Title: Is this stuff well known?
Review: Narciso Yepes plays the hell out of this music which was wholly unfamiliar to me until I heard one of the etudes on Youtube. It was passionate and intriguing enough for me to order the CD. I can't say these are all masterpieces. Some of the etudes sound like five-finger exercises and some of the preludes have rather pallid echoes of Bach. If you don't particularly like the guitar, I would pass. But if the potential wildness of the instrument appeals to you at all, there is plenty here to reward your listening. Villa Lobos (and Yepes!) seem to be fascinated with the contrast between the classical forms and the abandon of Latin influences. It works for me.
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