Richard Charlton ℜ Guitarist/Composer

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The very latest! News, new works, new CDs: Just out! - Silver Sands Guitar Quartet's debut album, The World in a Single Grain. It includes my Manta Ray Ballet (from Five Tails) See here on Spotify. I have just completed a commission for a new work for them to tour France in 2025. More news about this to come. Also out now! - Inner Voices on the NYC Guitar Orchestra's recording, Spectra. A whole album of new contemporary works for guitar ensemble. See here on Spotify. A new publication of my children's folksong arrangements for John Feierabend's Sing in Parts vol2. has just been published by GIA Publications in the USA. Click *here* to find out more. Listen to the arrangements *here* On Song is Guitar Trek's latest album, an exploration of popular song. I was one of seven composers invited to create new works based on pop songs. Transforming Friday is my slightly Baroque take on Friday on My Mind. Click *here* to find out more or download the album. Listen to my piece *here.* A Vision of Angels - *here* - a short fantasia on "Be Thou My Vision" is part of the book FANTASIES, FAIRIES & FOLKTALES. You can download the single piece for free, just go to my "Listen & Play" page. It has been a little while since I put out a new ensemble book but here are some of my Baroque re-imaginings! BASICALLY BAROQUE is a collection of three works by Handel, Telemann & Vivaldi. Click *here* to listen to part of the opening Handel work. There is a sample of the book *here. Go to my ORDERS page to buy (EG31). My suite for solo guitar Featherlines - (a suite of Australian Birds)* has been recorded by my long term colleague, John Couch on his new solo CD "Whenua o te Manu". Available on his website, on *Spotify* & Amazon. Have a listen to the new guitar solo I wrote for Stephanie Jones - Beneath a River of Stars. It was only released in 2021 but has already gained over 70K views. Thanks Stephanie! Watch it *Here* More...	With the Sydney Guitar Trio - Raff and Janet. "Richard Charlton is producing some of the most inspired and accessible guitar works of the present era" - an extract from a review in the UK magazine, Classical Guitar. More... Checkout my Podcast interview with Simon Powis: Listen here See a in-depth interview with Steve Flack, filmed when my concerto Mosaic came out on CD: Watch here Watch some YouTube videos of my music: THE BLACK COCKTOO (FLYING ALONE) - played by Australian guitarist Stephanie Jones. Recorded here for Guitar Salon International. ARRIVALS & DEPARTURES - one of my latest guitar ensemble works, played here by the Noord Nederlands Gitaarensemble. TANGO IN THE RAIN - performed by my good friend and colleague Giuseppi Zangari. SHORELINES - quintet for guitar & strings played by Matt Withers and Acacia Quartet BLACK OPAL PRELUDE - listen to Anton Baranov, 2013 GFA winner from Russia. CANTILENA - a tutorial on one of my pieces currently in AMEB Grade 3, then watch me play it - Here BERCEUSE - a very artistic version by Chinese guitarist Wu Di. "WANT EXTRA POP SONG ARRANGEMENTS FOR STUDENTS?" - I have started to upload some of my pop song arrangements to Hal Leonards "ArrangeMe" website. Have a look at these lists on *sheetmusicdirect* or *sheetmusicplus* Go to my "LISTEN & PLAY" page for more sound files or go to my "ORDER" page to buy music . . .	Richard Charlton is widely recognised as one of Australia's leading guitarist/composers. His works have been recorded and performed by many leading Australian and international players. Richard's music combines a love of melody with a keen sense of harmonic and formal structure - music "to entice ear as well as the intellect" More... (Northern Herald).