A fine selection of classical guitar music, a joy to listen to.

17 MP3 Songs
CLASSICAL: Traditional, CLASSICAL: New Age



Details:
The album is a compilation of guitar music from the Renaissance to 20th century compositions from South America.
The album was firstly edited on cassette in 1990. The cassette became known as "the Blue Cassette". I decided to re issue this compilation after I was repeatedly approached by owners of the cassette who had worn it out and begged me to put it on CD, actually mainly parents whose children wouldn't go to sleep without it.
I am told that the two Villa-Lobos Preludes( I and IV) are the one of best recordings of them. I added for the CD edition my favourite pieces of my first LP "Alte und neue Musik fur klassische Gitarre" (1983):
Weiss Fantasy and Dowland's Queen Elizabeth Galliard.

Georg Mertens (same as Mertens-Moussa 1990-2002) was born in Aachen (Germany), studied at the Staatliche Hochschule f. Musik in Freiburg with Anton Stingl (after he had finished his diploma for cello). He toured Europe several times and moved in 1985 to Australia.
Georg plays also guitar on the CD's: "Blue Mountains Gypsies" with the Paganini Duo and "Sounds of Timber" together with Jodie Goldney.