Miguel Alcdzar was born in Mexico City on April 26 1942. He followed a professional career which involved activities in the fields of performance, pedagogy, musicology and composition. He gave the first performances of the Concertino by Blas Galindo, with the composer himself conducting the National Symphony Orchestra of Mexico, the Concierto of Manuel Ponce, in its original version, the Concerto …

The composer says: Several musical threads led to my writing this piece of music to celebrate my friend Matanya Ophee's (AKA MO) 80th birthday - a life lived with the guitar. Jelly Roll Morton once asserted: 'In fact, if you can't manage to put tinges of Spanish in your tunes, you will never be able to get the right seasoning; I call it, for jazz.' Over the last couple of years I moved back to Je…

Song of Songss, Chapter VII. By Dusan Bogdanovic. For Guitar Voice. Published by Editions Orphee.

By Hilary Koprowski. For piano. Published by Editions Orphee.

Monuments of the Lutenist Art Vol I. By Tim Crawford. Arranged by Ward/Crawford. For Guitar. Published by Editions Orphee.

Solo and Variations On Nel Cor Pi?, Op. 107 for Guitar, the Guit. By Ferdinando Carulli. For Guitar. Published by Editions Orphee.

(For Two Guitars). By Francois de Fossa (1775-1849). Standard notation

By Carlos Barrientos. For solo guitar. Duration 8:30

(Selected Concert Works for the Russian 7-String Guitar in G open tuning). By Various. Edited by Matanya Ophee. For solo guitar