Classical guitar virtuoso Maximo Pujol from Argentina has been revisiting the ‘tango’ and ‘milonga’ genres since the Seventies. Recorded in 2006 for Acqua Records, and...

Classical guitar virtuoso Maximo Pujol from Argentina has been revisiting the ‘tango’ and ‘milonga’ genres since the Seventies. Recorded in 2006 for Acqua Records, and licensed to Fremeaux & Associes in 2010 during a visit to Argentina by Patrick Fremeaux & Claude Colombini, this retrospective of the composer’s works from 1979 to 2005 pays tribute to Buenos Aires. As a cosmopolitan seaport whose fertile soil has fostered world-music in a rich variety of forms, the contrasting colours and music of Buenos Aires originate in as many cultures – European, Amerindian,African… – as the nationalities in the population. Between popular music and classical, these pieces for two guitars recorded by world-famous guitarist Maria Isabel Siewers softly evoke the milongas and colourfulfacades of Argentina’s capital. Augustin BONDOUX