Intimate Barrios
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Composer: Agustin Barrios-MangorePerformer: Berta Rojas
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1998-10-20
Music Label: Dorian Recordings
Soundtracks:
- Maxixe
- Ca'azapa
- Jha Che Valle
- Un Sueno En La Floresta
- Pais De Abanico
- Villancico De Navidad
- Waltz Op.8, No.4
- Allegro Sinfonico
- Julia Florida
- La Catedral: Prld Saudade
- La Catedral: Andante Religiosos
- La Catedral: Allegro Solemne
- La Catedral: Aconquija
- La Catedral: Waltz Op.8, No.3
- La Catedral: Prld in c
- La Catedral: Madrigal
- La Catedral: Choro Da Saudade
- La Catedral: London Carape
- La Catedral: Danza Paraguaya
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Free Music Review: David Russell vs. John Williams the best guitarist in Barrios' music? No, that honor goes to Berta Rujas
Hit: 5 Stars
Amazon customer reviewers seem divided between David Russell and John Williams as to who is the finest classical guitar exponent of Barrios' music for guitar. In my opinion, that honor belongs neither to Russell or to Williams, but to Berta Rojas.
Berta Rojas combines the best of Russell - musicianship and beautiful phrasing - with the slightly more polished technique of John Williams. She is a native Paraguayan who grew up listening to Barrios' guitar music, and it shows: Her phrasing, her sense of this wonderfully idiomatic guitar music is superb, as is her technique.
Granted, John Williams, at least in his CD "From the Jungles of Paraguay," is incredibly polished, with a technique that outdoes David Russell. Yet Williams' phrasing, his approach to Barrios' music has a sameness to it that ultimately disappoints.
David Russell, on the other hand, feels this music instinctively as well as possesses a fine technique. That combination seems to me to be a hallmark of David Russell's recordings in general. He is a consumate classical guitarist who seems in his element almost no matter what he plays in the classical guitar repertoire.
Yet Berta Rojas, in her "Intimate Barrios" / all Barrios CD, combines the best of David Russell - the musicianship and phrasing - with the best of John Williams, to create guitar playing that is fresh , songful and alive. It is a very very special CD, an absolute must if you are a Barrios fan, or a classical guitar enthusiast.
Strongly recommended.
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