VA - The Essential Guitar - Music of Beauty and Romance (2009)

From the electric passion of flamenco to the haunting Cavatina from The Deer Hunter, the guitar touches us in a way no other instrument can. This double album of classic guitar music, both original compositions and arrangements by some of the world's finest guitar virtuosi, reveals the many sides of the guitar's personality. Supremely elegant or steamily sensual, flamboyantly virtuosic or eloquently lyrical, The Essential Guitar is essential listening.

Tracklist:

Disc 1
1. Vivaldi -Guitar Concerto In D Major, Rv93: I. Allegro
2. Schumann - Scenes From Childhood: Trumerei (Reverie)
3. Bach - Fugue 4
4. Granados - Songs Of Youth: Dedicatoria
5. Pujol - Verde Alma (Innocent Soul)
6. Trad. Celtic - Skye Boat Song
7. Bizet - Carmen: Seguidilla
8. Dyens - Tango En Ska?
9. Trrega - Arabian Caprice
10. Paganini - Caprice In A Minor: Theme ? Variations I - Xi ? Finale
11. Granados - La Maja De Goya
12. Albniz - Iberia: Triana
13. Granados - Suite Espaola: Sevilla Sevillanas
14. Albniz - Asturias (Leyenda)
15. Handel - The Arrival Of The Queen Of Sheba
16. Weiss - Prelude In D Minor
17. Anon. - Le Rossignol (The Nightingale)
18. Satie - Gymnopdie No. 1
19. Westlake - Flying Fish
20. Plant/page - Stairway To Heaven

Disc 2
1. Pachelbel - Canon In D
2. Trad. English - Greensleeves
3. Bach - Cello Sonata No. 1: Prelude
4. Vivaldi - Concerto In G Major For Two Guitars: Ii. Andante
5. Mascagni - Cavalleria Rusticana: Intermezzo
6. Myers - The Deer Hunter: Cavatina
7. Westlake - Antarctica: Ii. Wooden Ships
8. Debussy - Clair De Lune
9. Albniz - Espaa: Tango
10. Falla - The Three-cornered Hat: Dance Of The Miller (Farruca
11. Falla - Four Spanish Pieces: I. Aragonesa
12. Morley - Now Is The Month Of Maying
13. Scarlatti - Sonata K208 (Andante E Cantabile)
14. Trad. Irish - The Sally Gardens
15. Sor - L?encouragement: I. Cantabile
16. Milhaud - Scaramouche: Iii. Brasileira
17. Mangor - Julia Florida
18. Granados - 12 Danzas Espaolas: Vi. Rondalla Aragonesa
19. Rodrigo - Concierto De Aranjuez: Ii. Adagio
20. Koch - Rumba Flamenca