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Classical, Spanish & South American Guitar Jewels

I like the Guitar and find it is relatively easily reproduced with my smaller speakers so the "sound" is generally very acceptable.
I am hoping to find albums versus best of compilations(still welcome); whether on vinyl or CD. I'll start out with 2 CD's I enjoy. Easy listening.
1. Music of the Brazilian Masters, Concord Picante label from Concord Jazz. CCD-4389. Laurindo Almeida, Carlos Bosa-Lima, Charlie Byrd. It's nice to hear the different guitars,playing styles and even strings.
2. Portrait of John Williams. CBS Records Masterworks. MK 37791. John Williams.
I hope someone enjoys these and has suggestions for other treasures. More to follow.
ptss
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Another "Jewel" of a recording. Guitar Concerto #2 in A, Opus 36 by Mauro Giuliani (1781-1829). Played by Pepe & Caledonia Romero with The Academy of St. Martins in the Fields conducted by Sir Neville Marriner. Philips recording circa 1976. I have it on the 2 CD set 454 262-2 and even though it was digitally remastered via the Bitstream system in 1996 the sound is excellent in my system.
(Lexicon RT-20, Reference level Spectral and MIT system with exceptional ac power conditioning and isolation, B&W speakers)
Magnificently played with a superbly conducted Academy providing perfect support. Transcendent.
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tostadosunidos
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Lloydc, I saw Segovia in Jones Hall around '75 (give or take a year) and I'm nearly certain there was no amplification. I don't know that he ever played amplified anywhere.

The one time I saw Parkening was a large room in Austin and he was not amplified. He did use a ton of added reverb on his recordings, however. Some would say an excessive amount.
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Hi Tostas, what do you think of Giuliani?
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lloydc
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Tostados, thanks. I just saw the mikes hanging from the ceiling, must not have been hooked up. It was a great concert.
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tostadosunidos
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Ptss, I think he's a fine composer. I really like the Op. 9 Sonata in C. Sort of Beethovenian IMO. You may know he knew LVB and played cello in the premier of the 5th and 6th symphonies... Anyway, he and Sor are my favorite of the 19th-c. composers for guitar. I do need to hear more Rigondi but I've heard lots of Aguado, Carcassi and such.
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