r/classicalguitar • u/Diligent-Day8154 • 17h ago

Discussion Favorite Arrangements

What are your favorite classical guitar arrangements of whatever you love, whether it be orchestral works or pop songs? Lately I've been looking for arrangements of popular tunes to make my repertoire more light-hearted, and many of Noriyasu Takeuchi's arrangements have a nice balance to them where it feels rewarding without being too difficult.

One example of an orchestral piece that I love is Venancio Garcia Velasco's arrangement of Granados's Intermezzo (from Goyescas Opera) for solo guitar - it's a captivating piece that doesn't seem as difficult as other works by Granados, yet it's almost always performed as a duet.

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u/Even_Tangelo_3859 8h ago edited 8h ago

The Sonatina of Bach’s cantata BWV 106, “Gottes Zeit It die allerbeste Zeit”

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u/Diligent-Day8154 8h ago

That's a nice calm piece. 🙂 Bach is full of hidden gems that keeps surprising me.

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u/Even_Tangelo_3859 6h ago

Rob MacPherson does a great arrangement that is on YouTube.

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u/gmenez97 8h ago

Monk's Round Midnight - Arr. Roland Dyens

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u/Diligent-Day8154 7h ago

Very clean & nuanced arrangement, as usual from Dyens. 🙂 It competes with Baden Powell for my favorite, although Powell's version includes a double bass.

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u/gmenez97 3h ago

My favorite piano arrangement of Round Midnight. Fred Hersch arrangement. Kind of has impressionistic vibes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DiQ_ou1YsbA

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u/gmenez97 3h ago

Autumn Leaves. Yenne Lee arrangement.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxGT5z6d-GA

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u/gmenez97 3h ago

Four Jazz Standards. Doug De Vries arr. PDF Downloads available on this one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joIGIO0bgdc&t=2351s

https://altamiraguitars.com/pages/downloads