Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
The most successful and durable multi-guitar ensembles performing in the U.S. today, the Los Angeles Guitar Quartet has a large repertory extending beyond classical music. The quartet has made many recordings for GHA, Telarc, Delos, and other labels.
The Los Angeles Guitar Quartet, often referred to as LAGQ, was formed in 1980 by guitarist Anisa Angarola at the Thornton School of Music at the University of Southern California. The other members were John Dearman, William Kanengiser, and Scott Tennant, and all three of those remain active as of the early 2020s; Angarola departed in 1990 and was replaced by Andrew York, who, in turn, was supplanted by Matthew Greif in 2006. In its early years, the group received advice from guitarist Pepe Romero. The LAGQ concertized widely in the 1980s, and in 1993, it made its debut on the GHA label with the album Recital. Over the rest of the 1990s, the group made various recordings for GHA and Delos.
In the 2000s, the Los Angeles Guitar Quartet gained a reputation for exceptionally varied programming. Within classical music, the quartet's repertory ranged from the Renaissance to the contemporary era, and the group members were energetic in transcribing a variety of music for their own use, ranging from that of virtuoso Sergio Assad, to country guitarist Chet Atkins, to jazzman Pat Metheny. The group also performed original compositions by York, two of whose works were featured on the Grammy-winning 2004 release Guitar Heroes. That album appeared on the audiophile label Telarc, and the group's recordings appeared on that label into the early 2010s. The quartet also made two recordings for Sony Classical. The LAGQ has continued to record, appearing on Metheny's 2021 album Road to the Sun. It formed its own LAGQ label and, in 2022, released its first album there, Opalescent.
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Discography
15 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Boccherini, L.: Guitar Quintet No. 4 / Falla, M.: El Amor Brujo / Rimsky-Korsakov, N.: Capriccio Espagnol (Evening in Granada) (Luigi Boccherini - Jeremy Sparks - Ian Krouse)
Classical - Released by Delos on 1 Jan 1993
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Tchaikovsky: Dances from Renaissance to Nutcracker
Classical - Released by Delos on 1 Jan 1992
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
LAGQ's Guitar Heroes
Classical - Released by Telarc on 22 Jun 2004
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Opalescent
Classical - Released by LAGQ Records on 8 Apr 2022
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Air & Ground
Classical - Released by Sony Classical on 1 Mar 2000
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
For Thy Pleasure
Classical - Released by Delos on 26 Sep 1996
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
New Renaissance
Classical - Released by LAGQ Records on 17 Mar 2015
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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BEST OF LOS ANGELES GUITAR QUARTET (THE) (Aaron Copland - William Kanengiser - Count Basie)
Classical - Released by Delos on 27 Jan 1950
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Breathe: The Relaxing Guitar
David Russell, Angel Romero, Los Angeles Guitar Quartet, Erich Kunzel, Naples Philharmonic Orchestra
Classical - Released by Telarc on 22 Feb 2005
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
KROUSE, I.: Labyrinth on a theme of Led Zeppelin / EAGAN, M.: Red, White, Black 'n' Blue / YORK, A.: Quiccan (Los Angeles Guitar Quartet) (Andrew York - Ian Krouse - Traditional)
Classical - Released by Delos on 1 Jan 1995
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Pat Metheny: Road to the Sun, Pt. 2
Pat Metheny, Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
Classical - Released by Modern Recordings on 4 Dec 2020
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Spin
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet, Colin Currie
Classical - Released by Telarc on 28 Mar 2006
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo