BRASILEIRO

This traversal of Villa-Lobos’ guitar music begins with a most unfortunate reading of the Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5 in an arrangement for voice and guitar.

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ROLAND DYENS–CITRONS DOUX

Here’s a veritable guitar grab bag that mixes classic repertoire, Chopin transcriptions, and original compositions. Roland Dyens commences with Federico Torroba’s Torija, a plaintive, lyrical

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Balada – concertos

This is an exceptional disc all round. Composer Leonardo Balada (b.1933) pioneered a fusion between ethnic Catalan and Moorish idioms and the most progressive avant-garde

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David Russell

If you normally shy away from Baroque Guitar music, put on this CD and go immediately to track 15. The martial-flavored opening of Scarlatti’s Sonata

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