Albums
Izhar’s impressive collection of CD releases have earned him worldwide critical acclaim.
Here you can learn more about the albums and order online.
La Guitaromanie
For a brief period in the early 19th century, the guitar enjoyed a veritable hype. Salons in Paris and Vienna hosted musical soirees where the latest compositions were performed for an intimate…
Le Plaintif
Ensemble Cordevento:Erik Bosgraaf – recorderIzhar Elias – baroque guitarAlessandro Pianu – harpsichordRobert Smith – viola da gambaIsrael Golani – theorbo The French grand siècle is most often…
Schubert’s Guitars
Played on two original Enzensperger guitars The Guitar Through the Eyes of the Master The two sonatas on this album were composed in two periods during which life looked very different for the…
Songs of Love and Exile
This album is an anthology of popular Sephardic songs completed with excerpts from a rare song collection by Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco. The selection of Sephardic songs they have made ranges between…
Baroque guitar Corbetta
La Guitarre RoyalleWorks by Francesco Corbetta (c.1615-1681)Izhar Elias – solo baroque guitarPhotography – Paul and Menno de Nooijer Francesco Corbetta: the JS Bach of the guitar? A bold…
Guitar Vibes
For this exciting new recording Dutch guitarist Izhar Elias selected 4 works for guitar and strings to show the versatility of his instrument. In these works by Brouwer, Pujol , Sierra and Maier…
Sharkiya
Reviews “Izhar Elias’s playing is sensitive and imaginative, from his evocative, magical playing of the intimate Preludio, to the disquieting, somewhat Spanish-flavoured Toccata temporarily relieved…
Carrousel
Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up. Pablo Picasso A clarinet and guitar duo is an instrumental combination one seldom hears. This is remarkable…
Paisiello in Vienna
This original concept CD presents one of the most popular opera arias in early 19th century Vienna, “Nel cor più non mi sento”, from Paisiello’s opera L’amor contrastato, as…
Beethoven Adelaide
The guitar is not the first instrument one associates with the towering figure of Beethoven. This original and appealing programme presents works of Beethoven in chamber music arrangements with…
La Monarcha
17th-century music from the Spanish territories, with music of Falconieri, Selma, Sweelinck, Van Eyck and many others. Reviews 4 stars in a.o. Fono Forum, Dutch newspaper Telegraaf and Luister…
Hommage à Debussy
It’s a mixture of French impressionistic sounds and Spanish rhythms. Spanish composers like De Falla, Rodrigo and Turina, who became friends during their student years in Paris, attempted to…
Rossini Semiramide
Reviews ‘intelligent and multi-layered’ Frederike Berntsen/ De Telegraaf- July 18th 2009 This arrangement is one of the longest series of pieces in the solo guitar repertoire (116 minutes in this…
Big eye
Big eye presents the fruits of a collaboration between the duo and several vibrant film makers and composers of today. This is placed alongside pieces by prominent twentieth-century classical…
Omaggio à Guadagnini
On this album Izhar Elias pays tribute to Guadagnini: almost all the works were performed on a historical instrument, an original guitar from 1812 made by Carlo Guadagnini (1768-1816). This unusual…