It includes pieces by Cutting, Vise, Sor, Trrega, and others. A must for any classical guitarist's repertoire collection. The series is meant to provide a concert-quality repertoire for the advanced classical guitarist in both standard and tablature formats. Subsequent volumes round out the repertoire with selections from other style periods and composers, such as the Baroque, J.S. Bach, and Fernando Sor. The book's Historical Notes and Performance Suggestions give an intimate glimpse into the background of the music and provide the player with useful technical tips.
Technical difficulty is indeed advanced, but the results of the hard hours of practice are worth it.
The selections in this book are the reason why people, myself included, fall in love with the guitar. This isn't really a instruction manual to the classical guitar, it's actually more important than that. The learning of these pieces in my opionon will help far more than most technique books since the man goal isn't to play the guitar, but to make music. 2 is of less use as the guitar tablature is barely readable. Michael Lorimer's facsimile edition of the Saldivar Codex is the definitive one to get.