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Manuel Barrueco, Concierto Barroco

By Julia Crowe

Accompanied by the Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia conducted by Víctor Pablo Pérez, classical guitarist Manuel Barrueco performs scintillating new works by Puerto Rican composer Roberto Sierra and Estonian composer Arvo Pärt as well as Antonio Vivaldi’s Concertos in D and C Major based on transcriptions by Emilio Pujol. Sierra’s Folías is a soaring, ecstatic, and fiery masterpiece based on Spain’s 16th- and 17th-century dance music; it conjures up dizzying echoes of Boccherini’s “Introduction and Fandango” mixed with an exhilarating exchange between tempo and rhythms, accented by Spanish castanets. Pärt’s soulful Fratres is a mesmerizing cascade of alternately dreamy and rapid-fire arpeggios melded into an orchestral landscape with firefly harmonics punctuated to mysterious effect by a distant bass drum. Sierra’s one-movement Concierto Barrocco is a lively and colorful evocation of an imaginary moment (based on Alejo Carpentier’s novel of the same name) in which Scarlatti, Handel, Vivaldi, and a man and his servant from India gather to make music. Throughout the album, Barrueco plays with crisp, decisive execution and sensitivity. The familiar Vivaldi concertos make perfect bookends to the new pieces. Especially of interest to Baroque music fans, this album would make a fine addition to anyone’s collection. (EMI Classics, www.emispain.com)

This article also appears in Acoustic Guitar, Issue #144

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