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L.A. Guitar Quartet: Dances from Renaissance to Nutcracker

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If you are a music teacher this CD is a must. If you aren't, it STILL is a must. This CD is full of light but amazing classical guitar. I can hardly wait to pop it in at Christmas. Even if you aren't a huge fan of classical guitar I bet this will amaze you so much you'll want to keep listening. LAGQ flawlessly performs countless dances you'll wonder how they do it. The music classroom can use the Renaissance music for medieval topics and dances. A great CD to have for some high quality back ground music - relaxing music.

The Los Angeles Guitar Quartet's Nutcracker Suite is a triumph for guitar arrangement. This selection is an excellent choice for one's holiday listening enjoyment. In the Renaissance dance suites included here, the L.A.G.Q. masterfully utilize a number of the percussive timbres available on the body of the classical guitar to complete the instrumentation and invoke the spirit of the pieces. Though the recording is not as loud as most of the other L.A.G.Q. recordings, the quality of the performances more than makes up for it.

It just doesn't get better than this. If you want to hear Tchaikovsky played by super classical guitarists, this is the CD for you. Its the BEST!

I initially purchased this disk for the Christmas season but quickly it became one of my favorites year-round. The arrangements are perfect and provide a harmonic experience beyond comparison. Classical guitar with a fresh approach to some old favorites.

For many years I worked in a call FM radio 90.9 FM Stereo in Maracaibo, and I knew this album because I had to put classical music in the mornings. This was the first time I heard it and since then I started looking. Although I am not an expert musician, during my childhood study and learned to play the cello. And this allowed me to recognize the good performance of the music. This album of LA Guitar Quartet has a very good collection of classical artists and enforcement of the guitars are clean, have a lot of sweetness, a very clear and fingering the guitar sounds very well synchronized.

I like the Medieval sound they create on this CD. It's very lively and does make the listener want to dance. The Nutcracker pieces remind me of Christmas (obviously), while the Renaissance ones take me back in time. Throughly enjoyable listening!