“Un tiempo fue Italica famosa is an album of the highest quality.  Palmer performs with flawless technique, deep levels of personal expression, and an artistic integrity that seems far too rare these days.  He delivers a first rate performance on each track, and performs with such a deep knowledge of the music it leaves no doubt that he is on his way to becoming one of the best classical guitarists on the planet.”    

    - Brad Conroy, Guitar International                                                        **read the full review

“A sense of celebration, a sustained rock-solid technique, and flashes of brilliance keep this program cycling in the ear. Artistic brooding is paired with an often playful sense of "controlled" freedom. Through it all there is a performance quality that denies the player ever practiced; so precise is every gesture, so deliberate and secure is each complex figure, and so steady and unwavering is the speed, that there is a general impression Palmer was simply beamed fully formed to Earth on a blue shaft of light and started playing a guitar this way.”

    - Roger A. Cope,  Classical Voice of North Carolina                               **read the full review

Joaquín Rodrigo (1901-1999)

    1.  Un tiempo fue Itálica famosa                 

Joaquín Turina (1882-1949)

Sonata Op. 61

    2.  Allegro

    3.  Andante

    4.  Allegro vivo

Sergei Rudnev (b.1955)

    5.  The Old Lime Tree (Lipa vekovaia)

Manuel María Ponce (1882-1948)

Sonatina meridional

    6.  Campo

    7.  Copla

    8.  Fiesta

Francisco Tárrega (1852-1909)

    9.  Endecha

    10.  Prelude No. 10 in D Major

    11.  Prelude No. 11 in D Major

Mauro Giuliani (1781-1829)

    12.  La Rose Op. 46, No. 9

Štěpán Rak (b. 1945)

    13.  Sonata Mongoliana        

total run time:  52:37                                                               

Brad Conroy of Guitar International reviews Matt’s CD here

Roger A. Cope’s review of Un tiempo fue Itálica famosa here

Matt Palmer, solo guitar

Debut CD - Released 2010

more info and buy

- Matt’s new CD is now available

- Roger Cope’s recent review of Matt’s new CD

- Brad Conroy’s review of Matt’s new CD

- Matt Palmer is now a Strings By Mail sponsored artist

- Matt’s new interview with Guitar International has been published

- Check out Matt’s webcam interview with The Classical Guitar Blog 

- Matt’s recent interview with Guitar International is now online

- Look for the release of Matt’s method book on A-M-I scales in winter 2010