Music from Cuba and Spain, Sierra: Sonata para Guitarra

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2021 nomination for Latin GRAMMY as "Best Classical Album"

The original idea for this recording was to explore musical connections between Cuba and Spain. Later I thought it would be important to include Roberto Sierra’s magnificent Sonata para Guitarra. Though Sierra is not from Cuba or Spain, he is from Puerto Rico which is a country with a culture so similar to Cuba’s that they have been described as “the two wings of one bird” (de un pájaro las dos alas).

La idea original para la presente grabación era explorar las conexiones musicales entre Cuba y España. Después pensé que sería importante incluir la magnífica Sonata para Guitarra de Roberto Sierra. Sierra no es de Cuba ni España, sino que es de Puerto Rico, un país con una cultura tan similar a Cuba que ambos países han sido descritos como “de un pájaro las dos alas”.