Xianji Liu LATIN GUITAR SONATAS

When Xianji Liu became the first Chinese-born winner of the prestigious Francisco Tárrega International Guitar Competition in 2016, a new star emerged in the world of the classical guitar.

Latin sonatas is a journey through the popular music of Brazil, Cuba and Puerto Rico, its rhythms, harmonies and colours, in a contemporary language breathing new life into the old form.

Plácido Domingo / Pablo Sainz-Villegas VOLVER

Volver, is the brainchild of Domingo and Villegas out now. Featuring famous Iberian and Latin America songs alongside three solo works for the guitar: "The Spanish Coplas", "Nostalgic Fado", and "Mexican Bolero". The album includes pieces such as Violeta Parras’s Gracias a la vida, which was inducted into the Latin Grammy Hall of Fame in 2013, as well as Volver by Alfredo Le Pera, and Carlos Gardel and Álvaro Carrillo’s immensely successful Sabor a mí. These arrangements were prepared by twelve-time Grammy winner Rafa Sardina, resulting in exciting new versions that capture Plácido Domingo’s voice in a uniquely intimate way.