[ Naxos / CD ]
Release Date: Friday 1 December 2023
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Billy Arcila, raised in Medellín, Colombia, has lived in the United States for over 40 years, where he teaches and performs as one of California's foremost guitarists. This album, the first to be made of Arcila's music, contains works ranging across his entire compositional life, from his first published work to the most recent. Interspersed with the music of other admired composers which exploit nationalist elements, such as the bambuco and pasillo rhythms, Arcila's autobiographical guitar music embraces the nostalgic, the verdant and the vibrant.
1 Billy Arcila: Just Passing By (2010) 2:34
2-4 Arcila: Same River Twice (2006-10) 9:28
5 Arcila: Daao Phræw ('Glimmering Star') (2018) 2:54
6 Fabio Salazar Orozco: Luna de Cristal (Bambuco) (2015) 5:54
7 Jorge Alejandro Medellín Becerra: Déjate (Pasillo) (2004/06) 5:47
8 Gustavo Gómez Ardila: Aires de Mi Tierra (Pasillo) (1938/2014) 5:11
9 Arcila: Mar Camina (2013) 5:28
10 Arcila: Simbelmynë (2015) 2:53
11 Sam Bigney: Late Summer Aire (1992/2014) 1:53
12 Arcila: Snake Oil Ballad (2017) 1:52
13 Richard Supa / Jerry Reed: Papa's Knee (1975/2004/2015) 1:56
14 Arcila: Nang Mai ('Lady of the Tree') (2021) 5:04