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Friday 14 October 2011 00:00 BST

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Formed in 2008 to champion Latin music in Britain, the Santiago String Quartet are joined by the dextrous Cuban guitarist Ahmed Dickinson Cárdenas on works by three composers, the best-known being the Mexican Javier Álvarez. The Cuban Leo Brouwer wrote his "Quintet for Guitar & String Quartet" when he was just 18, heavily influenced by Bartok and Stravinsky's explorations of folk idioms, reflected in the use of Afro-Cuban elements in his dramatic work. The programme is completed by the Uruguayan Miguel Del Aguila, whose "Presto II" is an infectious, humorous Latin dance of jazzy inclination.

DOWNLOAD THIS Presto II; Metro Chabacano; Quintet for Guitar & String Quartet

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