The guitarist Andreas Almqvist was born in the north of Sweden 1948 his father was a merchant and his mother a Jewess, an emigre as a result of the second world war. Andreas started playing popular music in local bands as a teenager but soon he changed to classical music. His studies of classical music has been carried out in various music schools and music high schools in Sweden and he also spent 3 years in Madrid (Spain) studing music and also studies in Barcelona. His music activities include teaching, concerts and he has also made a cd recording of modern "free form Avant Garde" music.

Goldberg Variations (JS Bach)

Tagged as: Classical, Baroque, Neoclassical, Instrumental, Classical Guitar, Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach.

1. Chris Britton: virtuoso performances of Bach on unaccompanied flute
2. Andrew Jilin: merging classical European and traditional Japanese to create captivating cinematic flute music
3. Duo Chambure: Spanish renaissance vihuela duets
4. Asteria: late-medieval vocal and instrumental music
5. Alex McCartney: Reflective, historically-informed performance on the lute
6. Daniel Estrem: colorful classical guitar
7. American Baroque: Spectacular Baroque and Classical chamber music
8. Lara St John: Bach violin concertos
9. Ensemble Mirable: rare and extraordinary music of the Baroque
10. Daniel Shoskes: A feast of Baroque lute
11. Musica Pacifica: Baroque and traditional music from England, Scotland and Ireland
12. Alison Crum and Roy Marks: Ethereal, enigmatic and exhilarating renaissance miniature masterpieces for viol and lute
13. La Reverie: Recreating traditional music from a modern perspective
14. Paul Beier: solo lute of the Italian renaissance.
15. Edward Martin: vihuela, renaissance and baroque lute
16. Da Camera: Celtic Renaissance/Baroque Ensemble
17. In Nova Cantica: carols and chansons from the 13th - 17th Centuries for dancing, festivities and mayhem
18. AlmaNova: lively flute/guitar duo
19. Stephane Potvin and the Con Brio Choir: choral conductor extraordinaire
20. Fortune's Wheel: a spirited rediscovery of the riches of medieval musical traditions