The porteno label Acqua Records has provided Fremeaux & Associes with this programme of arrangements for solo guitar devoted to four monuments of 20th century Argentinean popular music: Abel Fleury, Atahualpa Yupanqui, Astor Piazzolla and Eduardo Falu. Four composers of varying styles, but all sharing a common desire to express the popular musical soul of Argentina. This 4CD boxed set covers the immense range of Argentinean folk music, from the mountain peaks in Salta to the vast plains of the Pampas—milonga, zamba, chacarera, vidala—here played by the masters of the guitar Carlos Martínez and Máximo Pujol. Benjamin GOLDENSTEIN
