Ruiz-Pipo: Complete Music For Guitar

Born in Granada, Antonio Ruiz-Pipo (1934-1997) learned the guitar in his youth but trained as a pianist. This new recording presents Ruiz-Pipo's complete works for guitar, unmistakably Hispanic in character, but seamlessly integrated within his own, distinctive musical language. Elements of the Spanish folk tradition bridge the divide between a tonal-modal center and the prevalence of free atonal chromaticism. (Brilliant)