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ANDRES SEGOVIA: FIVE CENTURIES OF THE SPANISH GUITAR (MCA Classics). The reviver and master of the instrument as you have never heard him before. Twenty-six digitally reissued performances, dating from 1952 to 1968, drawn from the works of ten Spanish composers...
...dominant instruments on Switchback are piano, played by Cossu, himself, and both acoustic and electric guitar, played by Van Manakas. The first piece on the album, "Desert Lightning," gives a good show of the talents of both musicians. The piece is an upbeat mix of piano, acoustic guitar, bass, flute and percussion instruments. Its tones are high and non-jarring, and the piano and guitar, while usually mixing in or keeping the rhythm in the background, are strong...
Three solos mark the originality of the piece. The guitar solo, executed by Manakas, is particularly inspiring and reminiscent of the energy of Acoustic Alchemy's 1987 release, Red Dust and Spanish Lace. The flute solo generally follows the patterns set by those of the other two instruments. This repitition, however, becomes grating, and the piece begins to sound something like the old USA Cinema theme...
...Serpentine Wall" is a track which, because of Manakas' electric guitar influence, sounds at times like Dire Straits' "Making Movies." While a great deal of the piece is marked by a rolling placidity, Manakas' guitar solos make "Serpentine Wall" catchy and memorable. "Infinite Circles" follows "Serpentine Wall" with a completely different sound marked by piano and cello. Cossu and cellist Eugene Friesen, who played on the Windham Hill release, New Friend, often mimic each other in a raindrop pattern and also present some haunting harmonies...
ANDRES SEGOVIA: FIVE CENTURIES OF THE SPANISH GUITAR (MCA Classics). The master as you have never before heard him: 26 digitally reissued performances, from 1952 to 1968, drawn from the works of ten Spanish composers...