Richard Charlton ℜ Guitarist/Composer

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The very latest! News, new works, new CDs 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 CD "Whenua o te Manu". Available on his website, on *Spotify* & Amazon. I recently won the Matt Withers' 2022 Australian Music Composition Competition. This will result in a new guitar duo for Matt and fellow guitarist Callum Henshaw to play, called "Hanging in the Balance". You can read more in Limelight - *Here* 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 racked up over 50K views. Thanks Stephanie! Watch it *Here* Another exciting worldwide release, my Sonata of Forgotten Dreams - on Tim Kain's new solo CD "Forgotten Dreams" also on NAXOS. See *Here* for more info, previews and to order. 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 Watch some YouTube videos of my music: 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 THE BLACK COCKATOO (flying alone) - played by Australian guitarist Stephanie Jones. Also see her "lesson" on how to perform this work on the Tonebase website - Here 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 - check-out this very artistic version by Chinese guitarist Wu Di. 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).