Novare: J.S. Bach Lute Works on Electric Guitar. Released digitally and on CD by Destiny Records on April 9th, 2022, the album presents Valdes playing 10 of Bach’s pieces not on the age-old lute or the nylon-string classical guitar but on the modern steel-string electric guitar. The result is ear-opening; the notes are the same ones Bach put to

Novare: J.S. Bach Lute Works on Electric Guitar. Released digitally and on CD by Destiny Records on April 9th, 2022, the album presents Valdes playing 10 of Bach’s pieces not on the age-old lute or the nylon-string classical guitar but on the modern steel-string electric guitar. The result is ear-opening; the notes are the same ones Bach put to paper in the 18th century, but Valdes performs them with a tone and texture that sounds extraordinarily fresh and of the moment, without ever trying to unduly “modernize” the music. Available through Destiny Records: https://destinyrecords.bandcamp.com/album/novare-j-s-bach-lute-works-on-electric-guitar