Francisco Tarrega - His Life and Music DVD

Conveniently broken down into easily accessible chapters, this DVD presents detailed accounts of Tarrega’s musical career and style, his historical significance as a guitarist and composer, detailed demonstrations and discussions of his guitar techniques and complete performances of 10 of his best-known works. Numerous illustrations and photographs are included throughout the presentation.

• The first filmed presentation dealing with this influential Spanish guitarist and composer
• Detailed discussion of Tarrega’s musical career and style by noted scholar Graham Wade
• Detailed discussions and demonstrations of Tarrega’s guitar techniques (including tremolo, glissando, ornamentation, right-hand strokes and artificial harmonics) by Stanley Yates
• Complete performances by Stanley Yates of 10 of Tarrega’s best-known works: Recuerdos de la Alhambra, Capricho Arabe, Alborada, Marietta, Maria, Rosita, Lagrima, Adelita, Sueno and Mazurka in G