BURLEY Raymond

Raymond Burley is one of Britain’s most experienced guitarists. As a soloist he has toured extensively throughout the UK, Europe, North and South America and the Far East. He has performed and recorded with many of England’s finest orchestras including the English Chamber Orchestra, the Philharmonia and BBC Symphony Orchestra.

He has given premieres of works by composers that include Stephen Dodgson, Bernard Stevens, Reginald Smith Brindle, John Duarte, James Patten, Gilbert Biberian and Dudley Moore. Raymond Burley has performed and recorded in duo with guitarists Alice Artzt, John Mills, Gordon Giltrap, Gregg Nestor, Clive Carroll, John Feeley, John Etheridge and Giorgio Mirto. Other partners include actress Dame Peggy Ashcroft, harpsichordist Gilbert Rowland, mezzo soprano Jacqueline Fox and keyboard player Rick Wakeman.

Raymond Burley has given masterclasses and directed guitar festivals in the UK, Vancouver, Ottawa, Toronto, Calgary, Seattle, San Francisco, Salt Lake City, Washington DC, New York, Princeton, Kowloon, Dublin, Bonn, Athens, Bremen and Lima. He has numerous recordings to his credit and publications with d’OZ, Durand, Corda, PWM and Schott.

A very fine CD. I can’t recall having heard Fernando Sor’s great op.7 Fantaisie played better.
Peter Danner (Soundboard magazine, USA).

These performances of my music with Jacqueline Fox are the kind every composer hopes for but rarely has the good fortune to hear. I can’t speak for George Gershwin but I’m pretty sure he would have joined in the chorus of approval.
John Duarte (Classical Guitar magazine, UK).

The music was presented with charm and a marvellous sense of tone color. The playing was beautifully modulated, mindful of the musical structure and filled with tonal variety that was always at the service of the music.
Jacob Siskind (Ottawa Citizen, Canada)