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Five Recent Classical Guitar Albums of Merit

International classical guitarist Xuefei Yang headlines this review of five recent exceptional albums of classical guitar music.

“On A Clear Day” is an exquisite Sinatra performance, made deep and lush by the swelling of Nelson Riddle‘s small orchestra.

Harvey Mandel’s 1968 blues-rock solo debut ‘Cristo Redentor’ is a psychedelic masterpiece of virtuoso playing and innovation.

This is the album that made Aretha Franklin the undisputed Queen of Soul back in 1967, a title she never relinquished throughout her stellar career.

The 2007 live concert at Lincoln Center resulted in one of the most pleasurable jazz albums of the past 50 years.

Pablo Sainz-Villegas issues a superb album of deeply expressive compositions taken from both the traditional and contemporary repertoires.