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Scarlatti – Sonata K. 11 in E Minor – Bream, Guitar

Giuseppe Domenico Scarlatti (26 October 1685 – 23 July 1757) who composed the Sonata in E Minor K.11 was an Italian composer. His music was influential in the development of the Classical style and today he is known mainly for his 555 keyboard sonatas.

The guitarist Julian Bream and John Williams play The Spanish Dance from Manuel de Falla's opera, La Vida Breve

ROMANTIC MUSIC / Dance / Duet / Guitar / Opera

Falla – La Vida Breve, Spanish Dance – Bream & Williams, Guitar

La vida breve (Life is Short or The Brief Life) is an opera in two acts and four scenes by Manuel de Falla. It was written between August 1904 and March 1905, but not produced until 1913.

The guitarist Julian Bream plays Villa Lobos' preludes 3 and 4

Guitar / Prelude

Villa-Lobos – Prelude No. 3 – Julian Bream, Guitar

Heitor Villa-Lobos’s Prelude No. 3 is a guitar piece subtitled “Homenagem a Bach” (Homage to Bach). It is in the key of A minor, and is the third of the Five Preludes, written in 1940.

The guitarist Julian Bream performs Tárrega's Capricho árabe

Guitar / ROMANTIC MUSIC

Tárrega – Capricho Arabe – Julian Bream, Guitar

Francisco de Asís Tárrega y Eixea (21 November 1852 – 15 December 1909) who composed Capricho Arabe was a Spanish composer and classical guitarist of the Romantic period.

The guitarist Julian Bream performs Albeniz's piece Cordoba originally written for piano

ROMANTIC MUSIC / Guitar

Albeniz – Córdoba – Bream, Guitar

Córdoba, Op. 232, No. 4, is a composition by Isaac Albéniz, originally written for piano as part of Chants d’Espagne. Since it has been transcribed for guitar by Miguel Llobet, …

The guitarist Julian Bream plays the prelude BWV 999 from Johann Sebastian Bach

BAROQUE MUSIC / Guitar

Bach – Prelude BWV 999 – Bream, Guitar

The Prelude in C Minor (BWV 999) is a prelude, possibly for solo lute or another instrument written by the composer Johann Sebastian Bach, probably during the late 1710s or early 1720s.

The guitarist Julian Bream performs Bach's Prelude from the Suite No 1 for cello, BWV 1007.

BAROQUE MUSIC / Guitar / Suite

Bach – Prelude in D Major – Bream, Guitar

This prelude in D major is a transcription from the prelude from the Suite No 1 in G major, mainly consisting of arpeggiated chords, probably the best known movement from the entire set of the six Cello Suites, BWV 1007-1012 by Johann Sebastian Bach.

The guitarist Julian Bream performs the third movement (fuga) from Bach's Violin Sonata No 1 in G Minor

Guitar / BAROQUE MUSIC / Sonata / Transcription

Bach – Sonata No 1 in G Minor, BWV 1001 (fuga) – Bream, Guitar

The Sonata No 1 in G Minor is part of the sonatas and partitas for solo violin (BWV 1001–1006), a set of six works composed by Johann Sebastian Bach. The …