Brilliant Classics is proud to bring to the market this unique 6-CD Set dedicated to the original music for solo guitar of the Paraguayan composer Agustin Barrios Mangoré (1885 - 1944). Barrios is still revered in Paraguay, where he is seen as one of the greatest musicians of all time by many. John Williams has said of Barrios: "As a guitarist/composer, Barrios is the best of the lot, regardless of era. His music is better formed, it's more poetic, it's more everything! And it's more of all those things in a timeless way”.

Cristiano Porqueddu was born at Nuoro (Sardinia, Italy) on 1975 and begun the study of the classical guitar at the age of seven, having his father as a teacher. After graduating at the Conservatory with the highest marks, he was awarded many prizes in national and international competitions and attended several international courses and masterclasses, with the most important musicians, among which the guitarist composer Angelo Gilardino. From 1997 to 2003 he studied at the Superior Academy of Music ‘Perosi’, where he achieved the Academic Diploma and the Virtuosity Diploma with the score of excellence.

Over Six and half hours of music recorded with the latest digital technology, over 110 tracks that shape the most comprehensive recording dedicated to the original music of guitarist-composer best known in South America. The set includes several “World Premiere Recordings” and recent discoveries, including "Leyenda Guaraní", "Rancho Quemado", "Isabel", "Bicho Feo" and many others.

Contents:
CD 1
• A mi madre
• Abri la puerta mi china
• Aconquija
• Aire de Zamba
• Aire popular paraguayo
• Aire Sureno
• Aires Andaluces
• Aires Criollos
• Aires Mudejares
• Allegro sinfonico
• Altair
• Arabescos
• Armonias de America
• Bicho Feo
• Cancion de la Hilandera
• Capricho Espanol
• Choro da saudade

CD 2
• Confesion
• Contemplacion
• Cordoba
• Cueca
• Danza en re menor
• Danza Guaranì
• Danza Paraguaya
• Diana Guaranì
• Dinora
• Divagacion en imitacion al violin
• Divagaciones Criollas
• Don Perez Freire
• El sueno de la munequita
• Escala y preludio
• Estilo
• Chinita
• Estilo Uruguayo
• Estudio de concierto
• Estudio de concierto No.2

CD 3
• Estudio del Ligado (A major)
• Estudio del Ligado (D minor)
• Estudio en arpegio
• Estudio en si menor
• Estudio en sol menor
• Estudio inconcluso
• Estudio No.3
• Estudio No.6
• Estudio para ambas manos
• Estudio Vals
• Fabiniana
• Gavota al estilo antiguo
• Grano de arena
• Habanera
• Humoresque
• Isabel
• Jha Che Valle
• Jota
• Julia Florida
• Junto a tu corazon
• La bananita

CD 4
• La Catedral 1 - Preludio
• La Catedral 2 - Andante religioso
• La Catedral 3 - Allegro solemne
• La samaritana
• Las Abejas
• Leyenda de Espana
• Leyenda Guaranì
• London Carapé
• Luisito
• Luz Mala
• Mabelita
• Madrecita
• Madrigal Gavota
• Maxixe
• Mazurka apassionata
• Medallon antiguo
• Milonga
• Minueto en do
• Minueto en la No 1
• Minueto en la No 2

CD 5
• Minueto en mi
• Minueto en Si Mayor
• Oracion por todos
• Oracion
• Pais de Abanico
• Pepita
• Pericon
• Preludio en Do mayor
• Preludio en do menor
• Preludio en la menor
• Preludio en mi menor
• Preludio en Mi
• Preludio en re menor
• Preludio Op.5 No.1
• Rancho Quemado
• Romance de la India Muerta
• Romanza en imitacion al violoncello
• Sargento Cabral
• Sarita
• Serenata Morisca

CD 6
• Tango No.2
• Tarantella
• Tua Imagem
• Un Sueno en la Floresta
• Una limosna por el amor de Dios
• Vals di Primavera
• Vals Op.8 No.3
• Vals Op.8 No.4
• Vals Tropical
• Variaciones sobre el Punto Guanacasteco
• Variaciones sobre un tema de Tarrega
• Vidalita
• Vidalita con variaciones
• Villancico de Navidad