15 reviews

Media: Audio CD
Discs: 3
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5

MPN: 3007
UPC: 047163300721
EAN: 0047163300721

Release Date: November 4, 1992
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Tracks:

Disc 1

•	Prelude
•	Loure
•	Gavotte en Rondeau
•	Menuett
•	Bourree
•	Gigue
•	Preludio
•	Fuga
•	Sarabande
•	Gigue-Double
•	Granada (Serenata)
•	Cataluna (Curranda)
•	Sevilla (Sevillanas)
•	Cadiz (Cancion)
•	Cuba (Capricho)

Disc 2

•	Allegro maestoso
•	No. 1 Minuetto
•	No. 5 Andaluza
•	No. 3 Zarabanda

Disc 3

•	No. 4 Villanesca
•	No. 12 Arabesca
•	No. 1 Largo
•	No. 2 Tranquillo
•	No. 3 Un poco mosso
•	Mazurka-Choro
•	Schottish-Choro
•	Valsa-Choro
•	Gavotta-Choro
•	Chorinho

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Editorial Reviews:

Amazon.com
Manuel Barrueco is one of the best guitarists I've ever heard. Listen to his own arrangement of Albeniz's Suite Espanola and you'll have trouble believing it's only two hands on one guitar. But Barrueco doesn't use his technique to show off. He's a solid musician, as expressive in Bach as in Villa- Lobos. He also makes transcriptions that respect the origins of the music. This is a wide-ranging guitar collection, but all the music is worth hearing, especially in performances like these. The disc is one of the best bargains among all guitar recordings, and Vox's recordings still sound like a guitar. --Leslie Gerber

Customer Reviews: Read 10 more reviews...

5 out of 5 stars

A Must-Have for Classical Guitar Fans April 7, 2008
Cerberus3 (New Jersey)
This collection from the early years of Manuel Barrueco is one of the best values you'll find. It's 3 discs long and contains some of the best guitar playing I've ever heard. I've owned this set once before and had to buy it again because my original CDs were worn out from ware and tear. Highly recommended for anyone starting a serious classical guitar collection.

5 out of 5 stars

Illuminating July 4, 2007
Stephan Garcia (Inglewood, CA USA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful

I'm a thoughtful and introspective person with a diverse background. Of all the old countries, Spain's diverse background appealed to me. This music reflects that appeal.

5 out of 5 stars

Essential recordings April 6, 2007
J. Castile (binary space)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful

Not much else really to say about this. It is a collection of brilliant interpretations and the guitar has the most amazing sound I've ever heard on a recording. You will find yourself almost spiritually bound to share this recording with any classical guitar playing friends and aficionados.

5 out of 5 stars

Exquisite December 14, 2006
Louise Marquis
6 out of 6 found this review helpful

I was browsing Amazon, shopping for gifts, and when I listened to the snippets of this, I couldn't resist ordering it for myself. It's a 3CD set of beautiful, varied music played by a brilliantly skilled and sensitive master. Barrueco has an extraordinary touch that seems perfect for each piece, from Bach to Paganini to Villa-Lobos. Anyone who likes classical guitar would treasure this set.

5 out of 5 stars

The "cool school" of guitar playing October 25, 2006
Tom Poore (South Euclid, OH)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful

This three CD collection is a reissue of Cuban born virtuoso Manuel Barrueco's early Vox LPs, recorded in the late 1970s to early 1980s. Included in this set is his stunning performance of selections by Spanish composers Isaac Albeniz and Enrique Granados. This 1978 Albeniz/Granados recording is perhaps the greatest example of what I call the "cool school" of guitar playing, eschewing color and warmth in favor of restraint, taste, and note perfect execution. One complaint: in this reissue VoxBox inexplicably spread the Albeniz/Granados selections over three CDs.