Sharon Isbin

Bach for Guitar (Inspiration)

Sharon Isbin & Friends: Guitar Passions

Great Masterworks Of The Guitar

Sharon Isbin: American Landscapes

Muhai Tang

Gulbenkian Orchestra

Tan Dun & Rouse : Guitar Concertos

Rodrigo, Villa-Lobos & Ponce : Guitar Concertos

Lawrence Foster

Orchestre De Chambre De Lausanne

Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez

Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

Sharon Isbin - Greatest Hits

Bach:Complete Lute Suites

American Landscapes

Pamela Frank

Cho-Liang Lin

The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

Kernis: Air for Violin, Double Concerto for Violin & Guitar; Lament and Prayer

Dreams of a World

Susanne Mentzer

Wayfaring Stranger

Paul Winter

Thiago de Mello

Journey to the Amazon

Nightshade Rounds

Benita Valente

Sir Thomas Allen

Love Songs & Lullabies for Guitar and Voice

Carlos Barbosa-Lima

Rhapsody In Blue / West Side Story

Brazil, With Love

Sharon Isbin knows how to pick classical guitar works just about as well as she knows how to play them (which is to say, exceptionally well). On her Grammy Award-winning Dreams of a World, she explored folksy classical guitar works from around the world. On this disc, the music of two guitar concerto world premieres is less-familiar and just as exciting. Christopher Rouse's Concerto de Gaudi for Guitar and Orchestra is rooted in the Spanish idiom, but it has numerous twists and turns. Isbin gets plenty of tricky solo flights here, but the piece also features some truly explosive brass and percussion moments reminiscent of orchestral works by Ives and Revueltas. Tan Dun's commission for Isbin is less structured; there's plenty of improvisation where the guitarist is required to use tremolo to make her instrument sound like a Chinese lute, or p'i-p'a. Again, you'll hear the influence of Spanish composers, though you never lose the influence of Eastern tonalities in Tan Dun's Impressionistic work. It's a fantastic showcase for Isbin's talents, though not necessarily a piece you'll want to hear every day. These live recordings boast great sonics, and the Gulbenkian Orchestra is in fine form.


The recording is the superb accompaniment of the New York Philharmonic in the first-ever recording of a guitar concerto this orchestra has ever done.This historic, (first ever with guitar) recording with the New York Philharmonic demonstrates Ms Isbin's d

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