300 Years of Guitar Masterpieces
Manuel Barrueco is one of the best guitarists I've ever heard. Listen to  his own arrangement of Albeniz'sSuite Españolaand you'll have trouble  believing it's only two hands on one guitar. But Barrueco doesn't use his  technique to show off. He's a solid musician, as expressive in Bach as in Villa- Lobos. He also makes transcriptions that respect the origins of the music. This is  a wide-ranging guitar collection, but all the music is worth hearing, especially in  performances like these. The disc is one of the best bargains among all guitar  recordings, and Vox's recordings still sound like a guitar.--Leslie Gerber