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Wallace is not only a guitarist, but also composer (all these works are his own) and baritone. He is a performer on the ancient instrument, the vihuela de mano, and has had a colorful career - performing early music, blues and avantgarde works. He describes his mentors as John Dowland and Schubert. This collection is not your usual classical guitar recital, but demonstrates a fine talent at both composing and performing and has no dangers of boring sameness. Each of the nine works is broken up into very short movements, many under one minute length, which give an almost kaleidoscopic musical view. Some have their own titles which aid in appreciating the tone-painting. The disc is in a cardboard alternative to the jewel box and is the simplest and flattest such I have seen - it appears at first as though there is no CD inside. Probably not in every shop, so visit www.gyremusic.com
- John Sunier, Audiophile Audition
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