Classical Guitar

Tarantelle is among the most recognized of traditional Italian music. In the Italian Taranto, Apulia, the bite of a locally common type of wolf spider, named "tarantula" after the region, was popularly believed to be highly poisonous and to lead to a hysterical condition known as tarantism. The stated belief in the 16th and 17th centuries was that victims needed to engage in frenzied dancing to prevent death from tarantism using a very rhythmic and fast music. The particular type of dance and the music played became known as tarantella. Written by J.K.Mertz the Hungarian composer of 19 century. Performed by me on the guitar.

Andantino for classical guitar by Italian guitarist and composer Matteo Carcassi (Florence, 1792 – Paris, 16 January 1853). It is written in a Classical style. The mood is solemn, festive and joyful.

Fingerstyle classical guitar duo with gentle melody and playful accompaniment can be a good under-bed of music for happy, positive and optimistic video productions. Very sincere, soothing and mellow.

Ferdinando Maria Meinrado Francesco Pascale Rosario Carulli (Naples, 9 February 1770 – Paris, 17 February 1841) was an Italian composer for classical guitar and the author of the influential Méthode complète pour guitare ou lyre, op. 27 (1810), which contains music still used by student guitarists today. He wrote a variety of works for classical guitar, including numerous solo and chamber works and several concertos. He was an extremely prolific writer, composing over 400 works for the instrument.

La Lyre d'Orphee is a work of a French Baroque composer, harpsichordist and organist Jean Francois Dandrieu written for harpsichord and interpritated by me on the classical guitar. It is very good for background.

Fantasia 7 by a German Baroque composer Georg Philipp Telemann was originally written for violin in 18th century.

Tientos is the form of Flamenco music. As other Flamenco it is energetic, festive and manly.

The “Flea Waltz” (German: Der Flohwalzer) is a simple piano piece, often one of the first learned. A simple arrangement of the “Flea Waltz” in G-flat major It is known all over the world. According to an article by Hiromi Oketani in the Osaka Shoin Women’s College Annual for 1994, it is known in Japan as Neko Funjatta, in Spain as La Chocolatera, in the Netherlands as Vlooienmars (Flea March), in Belgium as Valse de Puce (Flea Waltz), in Russia as Sobachiy Val’s (Dog Waltz), in Poland as Kotlety (Cutlet), in Bulgaria as Koteshki Marsh (Cat March). In the United Kingdom, the melody is known as Chopsticks. While the German name suggests a waltz, the piece is not one, as it has 2/4 time signature. A waltz is always in triple meter, with a time signature such as 3/4 or 3/8. The 2/4 time signature suggests a polka, but it can also be played as a march. The composer is unknown.