No. 22: Moderato

-- Etude Opus 35, No. 13: Andante

-- Etude Opus 35, No. 1: Andante

-- Etude Opus 35, No. 2: Andantino

-- Etude Opus 44, No. 17: Cantabile


Franz Schubert ()

-- Serenade


Robert Alexander Schumann (Zwickau, Germany 1810 - Endenich, Germany 1856)

-- Phantasietanz (n. 5 from Albumblatter op. 124 for piano)–“Oremus”(Preludio), Lento – Arr. Tarrega

-- Melodie, Moderato – (From Album For The Young, Op. 68)

-- Bagatelle, Moderato – (No. 5, From Album For The Young, Op. 68)


Francisco Eixea Tarrega (Villareal, Castellon, Spain 21NOV1852 - Barcelona 15DEC1909)

-- Lagrima (Preludio), Andante

-- Adelita (Mazurka), Lento

-- Etude in E minor

-- Capricho Arabe: Serenade (1888)

-- Estudio Brilliante de Alard

-- Recuerdos de la Alhambra


Pyotr (Peter) Ilyich Tchaikovsky (7 May 1840 – 6 November 1893)

-- Marche Slave - op 31

-- Theme from The Swan Lake Ballet - Op. 20


Federico Moreno Torroba (1891-1982)

-- Allegretto from Sonatina in A

-- Madroños - Allegretto grazioso

-- Fandanguillo from Suite Castellana


Heitor Villa-Lobos (Rio de Janeiro, 5 March 1887 - Rio de Janeiro, 17 November 1959)

-- Prelude No. 1 (Rio 1940)

-- Prelude No. 4 (Rio 1940) ("Homenajem ao Indio Brasileiro")

-- Etude No. 1 (Paris 1929)

-- Choros No. 1 (Rio 1920) [pronounced Shoro]


Roger Waters

-- Is There Anybody Out There - from The Wall by Pink Floyd


Mason Williams (Abilene, Texas 1938)

-- Classical Gas – 1967

Nino Rota (December 3, 1911 – April 10, 1979)

-- Godfather

Pierre Bachelet (1944 - 2005)

- Emmanuelle