{"id":8745,"date":"2017-12-25T10:50:08","date_gmt":"2017-12-25T18:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/classicalguitarmagazine.com\/?p=8745"},"modified":"2018-01-14T20:50:48","modified_gmt":"2018-01-15T04:50:48","slug":"drum-roll-please-blair-j-s-10-favorite-classical-guitar-discs-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/classicalguitarmagazine.com\/drum-roll-please-blair-j-s-10-favorite-classical-guitar-discs-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Drum Roll, Please: Blair J.’s 10 Favorite Classical Guitar Discs of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve sure listened to a lot of fantastic classical guitar albums in the past year! Herewith, ten of my favorites that I wrote about in this space from November 2016 to the beginning of December 2017; 112 in all. So it’s not technically a list of 2017 releases; several came out in 2016. A few of the descriptions have been shortened for this list. Feel free to tell us your own favorites from the past year-plus!\u00a0\u2014Blair Jackson<\/em><\/p>\n

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\nEdges of Thought
\n<\/em><\/strong>Jon Gjylaci
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Wonderful outing by Albanian guitarist living in England dips back to Alb\u00e9niz, Chopin, and Satie, but also a diverse group of contemporary composers, such as Leo Brouwer, Jorge Morel, Gary Ryan, and Miroslav Tadi\u0107. The Manchester UK\u2013based Northern String Quartet and percussionist Michael Walker add significant color to a number of tracks.<\/p>\n

Asturias<\/em>, Rumores de la Caleta<\/em> (Alb\u00e9niz); Valse, Op. posthume 69 No. 1<\/em> and No. 2<\/em> (Chopin); Indifference (Colombo\/Murena); Un Die de Novembre (Brouwer); From Laments, Dances and Lullabies, Vol. 1: \u201cRustemul,\u201d \u201cMacedonian Girl,\u201d \u201cWalkdance\u201d (Tadi\u0107); Benga Beat<\/em>, Hot Club Fran<\/em>\u00e7ais<\/em> (Ryan); Danza Brasilera<\/em> (Morel); Gnossienne No. 1<\/em> (Satie)<\/p>\n

Physical CD is available from Jon\u2019s website<\/a>; digital download from Amazon<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Watch Jon play Gary Ryan’s\u00a0Hot Club Fran<\/em>\u00e7ais <\/em>below:
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