Mundo Latino (Madrid) January 1998 (referring to the recordings “Atardecer en la Cuesta Blanca” and “Tango Creciente”):

These two discs by J.L.M. are without a doubt interpretations that will greatly please guitar aficionados. In the first piece, the compositions are by Astor Piazzolla and Atahualpa Yupanqui, with original works by Merlin

 Mundo Latino (Madrid) January 1998 (referring to the recordings “Atardecer en la Cuesta Blanca” and “Tango Creciente”):

These two discs by J.L.M. are without a doubt interpretations that will greatly please guitar aficionados. In the first piece, the compositions are by Astor Piazzolla and Atahualpa Yupanqui, with original works by Merlin himself; in the second piece, there are compositions by Merlin along with well-know themes like “Alfonsina y el mar” by Ariel Ramirez, or tangos like “La Cumparsita”, “A Media Luz”, or “Caminito”, which take on new dimensions when played on the guitar. The first piece is played on the guitar by Merlin, while in the second he is accompanied at times on the flute by Debora Lewin and on the cello by Edith Saldaña. All the Argentina is revealed in the notes of this guitarist: urban life; the tango; traditional and rural life; the gaucho; the northeast, in the compositions of Atahualpa Yupanqui; the contemporary in the work of Piazzolla, and the same in the original compositions by Merlin. All this in a style that brings it closer to so-called classical MUSIC, which sometimes brings Ginastera to mind. Everyone who loves MUSIC should hear these recordings, “Music” in capital letters and without labels.

© Copyright - Jose Luis Merlin / Shamrock Records Total Length: 1:04:18 Obras de Piazzolla, Yupanqui y Merlin