Assad, Sérgio

Sergio Assad: Guitar Music / Thanos Mitsalas

1 CD / Clear Note / 2013-01-31

Works: Sergio Assad: Divertimentos (3) for guitar; Summer Garden Suite; Sonata for guitar; Fantasia Carioca, version for solo guitar; Valseana, for guitar; 3 Greek Letters for guitar
Performers: Mitsalas, Thanos [Guitar]

"Greek guitarist Mitsalas recently surprised me with this recording of a substantial part of my music written for solo guitar. The disc is quite impressive...continue...
Recording information: Cue Productions, Thessaloniki, Greece (07/2008)....continue...

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1 CD / GSP Records / 2012-11-20

Works: Sergio Assad: Wednesdays at Sugar, for 8 guitars; Fernando Sor: Sonata for Guitar in D major, Op. 14 "Grand Solo"; Terry Riley: Y Bolanzero, for 20 guitars (from "The Book of Abbeyozzud"); Johann Seb...
Performers: Assad, Sergio [Guitar/Composer]; Cockerham, Adam
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Ensemble: Pacific Guitar Ensemble

American Record Guide, March / April 2013
In a mildly inspired touch, they use a steel string guitar for the continuo - D'Agostino conjures a convincing...continue...

Tropicale - Music for flute & guitar by Lezcano, Iznaola, Sorrentino, Assad, Castelnuovo-Tedesco et al. / Jane Berkner, flute; Stephen Aron, guitar

1 CD / Clear Note / 2012-11-13

Works: José Manuel Lezcano: Sonatina Tropical, for flute & guitar; Brazilian Traditional: A casinha pequenina (The Tiny Little House); Ricardo Iznaola: Triptico Criollo, for flute & guitar; Vincenzo So...
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Ensemble: AronBerkner Duo

A collection of irresistible dances and sultry ballads from the warmer climes of Italy, Cuba, and South America. Tropicale will quickly fire up your imagination....continue...
Recording information: Clonick Hall, Oberlin, OH (05/29/2012-06/01/2012)....continue...

Rafael Aguirre: 2010 Winner 'Alhambra' International Guitar Competition

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-04-24

Works: Jerónimo Giménez: La Boda de Luis Alonso; Claude Debussy: Estampes; Préludes, Book 2; Paco de Lucía: Guajiras de Lucía, for guitar; Sergio Assad: Spanish Impressions, for g...
Performers: Miñarro, Rafael Aguirre

Rafael Aguirre is acknowledged as one of today's most celebrated virtuoso guitarists, having won first prize at 13 of the world's most prestigious international competitions:...continue...
Recording information: St. John Chrysostom Church, Newmarket, Ontario, Canada (09/07/2011-09/10/2011)....continue...

Obrigado Brazil / Yo-Yo Ma, cello

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2012-01-17

Works: César Camargo Mariano: Cristal; Samambaia; Antonio Carlos Jobim: Chega de Saudade; O Amor em Paz; Heitor Villa-Lobos: A Lenda do Caboclo, W 166; Chôro no 5 for Piano "Alma brasileira"; Jac...
Performers: Alves, Helio; Assad, Odair [Guitar]; Assad, Sergio [Guitar/Composer]; Baptista, Cyro; Braga, Paulo; Castro-Neves, Oscar; D'Rivera, Paquito; Faria, Jose De; Gismonti, Egberto [Guitar/Composer]; Lubamb...

"Merengue" was nominated for the 2005 Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition. "Libertango" was nominated for Best Instrumental Arrangement.

Recording information: 2002.

While so...continue...

Guitar Works / Admir Doci, guitar

1 CD / Guild / 2011-03-08

Works: Joaquín Rodrigo: Canciónes (3) españolas, song collection for voice & guitar; Aranjuez ma pensée; Joaquín Turina: Sevillana, fantasia for guitar, Op. 29; Luigi Boccherini: In...
Performers: Derungs, Martin; Doci, Admir [Guitar]; Pfister, Leila; Weilenmann, Matthias; Zappa, Mattia

Albanian guitarist Admir Doci is joined by colleagues in a program for guitar with assisting instruments. Doci is one of the most important guitarists to...continue...
Recording information: Alte Kirche Boswil (11/10/2008-11/13/2008)....continue...

El Caminante / Odair Assad, guitar

1 CD / GHA / 2010-06-01

Works: Leo Brouwer: Sonata for guitar; Egberto Gismonti: Memória e fado, for guitar; Kevin Callahan: Red Fantasy, for guitar; Sergio Assad: Brevidades (6), for guitar; Valseana, for guitar; Pixinguinha...
Performers: Assad, Odair [Guitar]

After more than forty years of musical symbiosis and of stage shared with his brother Sergio, Odair records his first solo album. First recordings and...continue...
Recording information: Sint Lambertus Church, Kessel (09/2009)....continue...

Interchange: Concertos By Rodrigo & Assad

1 CD / Telarc / 2010-03-23

Works: Joaquín Rodrigo: Concierto andaluz for 4 Guitars and Orchestra; Sergio Assad: Interchange, for 4 guitars & orchesta
Conductors: Amado, David
Ensemble: Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

Interchange marks the first concerto recording by LAGQ, and traces an arc from their instrument's first concerto to its newest one: Joaquin Rodrigo's 'Concierto Andaluz'...continue...
Recording information: Grand Opera House, Wilmington, Delaware (05/17/2009-05/18/2009)....continue...

Adagio - Mozart / James Brent Moorhead, et al

1 CD / Soundset / 2009-11-10

Works: Sergio Assad: Fantasia Carioca, version for solo guitar; Denis Mortagne: Jeff Buckley Requiem; David Mallamud: Spatula, for guitar; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Adagio for Piano in B minor, K 540; Nuccio...
Performers: Moorhead, Ann

Austin Moorhead is a two-time prize-winner in the world's most prestigious guitar competition. He received his Masters of Music from Yale University. Mr. Moorhead actively...continue...

Originis: Nadja and the Assads Live from Brasil

1 CD / NSS Music / 2009-06-09

Works: Sergio Assad: Concerto Originis, triple concerto for violin, 2 guitars & orchestra; Alberto Ginastera: Danza de la moza donosa; Astor Piazzolla: Milonga for three, tango (from cycle, The Rough Dancer...
Performers: Assad, Odair [Guitar]; Assad, Sergio [Guitar/Composer]; Salerno-Sonnenberg, Nadja
Conductors: Neschling, John

A vibrant, sophisticated, contemporary classical CD of pulsating, rhythmic works recorded live in Brazil by renowned violinist Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg and duo guitarists Sergio & Odair...continue...

David Russell - For David

1 CD / Telarc / 2009-03-24

Works: Sergio Assad: Aquarelle, for guitar; Francis Kleynjans: Arabesque, en forme de Caprice (sur le Tombeau de Tarrega) for guitar, Op. 99; Stephen Goss: El Llanto de los Sueños (The Weeping of Dream...
Performers: Russell, David [Guitar]

Xeque - Mate / Boris Gaquere

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2009-01-06

Works: Boris Gaquere: Baile Funk; Obrigado; Xeque-Mate; Sérgio Assad: Aquarelle; Sébastien Vachez: Cavatine; Roland Dyens: Hommage à Villa-Lobos; Clarice Assad: Valsas do Rio (3)
Performers: Assad, Odair; Gaquere, Boris

Jobim: Jardim abandonado, etc / Sergio and Odair Assad

1 CD / Warner Classics / 2007-09-18

Works: Antonio Carlos Jobim: Trem para Codisburgo; Cora coraçao; Jardim abandonado; Milagres e palhaços; Darius Milhaud: Scaramouche, Op. 165b; Claude Debussy: Suite bergamasque; Clarice Assad...
Performers: Assad, Odair; Assad, Sérgio

The Debut Concert - Brussels 1983 / Assads

1 CD / GHA / 2006-10-07

Works: Francisco Mignone: Lenda sertaneja; Momento musical; Radamés Gnattali: Brasiliana no 8 for Saxophone and Piano; François Couperin: Pièces de clavecin, Book 2; Pierre Yves Petit: ...
Performers: Assad, Odair; Assad, Sérgio

Numerous spectators were curious to attend Sergio and Odair Assad's first concert in Brussels. Their concert was broadcast live on the classical channel of the...continue...

Assad: Solo Guitar Works / Aliéksey Vianna

1 CD / GSP Records / 2005-04-12

Works: Sergio Assad: Aquarelle, for guitar; Divertimentos (3) for guitar; Fantasia Carioca, version for solo guitar; Sonata for guitar; 3 Greek Letters for guitar; Jobiniana no 3 for guitar
Performers: Vianna, Alieksy

"Many of us know of the Assad Brothers, Sérgio and Odair Ossad-probably the finest guitar duo ever. Some of us also know of Sérgio's immense...continue...

La Vida Breve

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2005-03-22

Works: Giuseppe Farrauto: Morenita Do Brazil (Samba Brazileira), for 2 guitars; Sergio Assad: Jobiniana, for 2 guitars; Jorge Morel: Guitarreando, for 2 guitars; Prelude for Olga, for 2 guitars; Two to Tang...
Performers: Hanser-McClellan Guitar Duo

Guitar Heroes / LAGQ

1 CD / Telarc / 2004-06-22

Works: William Kanengiser: Black Icarus, for 4 guitars & percussion (after Ralph Towner's Icarus); Andrew York: B & B, for 4 guitars & double bass; Pop, for 4 guitars; Brian Head: We Know You Know; Bryan Jo...
Performers: Levine, Benjamin; Los Angeles Guitar Quartet; Macias, Angelita; Nuñez, Deanna
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Ensemble: Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

This album received the 2005 Grammy Award for "Best Classical Crossover Album.

Personnel: Benjamin "Benwell" Levine (double bass).

Recording information: Studio A, O'Henry Sound Studios,...continue...

Guitar Collection - Manha de Carnaval / Devine

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2004-06-01

Works: Marco Pereira: Pixaim, for guitar; Plainte-Lamento, for guitar; Num pagode em Planaltina (Gathering in Planaltina), for guitar; O Chôro de Juliana (Juliana's Chôro), for guitar; Joao Teix...
Performers: Devine, Graham Anthony

Award winning guitarist Graham Anthony Devine was born in England and, in his teens, moved to Brazil where he has become an established performer and...continue...

Obrigado Brazil Live in Concert

2 CD / Sony Classical / 2004-02-10

Works: Astor Piazzolla: Libertango; Tango Suite for 2 guitars; Zita, tango (from Suite Troileana); Antonio Carlos Jobim: Chega de Saudade; Aguas de Marco; Paquito d'Rivera: Merengue; Wapango; Aires Tropical...
Performers: Assad, Odair; Assad, Sergio; Baptista, Cyro; D'Rivera, Paquito; Ma, Yo-Yo; Passos, Rosa; Stott, Kathryn

Obrigado Brazil Live captures what no Yo-Yo album before ever has - the excitement, energy, and passion of Yo-Yo's live performances."...a start-to-finish charmer... two hours...continue...

Obrigado Brazil

2 CD / Sony Classical / 2003-07-29

Works: César Camargo Mariano: Cristal; Samambaia; Antonio Carlos Jobim: Chega de Saudade; O Amor em Paz; Heitor Villa-Lobos: A Lenda do Caboclo, W 166; Chôro no 5 for Piano "Alma brasileira"; Jac...
Performers: Alves, Helio; Assad, Odair [Guitar]; Assad, Sergio [Guitar/Composer]; Baptista, Cyro; Braga, Paulo; Castro-Neves, Oscar; D'Rivera, Paquito; De Faria, Jose; Faria, Jose De; Gismonti, Egberto [Guitar/C...

"Merengue" was nominated for the 2005 Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition. "Libertango" was nominated for Best Instrumental Arrangement.

This selection is also available in Super Au...continue...

Micro Piezas: Music for Two Guitars

1 CD / Dux (Poland) / 2001-09-25

Works: Leo Brouwer: Micropiezas (4) for 2 guitars; Manuel de Falla: Danza Española no 1 (la vida breve); Jean-Philippe Rameau: Work(s); L'Égyptienne, for harpsichord in G minor (Nouvelles suites...

VISTAS - 20th Century Music of the Americas

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2001-08-21

Works: Astor Piazzolla: La muerte del ángel, tango (from Angel series); Verano porteño, tango (incl. in Cuatro estaciones porteñas [The Four Seasons]); Ian Krause: Variations on a Molda...
Performers: Avers, Randall

Recording information: Warner Concert Hall, Oberlin College (1995)....continue...

Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, Sergio and Odair Assad

1 CD / Nonesuch / 2000-01-18

Works: Sergio Assad: Andalucia, for 2 guitars, violin & percussion; Fantasy on "Dark eyes", for 2 guitars & violin; The chase, for 2 guitars, violin & percussion; Istanbul; Tatras, for 2 guitars & violin; G...
Performers: Assad, Odair [Guitar]; Assad, Sergio [Guitar/Composer]; Haddad, Jamey; Salerno-Sonnenberg, Nadja

This is an unusual crossover collaboration between violinist Nadia Salerno-Sonnenberg and the Brazilian guitar duo of Sergio and Odair Assad. The music, all arranged or composed by Sergio Assad, claim...continue...

Catgut Flambo - Guitar X2 / Becker, Bianculli

1 CD / MSR Classics / 1999-10-01

Works: Georg Philipp Telemann: Partita, arranged for 2 guitars in D major (by Yepes & Monden from TWV 39; Fernando Sor: L'encouragement, for 2 guitars in G major, Op. 34/4; Enriqué Granados: Danse espa...
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Ensemble: Guitar X2

Over Land and Sea - Assad, et al /Minneapolis Guitar Quartet

1 CD / Albany Records / 1999-07-01

Works: Sergio Assad: Uarekena; Maria Kalaniemi: Skymningspolska, for accordion, percussion & accoustic guitar; Hermannin Riili, for accordion, fiddle, percussion, electric guitar & electric bass; Igor Strav...
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Ensemble: Minneapolis Guitar Quartet

The Best of Classical Guitar Vol 2 / Russel, Aussel, et al

1 CD / GHA / 1997-01-11

Works: Giulio Regondi: Reverie (Nocturne pour la Guitarre), op. 19; Manuel Ponce: Sonatina for guitar; Joaquín Rodrigo: Sonata giocosa, for guitar; Leo Brouwer: Cuban landscape with rumba; Mario Castel...
Performers: Aussel, Roberto; Isaac, Eduardo; Russell, David [Guitar]; Starobin, David [Guitar]; Tennant, Scott [Guitar]

Farewell - Natsuo No Niwa Suite / Sérgio Assad, Odair Assad

1 CD / GHA / 1994-07-01

Works: Sérgio Assad: Natsuo No Niwa Suite
Performers: Assad, Odair; Assad, Sergio

Eduardo Isaac- 20th Century Guitar Music Vol II

1 CD / GHA / 1992-07-07

Works: Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Caprichos (24) de Goya for Guitar, Op. 195; Joaquín Rodrigo: Elogio de la guitarra; Sérgio Assad: Aquarelle; Bryan Lester: Jazz Fugues (5) for Guitar
Performers: Isaac, Eduardo

Alma Brasileira / Sergio and Odair Assad

1 CD / Nonesuch Import / 1988-08-23

Works: Heitor Villa-Lobos: A Lenda do Caboclo, W 166; Chôro no 5 for Piano "Alma brasileira"; Egberto Gismonti: Variations on "Frevo"; Baiao Malandro; Radamés Gnattali: Suite retratos; Toccata ...
Performers: Assad, Odair; Assad, Sérgio