El entrevero

artist: El entrevero (Marcelo Coronel and Leonardo Bravo)

Review (Classical Guitar Magazine, January 2006)

'El Entrevero' are Leonardo Bravo and Marcelo Coronel and this recording is a consequence of playing several years together when Bravo recorded a complete CD of Coronel's compositions (El Alma en la Raiz, number 25 in the catalogue of EPSA Music's 'Guitarras del Mundo' series): after that project they found they had an empathy for each other's style and the performances on this new release illustrates their wonderful musicianship and technical skill.
For lovers of South American music played in the 'traditional' way this music is wholly enchanting and deliciously likeable and the whole programme is a delight to listen to from start to finish.
Highly recommended.
Steve Marsh

Prologue of the edition by composer and guitarist Walter Heinze:

"When performers capture the harmony, character and expression of a particular style —that is, what lies “beyond” the written— and have the necessary means to express it with ease and sensitivity, the result is one of immediate joy on the part of the listener. This is this sense I get from this recording of the duo El Entrevero. It is pure grace and truth built upon a delicate aesthetic work of creation and an ensemble of great maturity. I have no doubt that the diffusion of this CD will make a significant contribution to the musical panorama of contemporary guitar, in our country and wherever it is heard. All that remains is for me to thank Leonardo and Marcelo for including two of my own compositions, one of which (El prometido) is dedicated to them, and lastly to wish them the success that they so rightly deserve".

Walter Heinze, Paraná, january 2005.

Contents:

(Audio samples in Catalogue section, Guitar Duo)

  1. Regatón/Gato (M. Coronel)
  2. Milongarrugada/Milonga sureña (M. Coronel)
  3. La jubicueca/Cueca (L. Bravo)
  4. Como un camino largo/Zamba (M. Coronel)
  5. Yerbita compañera/Chamarrita (M. Coronel)
  6. Por los dominios del Inca/Carnavalito (L. Bravo)  (1)
  7. El prometido/Chamamé (W. Heinze)
  8. Casi nada/Chacarera (M. Coronel) (2)
  9. Estilo de la mala memoria/Estilo (G. Leguizamón) (3)
  10. El entrevero/Gato (M. Coronel)
  11. La nostalgiosa/Zamba (E. Falú) (4)
  12. Bajo cero/Chacarera (M. Coronel)
  13. Chamamenmí/Chamamé (W. Heinze)

(1) Guitar solo (Leonardo Bravo)

(2) Guitar solo (Marcelo Coronel)

(3) Arrangement for two guitars: Polo Martí

(4) Arrangement for two guitars: El entrevero