Sharon Isbin - Sharon Isbin & Friends: Guitar Passions (2011)

Tracklist

01. Porro
02. Sonidos de aquel dia
03. 'Adagio' from Concierto de Aranjuez
04. Asturias
05. Allegro
06. Dreamboat Annie
07. Alfonsina y el Mar
08. Chovendo na Roseira
09. Carinhoso
10. O Presidente
11. Andante religioso
12. Allegro solomne


Described by the Atlanta Journal as "The Monet of classical guitar... a master colorist". This 12 piece recording is released on the Sony Classical label. Grammy award winner Sharon Isbin has been hailed as the pre-eminent guitartist of our time & belongs to the worlds greatest & best selling classical guitarists. This new album is an extraordinary musical exploration that has a definitive Latin American flavour, but the album is focused more on her musical mentors & is produced by multi-Grammy winner David Frost.

She is Winner of Guitar Player magazine’s “Best Classical Guitarist” award, the Madrid Queen Sofia and Toronto Competitions, and was the first guitarist ever to win the Munich Competition.

It is noteworthy that many of the twelve titles on the album are premiere recordings, including the Barbosa-Lima/Passos arrangement of Pixinguinha’s “Carinhoso”, as well as the arrangements by Vai, Jordan, Wilson, Wolff and Lubambo.

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