Nicola Hall

Nicola Hall, born in 1969 in England, is a British classical guitarist.

Nicola studied at Chetham's School of Music, later at the Royal Northern College of Music and also with John Williams. She won first prizes in several competitions (1986 Poland, 1987 Toronto). She was the first guitarist to receive the Royal Overseas League's Gold Medal in 1989.^[1] Her 1991 debut disc Virtuoso Guitar Transcriptions was highly praised^[2] for both technical brilliance and artistic expression.

Nicola Hall's recordings present her own transcriptions of works originally composed for other instruments.

Recordings

Virtuoso Guitar Transcriptions (DECCA - recorded 1990, released 1991)

• Sergei Rachmaninov: Prelude in G minor, op.23 no.5
• Manuel de Falla: Dance from ´La vida breve´
• Isaac Albéniz: Granada from Suite Española
• Pablo Sarasate: Zapateado, op.23 no.2
• Nicolò Paganini: Caprice, op.1 no.24
• Maria Theresia von Paradis: Sicilienne
• Johann Sebastian Bach: Partita in D minor, BWV 1004

Paganini/Sarasate/Castelnuovo-Tedesco with London Mozart Players/Andrew Litton (DECCA - recorded 1992, released 1994)

• Nicolò Paganini: Concerto No.2 in B minor, op.7
• Pablo Sarasate: Zigeunerweisen, op.20
• Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Concerto No.1 in D major for guitar and orchestra

The Art of the Guitar (DECCA - recorded 1993, released 1994)

• William Walton: Five bagatelles for Guitar
• Johann Sebastian Bach: Sonata No.2 in A minor, BWV 1003
• Federico Moreno Torroba: Sonatina
• Joaquín Rodrigo: Invocación y danza
• Johann Kaspar Mertz: Fantasie hongroise, op.65 no.1

Billy Cowie: Canciónes para Guitarra (DIVAS RECORDS - recorded 1999)

• Billy Cowie: Canciónes para Guitarra, Books 1-3

References