The Michele Pittaluga International Guitar Competition was first held in 1968, and is still one of only a handful of guitar competitions that have achieved genuine international prestige. In 2017 it celebrates its 50th continuous year, and this celebratory compilation of recordings by past winners brings together performances at the highest level of some of the finest music written or arranged for guitar: from Rodrigos challenge to the player in Elogio de la guitarra, to Rameaus picturesque mimicry of birdsong and Waltons masterful Bagatelles.

Bach, J S: Lute Suite No. 4 in E major, BWV1006a: excerpts

                            András Csáki (guitar)

                  Sonata for solo violin No. 2 in A minor, BWV1003: excerpt

                           Petrit Ceku (guitar)

Brouwer, L:Guitar Sonata: excerpts

                           Eren Süalp (guitar)

Erdener: Five Grotesques: excerpts

                           Eren Süalp (guitar)

Granados: Valses Poeticos (7)arr. for guitar

                           Anabel Montesinos (guitar)

Koshkin:T he Prince's Toys, Suite for Guitar: excerpts

                          Artyom Dervoed (guitar)

Palacios, A:Sonata para guitarra: excerptIrina

                          Kulikova (guitar)

Ponce, M:Sonatina Meridional: excerpts

                         Irina Kulikova (guitar)

                  3 Canciones Populares Mexicanas

                           Cecilio Perera (guitar)

Rameau: Le rappel des oiseaux

                            Lazhar Cherouana (guitar)

                La Dauphine

                           Lazhar Cherouana (guitar)

Rodrigo: Elogio da la Guitarra

                           Petrit Ceku (guitar)

                Invocación y danza

                           Emanuele Buono (guitar)

Walton: Five Bagatelles for solo guitar: excerpts

                           Rovshan Mamedkuliev (guitar)