Camino

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AlbumAug 20 / 202118 songs, 56m 19s
Highly Rated

At the heart of Sean Shibe’s album *Camino* is Catalan composer Federico Mompou’s *Suite compostelana*, an atmospheric, affectionate homage to Santiago de Compostela, the destination on the famous Camino de Santiago pilgrimage route that winds through northern Spain. But this collection of French and Spanish music also represents a personal journey for the award-winning guitarist, as he sets out afresh with a new record label, Pentatone, and seeks solace from the melancholy and solitude of the pandemic in music he played in his youth. Alongside Mompou, de Falla’s moving tribute to Debussy, Poulenc’s introspective “Sarabande,” Satie piano works deftly arranged for guitar, and Ravel’s “Pavane pour une infante défunte” all provide comfort and reassurance. It’s beautifully phrased and recorded with equal intimacy.

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Shibe’s playing buzzes with vitality in this revelatory new recording