Amsterdam Guitar Trio is a classical guitar ensemble consisting of Johan Dorrestein, Olga Franssen and Helenus de Rijke, who met while they were students at the Sweelinck Conservatory (

Sweelinck Conservatorium The Conservatorium van Amsterdam (CvA) is a Dutch conservatoire of music located in Amsterdam. This school is the music division of the Amsterdam University of the Arts, the city's vocational university of arts. The Conservatorium van Amsterdam ...

). Their discography includes transcriptions for

Antonio Vivaldi Antonio Lucio Vivaldi (4 March 1678 – 28 July 1741) was an Italian composer, virtuoso violinist and impresario of Baroque music. Regarded as one of the greatest Baroque composers, Vivaldi's influence during his lifetime was widespread a ...

's '' The Four Seasons'' and the

Johann Sebastian Bach Johann Sebastian Bach (28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque period. He is known for his orchestral music such as the '' Brandenburg Concertos''; instrumental compositions such as the Cello Suites; keyboard w ...

Brandenburg concertos The ''Brandenburg Concertos'' by Johann Sebastian Bach (Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis, BWV 1046–1051), are a collection of six instrumental works presented by Bach to Christian Ludwig of Brandenburg-Schwedt, Christian Ludwig, Margrave of Brandenburg ...

."BACH (arr. Amsterdam Guitar Trio). Brandenburg Concertos—No. 2; No. 3; No. 5a; No. 6. Amster- dam Guitar Trio,"
Gramophone, June 1986

Discography

*''Vivaldi: The Four Seasons'' (1983) *''J.S. Bach: Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 2, 3, 5, 6'' (1985) *''Amsterdam Guitar Trio Plays Music by Debussy, Fauré, & Chopin'' (1988) *''Fandango'' (1991) *''Domenico Scarlatti: Sonatas for three Guitars'' (1993) *''Brandenburg Ctos 2 & 3 & 5 & 6 / Suite Bergamasque'' (Double album compiling the 1985 and 1988 releases, 2012)

External links

Discography at MusicBrainz
visited 2014-11-02.
"Amsterdam Guitar Trio Brings Unique Sound to Schoenberg Hall,"
Los Angeles Times, February 24, 1997

References

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