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Although John Williams recorded a wonderful album of it in the 1990s, the guitar music of Agustín Barrios has been underexposed except for a few pieces that turn up as encores. This is a shame, for his music is not really like that of any other Latin American guitar composer. It embodies a deep fusion of vernacular music with European influences, and it has an unusual religious strain. The vernacular influences heard on this superb release by guitarist Thibaut García include not only broadly popular dances like the waltz, the mazurka, and the Brazilian maxixe but also specifically Paraguayan folk music. Transcriptions of Chopin, Beethoven, and Schumann break up the program, and one of Barrios' most famous pieces, the three-movement, Bachian La Catedral, stands at the album's pinnacle. The religious works are both instrumental and spoken, and there is one piece that incorporates Barrios' own poetry, with the titular poem read by Orlando Rojas. There is a certain mood of mystery that adds an X factor to Barrios' music, and it is intensified here by the inclusion of a 1928 recording of Barrios himself. His playing seems reflected in García's own, and that is truly all to the good.
© James Manheim /TiVo
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Agustin Barrios Mangore, Composer - Thibaut García, Guitar, MainArtist
A Warner Classics release, © 2023 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2023 Parlophone Records Limited
Agustin Barrios Mangore, Composer - Thibaut García, Guitar, MainArtist
A Warner Classics release, © 2023 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2023 Parlophone Records Limited
Agustin Barrios Mangore, Composer - Thibaut García, Guitar, MainArtist
A Warner Classics release, © 2023 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2023 Parlophone Records Limited
Frederic Chopin, Composer - Agustin Barrios Mangore, Arranger - Thibaut García, Guitar, MainArtist
A Warner Classics release, © 2023 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2023 Parlophone Records Limited
Agustin Barrios Mangore, Composer - Thibaut García, Guitar, MainArtist
A Warner Classics release, © 2023 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2023 Parlophone Records Limited
Agustin Barrios Mangore, Composer - Thibaut García, Guitar, MainArtist
A Warner Classics release, © 2023 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2023 Parlophone Records Limited
Agustin Barrios Mangore, Composer - Thibaut García, Guitar, MainArtist
A Warner Classics release, © 2023 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2023 Parlophone Records Limited
Agustin Barrios Mangore, Composer - Orlando Rojas, Narrator, FeaturedArtist - Thibaut García, Guitar, MainArtist
A Warner Classics release, © 2023 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2023 Parlophone Records Limited
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Agustin Barrios Mangore, Arranger - Thibaut García, Guitar, MainArtist
A Warner Classics release, © 2023 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2023 Parlophone Records Limited
Agustin Barrios Mangore, Composer - Thibaut García, Guitar, MainArtist
A Warner Classics release, © 2023 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2023 Parlophone Records Limited
Agustin Barrios Mangore, Composer - Thibaut García, Guitar, MainArtist
A Warner Classics release, © 2023 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2023 Parlophone Records Limited
Agustin Barrios Mangore, Composer - Thibaut García, Guitar, MainArtist
A Warner Classics release, © 2023 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2023 Parlophone Records Limited
Agustin Barrios Mangore, Composer - Thibaut García, Guitar, MainArtist
A Warner Classics release, © 2023 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2023 Parlophone Records Limited
Agustin Barrios Mangore, Composer - Thibaut García, Guitar, MainArtist
A Warner Classics release, © 2023 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2023 Parlophone Records Limited
Agustin Barrios Mangore, Composer - Thibaut García, Guitar, MainArtist
A Warner Classics release, © 2023 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2023 Parlophone Records Limited
Agustin Barrios Mangore, Composer - Thibaut García, Guitar, MainArtist
A Warner Classics release, © 2023 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2023 Parlophone Records Limited
Agustin Barrios Mangore, Composer - Orlando Rojas, Narrator, MainArtist
A Warner Classics release, © 2023 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2023 Parlophone Records Limited
Agustin Barrios Mangore, Composer - Thibaut García, Guitar, MainArtist
A Warner Classics release, © 2023 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2023 Parlophone Records Limited
Robert Schumann, Composer - Agustin Barrios Mangore, Arranger - Thibaut García, Guitar, MainArtist
A Warner Classics release, © 2023 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2023 Parlophone Records Limited
Agustin Barrios Mangore, Composer - Thibaut García, Guitar, MainArtist
A Warner Classics release, © 2023 Parlophone Records Limited ℗ 2018 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Agustin Barrios Mangore, Composer - Thibaut García, Guitar, MainArtist
A Warner Classics release, © 2023 Parlophone Records Limited ℗ 2018 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Agustin Barrios Mangore, Composer - Thibaut García, Guitar, MainArtist
A Warner Classics release, © 2023 Parlophone Records Limited ℗ 2018 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Agustin Barrios Mangore, Composer, Guitar - Thibaut García, MainArtist
A Warner Classics release, © 2023 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2023 Parlophone Records Limited
Album review
Although John Williams recorded a wonderful album of it in the 1990s, the guitar music of Agustín Barrios has been underexposed except for a few pieces that turn up as encores. This is a shame, for his music is not really like that of any other Latin American guitar composer. It embodies a deep fusion of vernacular music with European influences, and it has an unusual religious strain. The vernacular influences heard on this superb release by guitarist Thibaut García include not only broadly popular dances like the waltz, the mazurka, and the Brazilian maxixe but also specifically Paraguayan folk music. Transcriptions of Chopin, Beethoven, and Schumann break up the program, and one of Barrios' most famous pieces, the three-movement, Bachian La Catedral, stands at the album's pinnacle. The religious works are both instrumental and spoken, and there is one piece that incorporates Barrios' own poetry, with the titular poem read by Orlando Rojas. There is a certain mood of mystery that adds an X factor to Barrios' music, and it is intensified here by the inclusion of a 1928 recording of Barrios himself. His playing seems reflected in García's own, and that is truly all to the good.
© James Manheim /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 23 track(s)
- Total length: 01:20:36
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Thibaut García
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Warner Classics
- Genre: Classical
A Warner Classics release, © 2023 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics release, ℗ 2023 Parlophone Records Limited
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