Laureate Series • Rafael Aguirre Guitar Recital
Rafael Aguirre – 2010 Winner, ‘Alhambra’ International Guitar Competition

Repertoire • G GIMÉNEZ (1854-1923) arr K YAMASHITA Intermedio from La Boda de Luis Alonso • DEBUSSY
arr C TREPAT Soirée dans Grenade (from Estampes) Paco de LUCÍA (b 1947) Guajiras de Lucía • Sergio
ASSAD (b 1952) Spanish Impressions World Première Recording • DEBUSSY arr TREPAT La Puerta del vino (from Préludes, Book 2) • Manuel LÓPEZ-QUIROGA (1899-1988) arr TREPAT Francisco Alegre • ALBÉNIZ arr
MIÑARRO Triana • RODRIGO Toccata • TÁRREGA Gran Jota • J MALATS (1872-1912) arr TÁRREGA
Serenata española

Rafael Aguirre is acknowledged as one of today’s most celebrated virtuoso guitarists, having
won first prize at 13 of the world’s most prestigious international competitions: a record-breaking
achievement for a Spanish musician. Following on from his previous, acclaimed recording
(8.572064), this fullblooded recital is of music by Spanish composers or those influenced by
Iberia, from the pure flamenco of Paco de Lucía’s Guajiras to Debussy’s impressionistic Soirée
dans Grenade, and from Albéniz’s Triana, named after the gypsy quarter in Seville, to the virtuoso fireworks
of Tárrega’s Gran Jota.