The audio and/or video files posted on YouTube and SoundCloud are great for analyzing and practising but have several challenges and limitations, namely the sound generated by the software which is not close to sounding like a ukulele, the slow speeds chosen to allow you to practice by playing along which makes the music sound plodding in some cases, and the total lack of performance dynamics (tempo, volume, part differentiation, phrasing, strum versus block chords, etc).
Here are some references to recordings by world-class performers to help guide you.
Here are some recordings of Renaissance music by vihuela and lute performers that have inspired my arrangements:
| Performer | Instrument | Album | Composers Featured | Label |
| Jose Antonio Escobar | Vihuela | El Maestro, Libro 1 (1536) | Milán | Naxos |
| Ralph Maier | Vihuela | The Art of the Vihuela | Narváez, Mudarra, Milán, Fuenllana, Daza, Valderrabano | Private |
| Christopher Wilson | Vihuela | Music for Vihuela | Milán, Narváez | Naxos Early Music |
| Christopher Wilson, Shirley Rumsey | Lute | Lute Music – Fantasias, Ricercars and Duets | Milano | Naxos Early Music |
| Christopher Wilson, Shirley Rumsey | Lute | Lute Music | Johnson (John) | Naxos Early Music |
| Christopher Wilson, Shirley Rumsey | Lute | Pavans and Galliards | Holborne, Robinson | Naxos Early Music |
| Nigel North | Lute | The Prince’s Almain | Johnson (Robert) | Naxos |
| Robert Barto | Lute | Solo Works for Lute | Hagen | Naxos |
| Christopher Wilson | Lute | Lute Music – Ricercars, Intabulations, Dances | Dall’Aquila, Da Crema | Naxos Early Music |
| Shirley Rumsey | Lute | Music of the Italian Renaissance | Arcadelt, Azzaiolo, Milano, Cara, Dalza, Caprioli, Capirola, Spinacino, Tromboncino, Aquila, Despres, Borrono, Nola | Naxos Early Music |
| Marco Pesci | Lute | Renaissance Lute Music | Liuto, Palestrina, Lasso, Rore | Naxos |
| Shirley Rumsey | Lute | Music of the Spanish Renaissance | Uppsala, Daza, Narváez, Fuenllana, Milán, Pisador, Morlaye, Mudarra, Valderrabano | Naxos Early Music |
| Christopher Wilson, Shirley Rumsey | Lute | Early Venetian Lute Music | Dalza, Spinacino, Bossinensis, Capirola | Naxos Early Music |
| Nigel North | Lute | John Dowland Lute Music (Volumes 1 to 4) | Dowland (John) | Naxos |
| Marc Lewon & Paul Kieffer & Grace Newcombe | Plectrum Lute & Voice | Two Lutes with Grace (Plectrum Lute Duos of the Late 15th Century) | Agricola, Bedyngham, Dalza, Des Prez, Frye, Ghiselin, Ghizeghem, Roelkin, Spinacino, Tinctoris | Naxos Early Music |
Here are some recordings of Baroque music by lute and other performers that have inspired my arrangements:
| Performer | Instrument | Album | Composers Featured | Label |
| Nigel North | Lute | Bach on the Lute (Volumes 1 to 4) | Bach | Linn Records |
| Yasunori Imamura | Baroque Lute | Complete Works for Lute | Bach | Naxos |
| Robert Barto | Baroque Lute | Weiss Sonatas for Lute (Volumes 1 to 11) | Weiss | Naxos |
| Danijel Cerovic | Guitar | Works for Lute … arranged for guitar | Weiss | Naxos |
| Jeffrey McFadden | Guitar | Cello Suites (Volume 1) … arranged for guitar | Bach | Naxos |
For your information, I own every CD in the Naxos Guitar Collection (most of them produced by Norbert Kraft) and Naxos Laureate Series for Guitar. Of course, I have recorded music from Segovia (who I saw in concert in Washington DC in 1980), Yepes and others, as well as recordings by every one of my teachers/leaders (Beauvais, Mahon, Maier, Visscher, Arnold, Bradley) at the Royal Conservatory of Music (Toronto), the Mount Royal Conservatory of Music (Calgary) and the Asylum for Art (Calgary).