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Favorite Popular and Classical Tunes arranged for Classical Guitar

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BSX Records/2009

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Customer Review: A Great Album by Gregg Nestor
The selections chosen, arranged and recorded by here for the first time bridge the gap between the world of the classic guitar and that of the popular world and Broadway. These highly virtuosic and at times whimsical arrangements provide a kaleidoscopic and unique look at these popular and favorite evergreens. This album has been arranged, performed and produced by Gregg Nestor.

Tracks

1. The Teddy Bear’s Picnic – John Bratton  
2. Sarabande, Op. 40, No. 2 – Edvard Grieg
3. Country Gardens – Percy Grainger  
4. Shepherd’s Hey – Percy Grainger
5. The March of Siamese Children – Richard Rodgers
6. Suite:Annie Get Your Gun – Irving Berlin  
7. The Oceana Roll – Lucien Denni
8. Singin’ In The Rain – Nacio Herb Brown
9. Make ‘Em Laugh – Nacio Herb Brown
10. Send In The Clowns – Stephen Sondheim  
11. Suite: The Music Man – Meredith Willson
Tracks 3,4 arranged for two guitars – second guitar part played by Gregg Nestor

Credits

Album Produced by Gregg Nestor
All Arrangements by Gregg Nestor

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A Selection of Enjoyable Latin American Guitar Music

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BSX Records/BSXCD 8877/2010

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The guitar music of Latin America is as rich and varied as the influences that have inspired it. Latin history is interwoven with the beauty and nuance of two predominant languages – Spanish and Portuguese – as well as hundreds of regional cultures that have provided both its artistic variety and vitality. Nowhere is this more manifest than in its music.
Gregg Nestor takes us on a musical journey to a number of Latin American points of interest, amply demonstrating why this repertoire is a treasure for classical guitarists.

Tracks

1. Aruanda (arr. Paulinho Nogueira / Luis Zea) – Carlos Lyra  
2. Canto du Osanha (arr. Luis Zea) – Baden Powell
3. Natalia – Antonio Lauro  
4. Three Venezuelan Waltzes: (El Negrito) – Antonio Lauro
5. Three Venezuelan Waltzes: (La Gatica) – Antonio Lauro
6. Three Venezuelan Waltzes: (La Petronila) – Antonio Lauro
7. Estrellita (arr. Gregg Nestor) – Manuel Ponce  
8. Juliana – Antonio Lauro
9. Variations on Venezuelan Children’s Song – Antonio Lauro
10. Scherzino Mexicano – Manuel Ponce
11. Contrastes Brazilianos No. 1:(Delicioso) – Mario Gangi
12. Contrastes Brazilianos No. 2:(Panoramica) – Mario Gangi
13. Sons de Carilhoes – João Pernambuco
14. Braziliance (Choro) – Laurindo Almeida  
15. Aire de Joropo – Benito Canonico
16. Venezuelan Waltz # 1: (Melancolia) – Rodrigo Riera
17. Venezuelan Waltz # 2: (Monotonia) – Rodrigo Riera
18. Venezuelan Waltz # 3: (Nostalgia) – Rodrigo Riera
19. Venezuelan Waltz # 4: (Nando Riera) – Rodrigo Riera
20. Three Venezuelan Pieces:(Aire Criollo) – Carlos Atilano
21. Three Venezuelan Pieces: (Cancion) – Carlos Atilano
22. Three Venezuelan Pieces: (Valse) – Carlos Atilano
23. El Vals de Gregorio (written for Gregg Nestor) – Carlos Atilano  
24. Tríptico:(Angostura) – Antonio Lauro
25. Tríptico: (Madrugada) – Antonio Lauro
26. Tríptico: (La Negra) – Antonio Lauro
27. Maxixe – Agustin Barrios Mangore
28. El Marabino – Antonio Lauro
29. Seis Por Derecho – Antonio Lauro

Credits

Album Produced by Gregg Nestor
Recorded at Penguin Recording, Eagle Rock, CA
Between April and June, 1991
Engineer: John Strother
Digitally Mastered by Jonathan Marcus, Orpharion Recordings
CD Art Direction: Mark Banning
Mr. Nestor’s Guitar by Jose Ramirez, 1984

Arrangements of Tunes from Famous Musicals by Gregg Nestor

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BSX Records/2010
Clear Note 74587/2012

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Tracks

1. SWANEE (1919) – George Gershwin  

2. Suite: ‘ANNIE’ – Charles Strouse
Introduction – It’s A Hard Knock Life – You’re Never Fully Dressed Without A Smile – N.Y.C.- Hooverville – Tomorrow

3. I’LL BUILD A STAIRWAY TO PARADISE (1922)

4. Suite: ‘FINIAN’S RAINBOW’ – Burton Lane  
Introduction – Look To the Rainbow – How Are
Things in Glocca Morra? – Look To the Rainbow (Reprise) –
When I’m Not Near The Girl I Love – If This Isn’t Love –
Old Devil Moon – On That “Great-Come-And·Get-It’ Day

5. Suite: ‘PORGY AND BESS’ (1935) – George Gershwin
Introduction – Bess, You Is My Woman – Summertime –
It Ain’t Necessarily So

6. THEY ALL LAUGHED (1937) – George Gershwin

7. Suite: ‘SOUTH PACIFIC’ Bali Ha’i – Richard Rodgers  
A Wonderful Guy – I’m Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair – Bloody Mary –
Some Enchanted Evening – There Is Nothin’ Like a Dame

8. THE LORELEI (1933) George Gershwin

9. Suite: ‘GERSHWINIANA’ – George Gershwin
I Got Rhythm – Embraceable You – Of Thee I Sing – Bidin’ My Time –
Liza – Love Is Sweeping the Country

10. SHIPOOPI (1957) – Meredith Wilson  

11. Suite: ‘OKLAHOMA!’
Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin’ – The Farmer and The
Cowman – Pore Jud is Daid – Many a New Day –
The Surrey With the Fringe on Top – Kansas City –
People Will Say We’re in Love – Oklahoma!

12. SEND IN THE CLOWNS (1973) – Stephen Sondheim

13. Suite: ‘ANNIE GET YOUR GUN’ (1946) – Irving Berlin  
Doin’ What Comes Natur’lly – I Got The Sun in The Morning –
Moonshine Lullaby – Who Do You Love, I Hope? – They Say It’s Wonderful –
There’s No Business Like Showbusiness

Credits

Tommy Morgan, Harmonica
Gregg Nestor, Guitar
Arrangements by Gregg Nestor

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The Classic Film Scores of Henry Mancini for Guitar Duo and Other Instruments

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Cambria Records/CD-1069/1991

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Henry Mancini gave his autobiography, published by Contemporary Books of Chicago in 1989, the title Did They Mention the Music? , voicing the anxiety common to all composers for motion pictures. For no matter the long experience and the success, composers in this genre always wonder if what has been written for the screen will be noticed enough for anyone to comment upon it. After all, the art of scoring is largely subliminal – the music is meant to be felt rather than heard. However, in the case of Henry Mancini, it is an anxiety that applies less to him than to anyone who has ever written music for the screen. Even people who hardly ever notice music in the movies notice Mancini – in fact his is probably the dominant name that comes to the mind of most people when asked to name a film composer. The reasons for Mancini’s immediate identity go far beyond his skill scoring films. What he has written has not only fulfilled the functions of scoring – the subtle process whereby a film is given another dramatic and emotional dimension – but so much of what he has produced has had a lasting appeal. He is a man gifted with that most sublime of musical gifts – melody, along with the ability to craft his creations so that they touch the listener in a direct manner.

Tracks

1. Who Is Killing The Great Chefs? – Henry Mancini
2. Dear Heart – Henry Mancini  
3. Theme from “The Mollie Maguires” – Henry Mancini
4. Pennywhistle Jig – Henry Mancini  
5. The Sweetheart Tree – Henry Mancini  
6. Sunflower – Henry Mancini
7. Pie In The Face Polka – Henry Mancini
8. Theme For The Losers – Henry Mancini
9. Theme from “The Thorn Birds” – Henry Mancini
10. Meggies Theme (“Thorn Birds”) – Henry Mancini
11. Mancini Chases Mancini (Punch and Judy, Shades of Sennett, They’re Off)- Henry Mancini  
12. The Glass Menagerie – Henry Mancini
13. Three By Mancini and Mercer (Days of Wine and Roses, Charade, Moon River) – Henry Mancini  
14. Whistling Away the Dark – Henry Mancini
15. The Girl in No Man’s Land – Henry Mancini
16. Theme from “Lifeforce” – Henry Mancini
17. Yasmin – Henry Mancini
18. Suite: “The White Dawn” – Henry Mancini

Credits

Gregg Nestor and William Kanengiser, Guitars
Tracks 2,16 with Alex Iles, Trombone
Track 13 with Dennis Karmazyn, cello
Track 5 with David McKelvy, Harmonica
Tracks 9, 10 with Francisco Castillo, Oboe, English Horn
Track 12 with Robert Shulgold, Flute
All arrangements by Gregg Nestor
Cover Art and Layout Design: Mark Banning
Special thanks to Henry Mancini for direct access to his scores for this project and for his encouragement
Produced by Lance Bowling and Gregg Nestor
Recorded at Penguin Recording, Eagle Rock, CA
Engineer: John Strother
Digital Preparation by CMS Digital
Engineer: Robert Vosgien
Mr. Nestor’s Guitar by Manuel Ramirez, 1987 (courtesy of Jason Yoshida)
Mr. Kanengiser’s guitar by Miguel Rodriguez, 1977