Ricardo Gallén, one of the one of the most distinguished and accomplished classical guitarists, offers an intimate immersion into Latin American guitar music, alternating brilliant and nostalgic pieces. “En Silencio” presents a selection of some of the least and the best known works of twentieth-century Latin American guitar repertoire, among them Astor Piazzolla’s Invierno Porteño, Agustín Barrios’s La Catedral and Jorge Morel’s Sonatina. On this recording, Ricardo Gallén performs on a copy of a 1864 Antonio de Torres guitar by Paco Santiago Marín.
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«Imagination and technical mastery.» By Aart van der Wal, Opusklassiek © 2018
«Gallén’s tone is rich, varied and resonantly beautiful.» By John Miller, HRAudio.net © 2018
«An essential guitar recording.» By Jean-Jacques Millo, OpusHD.net © 2018
«All you hear on this recording is the music’s essence coming through, pure and expressive.» By Jean-Yves Duperron, Classical Music Sentinel © 2018
«Cada interpretación que compone el disco es una magistral experiencia de menos de cinco minutos.» By Cecilia Mª González Zango, Melómano © 2018
| Format | SACD & download versions |
| Catalogue number | EUD-SACD-1801 (SACD version) EUD-DR-1801 (Download versions) |
| Barcode | 8436551170275 (SACD version) 8436551170282 (Download versions) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Recording date | October 5-7, 2015 |
| Location | Auditorio San Francisco, Ávila, Spain |
| Original format | DSD256 (11.2MHz) |
| Equipment | Sonodore and Schoeps microphones; Merging Horus microphone preamplifier and AD/DA converter; Pyramix Workstation; Sennheiser headphones; Bryston headphone amplifier; Amphion speakers. |
