Scott Kritzer, Classical Guitarist
Recording Artist
“Kritzer’s lyricism is golden, his phrases hang deliciously in the air.”
David Stabler, The Oregonian
As a graduate of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, Mr. Kritzer has performed concerts throughout the United States, Canada, England, Japan and Europe.
His solo performances include works from the Spanish, Baroque and Modern repertoire. Mr. Kritzer has premiered works in Los Angeles, New York, London and San Francisco.
Mr. Kritzer began touring with soprano Janet Chvatal in 1996. The Chvatal/Kritzer Duo is responsible for adding many new arrangements to the soprano/guitar repertoire. These can be heard on their recording Arias for Classical Guitar and Voice. In addition to a few single and Christmas releases you can enjoy also enjoy their premiere recording Songs of the Americas.
He has also served as Artistic Director to one of America’s oldest and most popular contemporary chamber groups, The Third Angle Ensemble. Kritzer has also performed with the Oregon Symphony as well with the The Sunriver Music Festival Orchestra, the Cascade Festival Orchestra, The Rogue Valley Orchestra, the Coos Bay Festival Orchestra, and the Newport Symphony, David Ogden Stiers, conductor.
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Works by Bach, Scarlatti, Froberger, Weiss, Dufault, Gaultier and Couperin. Arrangements by Michael Lorimer
This recording represents decades of studying and performing baroque music and its performance practices. In addition it represents my most recent work with the arranger of these works, Michael Lorimer. Through numerous correspondence I got deeper into Lorimer’s vast knowledge of baroque music as we worked through revisions of older arrangements (the Bach Cello Suite) and new, yet unpublished arrangements which are represented here as recording premieres. Â
Romance for Guitar
Works by Turina, de Falla, Tarrega, Casséus, Puccini and Villa-Lobos
Romance for Guitar  represents my the first loves of the classical guitar repertoire including Tarrega’s “Capricho Arabe” and Villa-Lobos Preludes as well as the Chvatal/Kritzer Duo’s arrangement of Puccini’s “Nessun Dorma” for solo guitar.
The recording was completed after a week of intense work with Michael Lorimer in his Manhattan Studio. The recording is dedicated to Michael Lorimer
Works by Bach, Scarlatti, Froberger, Weiss, Dufault, Gaultier and Couperin. Arrangements by Michael Lorimer
This recording represents decades of studying and performing baroque music and its performance practices. In addition it represents my most recent work with the arranger of these works, Michael Lorimer. Through numerous correspondence I got deeper into Lorimer’s vast knowledge of baroque music as we worked through revisions of older arrangements (the Bach Cello Suite) and new, yet unpublished arrangements which are represented here as recording premieres. Â
Works by Turina, de Falla, Tarrega, Casséus, Puccini and Villa-Lobos
Romance for Guitar  represents my the first loves of the classical guitar repertoire including Tarrega’s “Capricho Arabe” and Villa-Lobos Preludes as well as the Chvatal/Kritzer Duo’s arrangement of Puccini’s “Nessun Dorma” for solo guitar.
The recording was completed after a week of intense work with Michael Lorimer in his Manhattan Studio. The recording is dedicated to Michael Lorimer
The Premiere Chvatal/Kritzer Duo recording featuring works by Villa-Lobos, Bogdonovic, Cordosa and more.
This recording represents decades of studying and performing baroque music and its performance practices. In addition it represents my most recent work with the arranger of these works, Michael Lorimer. Through numerous correspondence I got deeper into Lorimer’s vast knowledge of baroque music as we worked through revisions of older arrangements (the Bach Cello Suite) and new, yet unpublished arrangements which are represented here as recording premieres. Â
Works by Turina, de Falla, Tarrega, Casséus, Puccini and Villa-Lobos
Romance for Guitar  represents my the first loves of the classical guitar repertoire including Tarrega’s “Capricho Arabe” and Villa-Lobos Preludes as well as the Chvatal/Kritzer Duo’s arrangement of Puccini’s “Nessun Dorma” for solo guitar.
The recording was completed after a week of intense work with Michael Lorimer in his Manhattan Studio. The recording is dedicated to Michael Lorimer
Works by Bach, Scarlatti, Froberger, Weiss, Dufault, Gaultier and Couperin. Arrangements by Michael Lorimer
This recording represents decades of studying and performing baroque music and its performance practices. In addition it represents my most recent work with the arranger of these works, Michael Lorimer. Through numerous correspondence I got deeper into Lorimer’s vast knowledge of baroque music as we worked through revisions of older arrangements (the Bach Cello Suite) and new, yet unpublished arrangements which are represented here as recording premieres. Â
Works by Turina, de Falla, Tarrega, Casséus, Puccini and Villa-Lobos
Romance for Guitar  represents my the first loves of the classical guitar repertoire including Tarrega’s “Capricho Arabe” and Villa-Lobos Preludes as well as the Chvatal/Kritzer Duo’s arrangement of Puccini’s “Nessun Dorma” for solo guitar.
The recording was completed after a week of intense work with Michael Lorimer in his Manhattan Studio. The recording is dedicated to Michael Lorimer
Single Releases from The Chvatal/Kritzer Duo
Written by Canadian composer Glen  Morley ‘Fantasy’ marries themes from  landmark works for the voice (Puccini’s aria) and the guitar, the 2nd Movement of Rodrigo’s Concerto de Aranjuez
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This recording represents decades of studying and performing baroque music and its performance practices. In addition it represents my most recent work with the arranger of these works, Michael Lorimer.
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COMING SOON: Summertime
This recording represents decades of studying and performing baroque music and its performance practices. In addition it represents my most recent work with the arranger of these works, Michael Lorimer.
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