Terruno, the latest recording by Paraguayan guitarist Berta Rojas is fresh, exciting, and truly an amazing recording. It contains some lesser known guitar music and transcriptions by South American composers Vincent Lindsey Clark, Quique Sinesi, and Egberto Gismonti.
Viaje en Espana, the latest recording by classical guitarist Martha Masters, is more than just another Spanish guitar album. Even after one listen, it is apparent that the sounds of Spain, and the repertoire made famous by Segovia, are in direct relation to the music on this recording. Even though most of the music in this collection was never performed by Segovia, it was all written and dedicated to him, allowing fans to experience the “other” Segovia repertoire for the first time.
Naquele Tempo is Roland Dyens’ incredible collection of solo classical guitar arrangements of works written by the Brazilian composer, Alfredo da Rocha Viana, Jr.(1897-1973), better known as Pixinguinha (pronounced, Pish-in-GUI-nia). Pixinguinha’s music was originally written for small jazz ensembles and is characteristically expressive, innovative, and rich with melody and complex harmonies. His pieces have an improvisational feeling to them and contain all the elements representative of an expert composer.
