
On Song – Released Oct 2023
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With this song project, Guitar Trek brings together the world of the contemporary classical composer and the world of popular song. As the source of so much popular music and also as a respected classical instrument, the guitar conveniently sits at the meeting-point of both these worlds.
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Bluetongue (2020) – Released on Naxos. This album includes the rich melodic and nostalgic quality of Richard Charlton’s Five Tails in Cold Blood (including the eponymous ‘Bluetongue’_; the driving energy and shifting timbres of Nigel Westlake’s Six Fish that adds the distinctive sound of the 12-string guitar and dobro to the mix; and at its heart the music of Philip Houghton, one of the most original and poetically imaginative composers of our time.
Serene Nights (2015) – Online thanks to ABC Classic
Six Fish (2012) out on Tall Poppies. Featuring works by Westlake, Houghton, Charlton and Wesley-Smith
Guitar Trek – Asturias.
Featuring music from Spain and South America. With such composers as Falla, Albeniz and Piazzolla. ABC 4763389
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Guitar Trek – A Sky for Dreaming
Music by Pachelbel, Gershwin, Led Zeppelin, Davidson, Currie, Norton, Charlton. ABC 461 727-2
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Guitar Trek II – The Family continues
Music by Houghton, Charlton, Shostakovich, Milhaud, Scarlatti, Copland, McCartney, Ravel, Morley, Dowland, Nicholson. ABC 442 508-2
Guitar Trek – Music for the Guitar Family.
Works by Handel, Westlake, Koehne, Brahms, Grainger and Bach ABC 432 698-2