Posted in Classical Guitar on Aug 29th, 2007
Tchaikovsky’s Arabian Dance from The Nutcracker has a lush string orchestra supporting this classical guitar arrangement. In the Nutcracker Story, the Nutcracker, who turns into a prince leads, Clara into the land of the Sugar Plum Fairy. The people of the Land of Sweets dance for Clara and the Prince in the dances of Dew Drop […]
Posted in Classical Guitar on Aug 28th, 2007
Bach’s Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring
Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring is a movement from the cantata “Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben” written by Johann Sebastian Bach during his time in Leipzig, Germany. Though in the modern day Jesu, Joy Of Man’s Desiring is often employed in weddings, this is in no way related to […]
Posted in Classical Guitar on Aug 27th, 2007
Classical Guitar, Cello, and Violin March Tristan Chase - This classical guitar with cello and violin march is a fun and bouncy piece that reflects the childhood innocence we all recognize and love. Originally recorded for violin and classical guitar on the Watson & Company CD Catharsis Infinity, this version adds the cello to the […]
Posted in Classical Guitar on Aug 23rd, 2007
To Francisco - Born in Villarreal, Spain, Francisco Tarrega fell into an irrigation channel when he was young, which rendered Tarrega nearly blind. Partially due to this accident, the family moved to Castellon and enrolled Francisco in music classes. He entered the Madrid Conservatory in 1874, under the sponsorship of a wealthy merchant named Antonio Canesa, […]
Posted in Classical Guitar on Aug 20th, 2007
Ave Maria-Franz Schubert- duet for Cello and Guitar
“If there is any one song that exemplifies what ‘Light Classical’, it might be Ave Maria. Franz Schubert wrote this setting of the Catholic Mass component Ave Maria and is the most familiar. Because the setting of the mass to music was so common, this is not […]
Posted in Classical Guitar on Aug 18th, 2007
The Flower Duet (or in French Souf Le Dome Epais) is one of the most famous in operatic repertoire. The classical guitar and cello pizzicato play the role of the orchestra while The Flower Duet is played on violin and cello.
“When we were looking for duets for this record, The Flower Duet was suggested by a […]
Posted in Classical Guitar on Aug 15th, 2007
Scarborough Faire(Traditional)
Darren Curtis Skanson’s Scarborough Faire duet for Classical guitar and Steel string acoustic guitar with violins and cellos sprinkled in has echoes of ancient and modern times. The history of Scarborough Faire starts during
Posted in Classical Guitar on Aug 14th, 2007
“The Minuet In G is from The Notebook for Anna Magdalena. This sweet little classical guitar arrangement of the minuet displays Bach’s gentle side. The Minuet In G has always had questions about its actual author. Even though Johann Sebastian Bach is credited with the composition, many think his wife Anna Magdalena was the actual […]
Posted in Classical Guitar on Aug 13th, 2007
Les Champs Verts by Darren Curtis Skanson is a violin solo with classical guitar and two cello accompaniments. It is a lush, pastoral selection that is the essence of what light classical has to offer. In Les Champs Verts, gentle and melodic violin lines float above an almost harp like guitar chording as the song takes you
Posted in Classical Guitar on Aug 12th, 2007
Canon In D (Pachelbel)
The Canon in D is the most famous piece of music by Johann Pachelbel. It was written in or around 1680, during the Baroque period as a piece of chamber music for three violins and basso continuo, but has since been arranged for a wide variety of ensembles including this unique arrangement […]
Posted in Patriotic on Aug 11th, 2007
Honor The Fallen
The words are by Katharine Lee Bates, an English professor at Wellesley College. In 1893, Bates had taken a train trip to Colorado Springs, Colorado, to teach a short summer school session at Colorado College, and several of the sights on her trip found their way into her poem:
The World’s Columbian Exposition in […]
Posted in Classical Guitar on Aug 11th, 2007
Travelin’ Music (Skanson, Fuller, & Johnson)
Classical guitar and the violin do separate lead lines culminating finally in a duet while the cello does a percussive pizzicato ostinato. Like scenes from a movie, this song evolves from a solitary violin line intro to “fade to black” ending.
Posted in Classical Guitar on Aug 10th, 2007
The musical idea behind Lagrima, is exactly that: a tear. The two 8th notes represent the rhythmic fall of tears down the face of a young child. This rhythmic figure will be present throughout the work. This arrangement of the famous classical guitar song adds a tear drop like duet part as well. Delicate as […]
Posted in Classical Guitar on Aug 9th, 2007
Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring by Johann Sebastian Bach is the English title of a chorale movement from Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, a cantata that Bach wrote in Leipzig, Germany in the year 1716. Bach scored the chorale movements (6 and 10) from Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben for choir, […]
Posted in Classical Guitar on Aug 8th, 2007
This Spanish classical guitar duet is based on a composition by Fernando Sor from his Opus 6 collection of studies. The violins and cellos add smooth lines and pizzicatos to round out this old world flavor. The original duet part is by Darren Curtis Skanson which make the current composition a melding of eras more […]
Posted in Classical Guitar on Aug 7th, 2007
Distortions of Hue performed by Darren Curtis Skanson and Wayne Templeman -Digital Song Download
This is a truly unique composition for a classical guitar in alternate tuning with solo cello. The guitar picks chords that are both consonant and dissonant at the same time while the cello plays a lead line comprised of minor seconds and […]
Posted in Classical Guitar on Aug 6th, 2007
“Johann Pachelbel’s Canon in D is one of the most recognizable melodies in classical music. This Canon version is arranged for 2 classical guitars. If there is one song I have played a thousand times it is the Canon In D by Johann Pachelbel. The arrangement of the Canon that I originally recorded on Peace, […]
Posted in Classical Guitar on Aug 3rd, 2007
Franz Schubert’s Ave Maria two classical guitar accompaniment with lead melody.
Schubert’s Ave Marie played by three classical guitars with 2 of the guitars doing the running 3rds accompaniment while the lead classical guitar sings effortlessly over the bed of chords makes a spectacular combination. The lead line by Darren Curtis Skanson not only plays the […]
Posted in Twelve (12) String Guitar on Aug 2nd, 2007
The Twelve Strings Of Blue- Solo acoustic 12 string guitar. Recorded May 1995 for the original Darren Curtis Skanson CD “The Guitar Tree”. Darren uses a 1970’s Takamine twelve string guitar in standard tuning.
“If you like rippin’ playing and twelve string guitar, this is your tune. I have always been a fan of quick little guitar […]
Posted in Fingerstyle Acoustic Guitar on Aug 1st, 2007
Autumn
Acoustic 12 string guitar with violin lead and cello accompaniment. Recorded August 2004. Originally recorded for Catharsis Infinity (Watson&Company - 2003). Darren Uses a 1973 Martin D Series in standard tuning.
This is my favorite pure song on this record. “Autumn” was originally intended as a vocal song. Both hope and melancholy permeate this epic. A […]
