CARL VOLK

"ESTRADA DO SOL"

Chiron Records

Guitarist Carl Volk plays in this album fifteen pieces with the classical Spanish guitar, occasionally accompanied by Alexander Zonjic at the flute. Three of them are composed by himself: "Take-Off on a Satie Theme", "Fiber Optics" and "Blue Ridge Parkway". The rest are themes by different composers, which range from classical to Latin American: "Estrada do Sol" and "Estrada Branca" by Antonio Carlos Jobim, "The Current" by Andrew York, "Piece without title" and "Canción de Cuna" by Leo Brouwer, "Morning of the Carnival" by Luis Bonfa, "Nightclub", "Romántico" and "Verano Porteño" by Astor Piazzolla, "Valse Burlesque" by Gunther Mittergradnegger, "Gymnopedie No. 1" by Erik Satie, and "Aria (Cantilena)" by Héctor Villa-Lobos.

J.M.

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