Monasterium Guitar Quartet - Antonio Ruiz-Pip�: Works with Guitar � 3: Cuatro para Cuatro (for 4 guitars), Homenaje � Antonio de Cabez�n, A Sevilla (

Antonio Ruiz-Pip� was a versatile musician whose compositions display both Andalusian and Parisian influences as well as reflecting his own life story of non-conformism coupled with an infinite love for humanity. This programme reveals his inclination towards South American music, and in the duets Homenaje a Villa-Lobos and the quartet Am�ricas he looks towards the habanera and samba (as well as a little boogiewoogie). Ancient sounds from a faraway land echo in the Homenaje a Antonio de Cabez�n, while Cuatro para Cuatro and A Sevilla are pure Andalusian Ruiz-Pip� in terms of their colours, rhythms and narrative.