Manuel Barrueco: Concierto Barroco (2005) 1CD | EAC Rip | APE(image) CUE, No LOG | 54:15 | Complete Scans | 255 MB Genre: Classical | Label: KOCH - international classics Here are five excellent works for guitar and orchestra. The longest are the pair by Roberto Sierra (b. 1953), each a few seconds over 13 minutes. Folias is a modern set of variations on that tune most of us first met in Corelli's variations (La folia). Concierto barroco combines Afro-Cuban and Baroque elements. It also contains some modern dissonances or polytonalities along with its neo-Baroque passages. Folias sounds rather like Richard Strauss combined with Manuel de Falla and seasoned with a dash of Joaquin Rodrigo. Sierra's pieces begin and end the concert, while Vivaldi's typically vigorous-and genuinely Baroque-concertos are second and fourth on the disc. Arvo Part's mesmerizing Fratres serves as centerpiece. More info:
