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2 recent recording releases: Forestare and the Iberia Trio

4 February 2018Latest music recording

The Forestare ensemble has released a digital recording in 2016 entitled -Baroque-.
The recording was made by the founder of the famous Morin-Heights studio; André Perry, and a sound recording of René Laflamme.
There are excellent transcriptions of J.S Bach, J. B. Lully and A. Vivaldi.
Three guitarists playing one of my guitars are part of the set:
Simon Duchesne is playing a cedar top / South American rosewood body of 1994,
Jonathan Barriault a cedar top / South American rosewood body of 2001, and
Renaud Coté-Giguère a cedar top / Honduran rosewood body of 2007.

An excerpt is available here : Baroque
Their web site : http://www.forestare.com/produit/album-baroque/

The Iberia Trio (Violon, cello and guitar) released their first CD few weeks ago and is entitled – Impressions of Spain-
The transcriptions of the album is very respectfull to the original musical text of the composers who are: Boccherini, Granados, Albéniz, Rodrigo and Falla.
Johanne Morin play violin, Julie Trudeau paly cello, and Michel Beauchamp play a 7-string guitar, made with a cedar top and Jacaranda rosewood body, and built in 2016.

An excerpt is available here : Impressions d’Espagne
Their web site : http://www3.bell.net/michel.beauchamp/ti.htm

Classical guitar – CC-0117 – p6

2 February 2018Recent 2018 guitar making

Order of a classical guitar, 6 strings featuring a cedar top and Honduran rosewood body.
This 6th page was a special one. You can reach it here :
Black & White Album

Black & White Album

24 January 2018Luthiery

Following an invitation from the French guitarist Camille Pla, member of the Oxycord quartet, in my turn I presented a series of photos on my personal fb wall.
I therefore reproduce this album here, while adding 7 more unpublished photos, which add to this particular moment during the making of the guitar, where the neck is finalized and joined to the sides of the body, in the Spanish way, thus becoming the core of the guitar.
Being a milestone in the whole making, that moment still gives me much pleasure.

The invitation: 7 days. 7 photos in black & white. No humans. No explanations.