Mela Guitar Quartet - Complete Guitar Quartets - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

The Spanish composer Manuel Castillowrote prolifically in a wide range ofgenres.His works for guitar, many of which areunpublished, reveal a keen awarenessof the instrument's expressive andvirtuosic potential, whether in thepassionate energy of the Sonata orthe evocative imagery of the beautifulKasidas del Alcazar, inspired by thekasidas (an Arabic poetic form) of the20th-century Sevillian poet JoaquinRomero Murube.The masterly Quintet with Guitar is animportant addition to the small body oftwentieth-century works for guitar andstring quartet.

Antonio Ruiz-Pipó was a versatile musician whose compositions display both Andalusian and Parisian influences as well as reflecting his own life story of non-conformism coupled with an infinite love for humanity. This program reveals his inclination towards South American music, and in the duets Homenaje a Villa-Lobos and the quartet América she looks towards the habanera and samba (as well as a little boogie-woogie). Ancient sounds from a faraway land echo in the Homenaje a Antoniode Cabezón, while Cuatropara Cuatro and A Sevilla are pure Andalusian Ruiz-Pipó in terms of their colors, rhythms and narrative.

English Guitar Quartet - Baroque Guitar Quartets [COMPACT DISCS] date 04/20/1994