Castillo / Fantoni / Ramelli / Castillo Quartet - Guitar Music - Music CD

The Spanish composer Manuel Castillowrote prolifically in a wide range ofgenres.His works for guitar, many of which areunpublished, reveal a keen awarenessof the instrument's expressive andvirtuosic potential, whether in thepassionate energy of the Sonata orthe evocative imagery of the beautifulKasidas del Alcazar, inspired by thekasidas (an Arabic poetic form) of the20th-century Sevillian poet JoaquinRomero Murube.The masterly Quintet with Guitar is animportant addition to the small body oftwentieth-century works for guitar andstring quartet.