The Renaissance Guitar was used for the following tracks:


¡Guitarra! A Musical Journey Through Spain (the TV series)
Mudarra: Fantasía XIV


¡Guitarra! The Guitar in Spain (the companion LP release)
Mudarra: Fantasía XIV



Guitar: José Romanillos, UK/Spanish builder. (1984)
Date: Purchased by Bream on 1984
Notes
-Built specifically for Julian Bream

-"Back and ribs in cypress wood with one transverse bar on the back. The spruce sound-board has two transverse bars, a carved rose and is decorated with a chequer-board design. The inner joints are reinforced with linen tape. The neck and head are cedar-wood and the head is veneered in rosewood. It has wooden tuning pegs made in box-wood and a rosewood bridge. The ebony fingerboard is flush with the soundboard and has ten nylon frets and an ivory nut. The scale length is 600mm." [1]

-Sold in 2007 by Kent Guitar Classics

-Click on the KGC link for more information on this guitar.

Sources:

1-¡Guitarra! Julian Bream and José L. Romanillos, 1985 (LP booklet)




The Baroque Guitar was used for the following tracks:

¡Guitarra! A Musical Journey Through Spain (the TV series)
Gaspar Sanz: Canarios
Gaspar Sanz: Passacalles
Gaspar Sanz: Galliardas (rehearsal on train)
Gaspar Sanz: Galliardas
Francisco Guerau: Poema Harmonico- Canario
Francisco Guerau: Poema Harmonico- Mariona
Francisco Guerau: Poema Harmonico- Villano
Santiago de Murcia: Prelude y Allegro for guitar

¡Guitarra! The Guitar in Spain (the companion LP release)

Gaspar Sanz: Galliardas
Gaspar Sanz: Passacalles
Gaspar Sanz: Canarios
Francisco Guerau: Poema Harmonico- Canario
Santiago de Murcia: Prelude y Allegro para Guitar

Renaissance (four-course ) Guitar

José Romanillos 1984

Spanish Vihuela

José Romanillos 1983

Early Period Guitars:
Early period guitars owned by Julian Bream while a professional guitarist.

​JulianBreamGuitar.com

Guitar: José Romanillos, UK/Spanish builder. (1979)
Date: Purchased by Bream on 1979
Notes:

  • Built specifically for Julian Bream
  • Sold in a Sotheby's auction on June 14th, 1990. The guitar was expected to fetch £1,500-£2,000. Final bid not known.

Sources

  • Vera King, "Sotheby's auction Bream's guitars", Guitar International magazine June 1990, p. 4

Guitar: José Romanillos, UK/Spanish builder. (1982)
Date: Purchased by Bream on 1982
Notes
-Built specifically for Julian Bream
-Sold in 2007 by Kent Guitar Classics
-Click on the KGC link for more information on this guitar.

The Spanish Vihuela was used for the following tracks:


¡Guitarra! A Musical Journey Through Spain (the TV series)
de Milan: El Maestro- Fantasía XXIII
de Milán: El Maestro-Pavana VI
Narváez: Los seys libros del delphín; Libro III, La Cancion del Emperador
Narváez: Los seys libros del delphín; Libro V, Ya Se Asiente el Rey Ramiro
Narváez: Los seys libros del delphín; Libro VI, Conde Claros
Mudarra: Romanesca,
Mudarra: Fantasía X


¡Guitarra! The Guitar in Spain (the companion LP release)

de Milán: Fantasía XXII (on vihuela )
de Narváez: La Canción del Emperador  (on vihuela )
de Narváez: Diferencias de 'Conde Claros' para guitar (on vihuela )
Mudarra: Fantasía X (on vihuela )

Baroque Guitar

José Romanillos 1983