This is one of my favorite pieces for guitar. I discovered this when I was a teenager, and it’s one of the pieces of music that opened my mind to modern music. I still have the score that I bought about 35 years ago.
It’s played here by Paul Galbraith, on his very strange 8-string guitar. I think he’s the only person who plays a guitar like this. I have to admit, having just bought a classical guitar to get back into playing after a long hiatus, I can see the interest in playing in this position. I played viola da gamba for a while, and this is the exact same position (as is the cello). The guitar has always seemed to me to be a great instrument that just isn’t designed ergonomically. If I could afford a guitar like this…