Richard Rodney Bennett
Style: Jazz-influenced
Richard Rodney Bennett (1936-2012) is represented in the Guitar Events repertoire database with 12 guitar works from the contemporary repertoire. The catalogue files this music under Jazz-influenced. Typical performance times run from about a minute for Impromptus: II. Agitato to just under eight minutes for Sonata for Guitar: II. Lento. None of the timed pieces reaches eight minutes — 5 stay under three, encore territory. Listen links cover 9 of the 12 works.
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Guitar works
- Concerto for Guitar and Chamber Ensemble: I. Vivo Sheet music CD
- Concerto for Guitar and Chamber Ensemble: II. Andante Lento Sheet music CD
- Concerto for Guitar and Chamber Ensemble: III. Con brio Sheet music CD
- Impromptus: I. Recitativo 2:15 Listen Sheet music CD
- Impromptus: II. Agitato 1:04 Listen Sheet music CD
- Impromptus: III. Elegiaco 2:45 Listen Sheet music CD
- Impromptus: IV. Agitato 1:15 Listen Sheet music CD
- Impromptus: V. Arioso 2:37 Listen Sheet music CD
- Sonata for Guitar: I. Allegro Listen Sheet music CD
- Sonata for Guitar: II. Lento 7:57 Listen Sheet music CD
- Sonata for Guitar: III. Vivo 5:05 Listen Sheet music CD
- Sonata for Guitar: IV. Fantasia 4:41 Listen Sheet music CD
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