Above all "Strong Guitar Emotions" is a voyage that takes us to the most fascinating places in contemporary guitar repertory… In this milieu, linguistic simplicity becomes emotion, presenting a panorama where Latin musicians (Paulo Bellinati, Jorge Morel and Astor Piazzolla), figure side by side with an Italian vein which weaves a singing style with their Mediterranean origins (Maurizio Colonna, Giorgio Signorile) and makes reference to a post Baroque style (Paolo Ugoletti), along with Oriental and extra European sounds (Carlo Domeniconi, Nikola Starcevic), without forgetting the quest for new horizons (Raffaele Cacciola), hints of folk (Andrew York, Roberto Fabbri), jazz atmosphere (Ralph Towner), and movie soundtracks (Stanley Myers)
[From the booklet introduction by Giulio Tampalini]. 
In short, we tried to gather within this recording a variety of the most popular pieces considered Best of which one may wish to listen to again and more and more…

Iconography: Giulio Tampalini, photo by Roberto Gargioni

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