Boyd plays the six standard movements with real feeling throughout, from the start of ‘Los requiebros’, relishing the array of colours in ‘Coloquio en la reja’ (overall, a minute and a half slower than Wang) and ‘El fandango de candil’. Most gripping of all is ‘El amor y la muerte’ – another movement taken expansively – the haunted, almost desolate conclusion of which is utterly haunting. The epilogue, ‘Serenata del espectro’, catches the ghostly character with great poetry to round out a very fine account indeed. First-rate.

A fine set of performances from this gifted artist of music. The playing by Alexander Boyd is immaculate, as is his interpretative skill. No rival versions are finer than this, the recording quality is truly state-of-the-art. A notably successful disc.