Grego Applegate Edwards, Classical-Modern Music Review Bravo Boyd! If he is the future of classical guitar we are in good hands. Rafael de Acha, Rafael's Music NotesĪnyone who responds to the classical guitar legacy in its many variants will no doubt be quite happy to experience The Guitar in its diverse ebbs and flows. It’s the style that respects the composer and the music without allowing one’s ego to be subsumed by them. …clean technique, broad tonal palette and intelligent musicianship. QUOTES & REVIEWS …widely diverse …thoughtful yet perfectly judged performance. He has performed across four continents, from New York’s Carnegie Hall, to festivals in Europe, China, India, Nepal, the Philippines, New Zealand and Australia.Īctive as both a soloist and chamber musician, Rupert Boyd regularly performs throughout the world in Boyd Meets Girl with cellist Laura Metcalf, and as part of the Australian Guitar Duo with guitarist Jacob Cordover. New York-based Australian classical guitarist Rupert Boyd has been described by The Washington Post as “truly evocative”, by Gramophone as a “fine guitarist”, and by Classical Guitar Magazine as “a player who deserves to be heard”. This album is not, as the title may imply, a collection of the most beloved or greatest hits from the classical guitar repertoire, but instead a demonstration of the power and ability of the guitar to perform and assume ownership of such beloved repertoire. With its polyphonic capabilities and roots in popular music around the world, the guitar is singularly capable of such a traverse of styles.
The other works started life in a different form, and stand testament to the strength and versatility of the guitar to not only play such a diverse range of repertoire, but to truly embrace it. Only the Sor and the Brouwer were originally guitar compositions. While the casual listener may recognise many of these works as favourites from the guitar canon, the majority of the repertoire wasn’t originally written for the instrument.
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