Spirits of the Latin Guitar

Craig Alden Dell (Performer)

Product Details

• Performer: Craig Alden Dell
• Audio CD (October 24, 1995)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Delta
• ASIN: B000001VC8
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #65,374 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Gem, June 26, 2006

By	Michael W. Cho (Phoenix AZ) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I bought this album at Best Buy years ago because of the interesting art on the cover. I popped it in the CD player and was entranced by the sound, the beauty of the pieces. As a guitarist, I was awed by the technical fluency and Craig's ability to create whispers and storms on his instrument. This is a wonderful introduction to a guitarist or music-lover to Spanish and South American pieces of elegance and wonder.

5.0 out of 5 stars Hidden Treasure , June 7, 2006

By	Penumbra (Atlanta, GA USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)

This showed up in my Amazon recommendations list. Although I had never heard of Craig Alden Dell, I gave it a shot and am very glad I did!

His credentials are impeccable. According to the liner notes: "Craig Alden Dell, a 35 year veteran of the guitar has studied and performed in the styles of Classical, Flamenco, and Impressionistic, as well as Folk, Ethnic and Progressive guitar. Having studied formally in the Terrega School he is a graduate of the Escuela Razonada de la Guitarra at the University of Barcelona, under the direction of Maestro Emilio Pujol and his assistant, Hector Garcia. In the Classic style he also studies guitar from Christopher Parkening and received personal career guidance from Maestro Segovia on an occasion to have met with him in the late sixties. Craig studied flamenco guitar from El Saraste and has also performed for and studied technique from the legendary Sabicas."

The CD contains some brilliant performances of classical Latin guitar pieces that you don't find in every collection.

Very beautiful! Grab it while you can.

4.0 out of 5 stars Undiscovered virtuoso? You decide . . ., October 12, 2001

By	"scimpen" (Denver, Colorado United States) - See all my reviews

I met Craig Alden Dell in the summer of 1999 when he was selling his CDs out of the back of his car at a flea market in Northern New Mexico. I bought "Spirits of the Latin Guitar" then, and it's occupied an honored and well-played space in our disc changer ever since. Dell's interpretations of classics by Granados, Tarrega and others are infused with a soul that only a skilled and loving hand can bring to the classic guitar. They recall a cool autumn evening in the Jemez Mountains - alive with the aroma of a pinon fire and the enchanted New Mexico sky.