Raffalli, Rodolphe W. Raul Barboza
En Amerique Latine
After his wonderful explorations of the repertoire's classics, Rodolphe Raffalli here returns to his fi rst loves in music, i.e. Latin America. His early haunts were Left Bank Latin clubs where he was the disciple of Martin Torres and a friend of Atahualpa Yupanqui; alongside him in this opus are such unavoidable Argentinean Parisians as RaUl Barboza, Rudi Flores and Miguel Filipini, together with the tandem of David and SEbastien Gastine, his regular accompanists for several years. Here the virtuoso guitarist displays the full extent of his remarkable talents playing music from Chile to Cuba via Mexico, Paraguay and, of course, Argentina, causing the repertoire to vibrate with all the sensuality to be found in its mixed race traditions. Augustin BONDOUX / Patrick FREMEAUX