Recording the Classical Guitar charts the evolution of classical guitar recording practice from the early the twentieth century to the present day, encompassing the careers of many of the instrument’s most influential practitioners from acoustic era to the advent of the CD. A key focus is on the ways in which guitarists’ recorded repertoire programmes have shaped the identity of the instrument, particularly where national allegiances and musical aesthetics are concerned. The book also considers the ways in which changing approaches to recording practice have conditioned guitarists’ conceptions of the instrument’s ideal representation in recorded form and situates this in relation to the development of classical music recording aesthetics more generally. An important addition to the growing body of literature in the field of phonomusicology, the book will be of interest to guitarists, producers as well as students of record production and historians of classical music recording. Recording the Classical Guitar is accompanied by a companion website that offers additional resources relating to classical guitar recording practice and the artists and recordings recordings discussed in the book and will be an essential resource to professionals and students of the classical guitar alike.