"Cordero quintessentializes for us the sonority of the world of XVI century music, with a contemporary touch, in a totally organic manner. His sonority also possesses a quality which humanity has sought and will forever seek: a serene beauty". - Leo Brouwer "Finesse. Full of folklore and deep lyricism. It's a new Caribbean sonority". - Julián Orbón CD Three Caribbean Concertos by Ernesto Cordero "They are a very substantial contribution not only to Latin-American literature but to the global guitar". - Colin Cooper "Una de las grandes personalidades de la guitarrística contemporánea, digno continuador de sus antecesores latinoamericanos quienes escribieron la obra más importante para el instrumento en la mitad del siglo XX." - Juan Helguera "… a healthy combination of skill, sensitive invention and sound musical effect". - New York Times Concierto de Bayoán "I truly consider this concerto as one of the most important works written for guitar and orchestra". - Carlos Barbosa Lima "… there is Ernesto Cordero in Puerto Rico, a very good composer". - Roque Cordero Concierto Antillano "… what a superb addition to the guitarist repertoire…" - Ron Purcell “Concierto Festivo (Festive Concerto) is a wonderful bridal feast where the extraordinary knowledge of the guitar and the divine inspiration of singular composer Ernesto Cordero wed. We are in the midst of a brilliant concerto, filled with a virtuosism which is always there to serve music, with beautiful melodies and enchanting harmonic progressions, irresistible rhythms that dig within in an essential fashion, transporting us to the beginning of time.” - Pepe Romero "Ernesto Cordero born in 1946, was the great discovery of that evening: a composer and guitarist from Puerto Rico. A Caribbean Schubert. Eight of his songs of spherical floating melodies and maditative intesity were performed by the Duo Bergmann/Hillemann." Nordbayerische Nachrichten-Kultur, November 25, 2008. - Germany, Manfred Schwab " 53a Edición del Festival Casals 2009 "El asombroso poder evocador del espíritu puertorriqueño fue la nota distintiva en las Cinco Canciones Antillanas de Ernesto Cordero." - El Nuevo Día, 2009

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