Eight dances by one of Spain's greatest composers, for the first time on guitar.

Pablo de Sarasate's "Spanish Dances," originally written for violin and piano, exemplify both the virtuosic and lyrical qualities of 19th-century Romantic music. They range from the lively "Jota," filled with rapid arpeggios to the melancholy "Playera" with its Flamenco-inspired harmonies.

The guitar adds a variety of traditional Spanish and Flamenco techniques not found in the original violin and piano score: strummed rasgueados take the place of blocked chords; scale runs are played with powerful...