Catala:
Mediterráneo - Mare Nostrum

Guerau:
Trece Diferencias de Gallarda

Murcia:
Fandango
Villanos
La Jota

Piccinini:
Toccata VI

Kapsberger:
Canario

Sanz:
Preludio
Marizapalos
Jácaras
Zarabanda
Canarios

Ortiz:
Recercada alla Rumba

Spanish guitarist and composer Rafael Catalá specialises in the guitar music of his homeland, which in turn is characterised by influences from a wide range of Oriental and Occidental styles. This melting pot of cultures can also be felt in his new CD mare nostrum with his ensemble Música Ibérica. The ensemble has an unusual line-up, as the guitar is joined by oriental frame drums, the Swedish nyckelharpa (a keyboard fiddle) and a baroque violone (the predecessor of the double bass). And so baroque lute music is fused with elements of flamenco, jácaras, fandangos and other Spanish dances and immersed in new colours with oriental rhythms and many elements of improvisation.