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The Canadian Guitar Quartet is a Canadian classical guitar ensemble founded in 1999. Its lineup has changed over the years; founding members included Philip Candelaria, Denis Donegani, Patrick Roux and Louis Trépanier, with later configurations including Renaud Côté-Giguère, Bruno Roussel, Julien Bisaillon, Jérôme Ducharme and Steve Cowan among others. The quartet tours across Canada and internationally, performing at venues and festivals including Chamberfest, the Festival of the Sound and Debut Atlantic.

The quartet’s repertoire spans original works for four guitars alongside arrangements of orchestral and chamber repertoire, including transcriptions of works originally written for other instrumental combinations, such as Mozart’s Sonata for Two Pianos, K. 448.

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Sonata for Two Pianos, K. 448 – I. Allegro con spirito— W. A. Mozart
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Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances (Arr. for Guitar Quartet by Louis Trépanier)— Alexander Borodin
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Danse macabre (Arr. for Guitar Quartet by Louis Trépanier)— Camille Saint-Saëns
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Concerto épisodique: I. Éveil— Patrick Roux
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Concerto épisodique: II. Envol— Patrick Roux
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Concerto épisodique: III. Mémoire— Patrick Roux
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Concerto épisodique: IV. Destin— Patrick Roux
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William Tell: Overture: I. Andante (Arr. for Guitar Quartet by Bruno Roussel and the Canadian…— Gioachino Rossini
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William Tell: Overture: II. Allegro (Arr. for Guitar Quartet by Bruno Roussel and the Canadian…— Gioachino Rossini
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William Tell: Overture: III. Andantino (Arr. for Guitar Quartet by Bruno Roussel and the…— Gioachino Rossini
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William Tell: Overture: IV. Allegro vivace (Arr. for Guitar Quartet by Bruno Roussel and the…— Gioachino Rossini
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Hoe-Down— Louis Trépanier
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Prologue, fougue et allegro trépidant: I. Prologue— Patrick Roux
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Prologue, fougue et allegro trépidant: II. Fougue— Patrick Roux
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Prologue, fougue et allegro trépidant: III. Allegro trépidant— Patrick Roux
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Sonata sopr’il soggetto reale pour flûte, violon et continuo, BWV 1079: III. Andante larghetto…— Johann Sebastian Bach
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Sonata sopr’il soggetto reale pour flûte, violon et continuo, BWV 1079: IV. Allegro (L’offrande…— Johann Sebastian Bach
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Pulsar— Olga Amelkina-Vera
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Sonate pour 2 pianos, K. 448: I. Allegro con spirito— Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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Empty Houses: No. 1, Empty House 1— Renaud Côté-Giguère
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Empty Houses: No. 2, Empty House 2— Renaud Côté-Giguère
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Empty Houses: No. 3, Empty House 3— Renaud Côté-Giguère
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Empty Houses: No. 4, Empty House 4— Renaud Côté-Giguère
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Areias Brancas, Orfeu Negro: Prelúdio (D’après Orfeu Negro)— Antonio Carlos Jobim
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Areias Brancas, Orfeu Negro: O Nosso Amor (D’après Orfeu Negro)— Antonio Carlos Jobim
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Areias Brancas, Orfeu Negro: A Felicidade (D’après Orfeu Negro)— Antonio Carlos Jobim
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Concerto pour deux violoncelles en sol mineur, RV 531: I. Allegro— Antonio Vivaldi
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Concerto pour deux violoncelles en sol mineur, RV 531: II. Largo— Antonio Vivaldi
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Concerto pour deux violoncelles en sol mineur, RV 531: III. Allegro— Antonio Vivaldi
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Fille De Cuivre I. Enveloppe isolante— Renaud Côté-Giguère
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Fille De Cuivre II. Sans alliage— Renaud Côté-Giguère
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Fille De Cuivre III. Touret— Renaud Côté-Giguère
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Concierto Tradicionuevo: I. Cafe Gardel— Patrick Roux
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Concierto Tradicionuevo: II. En las calles de Buenos Aires— Patrick Roux
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Octopus— Hans Brüderl
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Mappa Mundi: No. 1, Trocodite— Christine Donkin
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Mappa Mundi: No. 2, Turris Babel— Christine Donkin
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Mappa Mundi: No. 3, Yperborei— Christine Donkin
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Mappa Mundi: No. 4, Ipopodes— Christine Donkin
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