Enjoy an afternoon of beautifully played Classical guitar with Claudio Valentini!

Claudio has been playing classical guitar for over 40 years and has degrees from York University and the University of Toronto. He was a high school music teacher for 30 years, but is now focusing on performing.  In the past, his ongoing engagements included Des Copains, The Vineyard, L’Entrecotte, Pirendello’s, and the Townhouse Cafe; he is currently performing at the Best Western in Perth and Spill the Beanz.  He has performed at venues such as C.B.C. Television and Radio, TV Ontario, York University, University of Toronto, A Space, The Music Gallery. the National Archives, Sundance Artisan Festival.  He has also been the musical director for various musical theatre productions. What a beautiful soundscape for a Friday afternoon…

Check out his Playlist:

I am always adding to my playlist, and I can accommodate you if your choice of musical selection is not on the list. (I will require some lead time to find or write an arrangement). I can also compose something unique to your event.

Popular – Contemporary

Andrew Lloyd Weber
            Dont Cry for Me Argentina
            I Dont Know How to Love Him
Beatles
            Blackbird
            Eleanor Rigby
            Here Comes the Sun
            Here There and Everywhere
Imagine
            In My Life
Michelle
            Norwegian Wood
            When Im Sixty Four
While my Guitar Gently Weeps
            Yesterda
Cat Stevens
Father and Son
Morning Has Broken
Simon and Garfunkel
            Bridge Over Troubled Waters
            El Condor Pasa – Daniel Alomía Robles
Scott Joplin
The Entertainer
            Maple Leaf Rag
            Weeping Willow 1
            Weeping Willow 2
            Original Rag
Sting
            Every Breath You Take
Fields of Gold
Traditional
Abide With Me – Lyte
Amazing Grace Blues – Trad.
            America the Beautiful – Katharine Lee Bates and Samuel Augustus Ward
            Auralee (Love me Tender) – W. W. Fosdickand and George R. Poulton
            Due Guitar – Anonymous
            God Save the Queen
            Return to Sorento – Ernesto De Curtis and Giambattista De Curtiss
            Scarborough Fair – Anonymous
            Star Spangled Banner – Keys
Waters of Babylon – Hayes
Event Music – i.e. Wedding March, Happy Birthday, Christmas Carols
Other Popular
            All I Have To Do Is Dream – Bryant (Everly Brothers)
Both Sides Now – Joni Mitchell
            Brahms Lullab
Can’t Help Falling in Love – Martini (Elvis Presley)
            Classical Gas – Mason Williams
            Con Te Partiro – (Andrea Bocelli) Francesco Sartori and Lucio Quarantotto
El Condor Pasa – Robles
Endless Love – Lionel Richie
            Fire and Rain – James Taylor
            Halleluiah – Leonard Cohen
Happy Birthday – M and P Hill
If it’s Magic – Stevie Wonder
I Think it’s Going to Rain Today – Randy Newman
            Kiss From a Rose – Seal
Lean on Me -Bill Withers
            Let it Be Me – Becaud
            Perhaps Love –  John Denver
Perfect –  Ed Sheeran
            Petite Etude – Rik Emmett (Triumph)
            Stairway to Heaven-Robert Plant & Jimmy Page
Stand by Me – King, Leiber, Stoller
            Tears in Heaven- Eric Clapton
            The Rose – Mcbroom
            Time in a Bottle – Jim Croce
            Unchained Melody – (Righteous Brothers)   Alex North, Hy Zaret
            Vincent – Don Maclean
            When you Say Nothing at All – Ronan Keating (Alison Krauss)
            Whiter Shade of Pale – (Procol Harem) Gary Brooker, K. Reid and M.Fisher
Who by Fire – Leonard Cohen
            YourSong – Elton John, Bernie Taupin
 
Jazz – Film

Always With Me – Miyazaki (Spirited Away)
Amapola – Lacalle (Once Upon a Time in America)
As Time Goes By – Hepfeld (Casablanca)
Autumn Leaves – Johnny Mercer
Besame Mucho – Consuelo Velazquez
Blue Moon – Rodgers and Hart
Dream a Little Dream of Me – Andre, Kahn, Schwandt
Georgia on my Mind – Hoagy Carmichael and Stuart Gorrell
Gladiator Battle – Zimmer, Gerrard
In the Mood – Glen Miller, Garland
Antonio Carlos Jobim
        Felicidade – (Black Orpheus)
        Solidao
        Wave
James Horner
        My Heart Will Go On (Titanic)
        Somewhere Out There (An American Tail)
Nino Rota           T
Godfather Waltz
Time for Us (Romeo and Juliet)
        Speak Softly Love (The Godfather)
Godfather II Theme
Manha De Carneval –Louis Bonfa (Black Orpheus)
My Funny Valentine – Rodgers and Hart (Babes in Arms)
O Che Sera – Chico Barque (The Foreigner)
Over the Rainbow Harold Arlen and Edgar Harburg (Wizard of Oz)
Perfidia – Albert Dominguez (Multiple films)
Por Una Cabeza – Carlos Gardel (Scent of a Woman, True Lies)
Someone to Watch Over Me – Gershwin (Oh Kay)
Summertime – (Porgy and Bess) – George Gershwin and Edwin DuBose Heyward
Smile – Charlie Chaplin (Modern Times)
Smiling (Man on Fire and Omega Watch Commercial) – Harry Gregson-Williams
Smiling Variations – Valentini
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes – Jerome Kern (Roberta)
Sonata in A Major Rondo (Theme from ‘Wings’) – Franz Schubert
Spanish Romance (Forbidden Games) – Anonymous
Sunrise Sunset – (Fiddler on the Roof) – Jerry Bock
Take Five – Paul Desmond
This Masquerade – Leon Russell
What a Wonderful World – George David Weiss and Bob Thiele
When I Fall In Love – Victor Young and Edward Heyman
When You Wish Upon a Star – (Pinocchio) – Washington and Harline
 
Brazilian – Spanish – Cuban

Albeniz – Asturias (Leyenda)
Brower – Une Dia de Noviembre
Lauro – Venezuelan Waltz #2
Malaguena
Rodrigo – Concerto Aranjuez (Solo Transcription)
Spanish Medley Improvisation (Various)
Tarrega
            Adelita
            Lagrima
            Receurdos D’Alhambra
            Prelude VI
Villa Lobos
            Choros Typicos #1
            Concerto 1st Movement Excerpt
            Concerto 2nd Movement – A
            Concerto 2nd Movement – B
            Prelude 1
            Prelude 2
            Prelude 3
            Prelude 4
            Prelude 5

Classical – Baroque – Romantic

Albinoni – Adagio
Beethoven
Fur Elise
            Joyful Joyful
            Pathetique
Brahms
Lullaby
            Waltz Op39
Carulli – Slur Study
Debussy – Clair de Lune
Delibes – Flower Duet
Faure – Pavane
Guiliani – Alegretto
Handel – Sarabande
Haydn – Austrian Hymn
Mozart
            Minuet – KV525
            Piano Sonata In A
Mussorgsky – Pictures at an Exhibition Promenade
Pachelbel – Canon
Purcell – Requiem
Satie – Gymnopedies #1
Scarlatti – Sonata
Franz Schubert
Sonata in A Major Rondo
Ave Maria
Ferdinand Sor
            Etude – A minor
            Etude – A minor 2
            Andantino
            Etude – B minor
            Etude – B minor (Prol)
            Etude – D major
            Etude – E minor
            Etude – E minor 2
Stanley – Invenzione
Vivaldi
            Four Seasons – Autumn
            Four Seasons – Spring
            D+ Concerto

Rennaissance -Anonymous – Traditional

Anonymous
            Coventry Carol
            Greensleeves
Huron Carol
            Pezzo Tedesco
            Rennaissance Pavane 1
            Rennaissance Pavane 2
            Rennaissance Pavane 3
            Russian Etude
            Saltarello
Skye Boat Song – Traditional Celtic
Milan
            Pavanne
            Pavanne 2
            Pavanne 3

Bach

Air on a G String
Bouree in A minor
Cello Suite 1
            Allemande
            Courante
            Gigue
            Minuet 1
            Minuet 2
            Prelude
            Sarabande
Cello Suite 3 Bourre
Cello Suite 5
            Gavotte I
            Gavotte II
Cello Suite 6
            Gavotte I
            Gavotte II
            Sarabande
Chaconne – Excerpt
Chorales
            244 O Sacred Head Now Wounded
            508 Be Thou with Me
            748 God the Father Dwell with Us
            756 Now All the Forest Are At Rest
            76 May God Be Merciful To Us
Goldberg Variations
            Aria
            Var 10
            Var 18
            Var 4
Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring
Lute Suite 1
            Allemande
            Bouree
Minuet in G minor
Minuet in G major
Prelude C major
Prelude C minor
Sheep May Safely Graze
Sleepers Awake
Violin Suite 3 Gavotte and Rondo

Valentini

 Various original compositions