Hector Aguilar wrote:

>Hello Everyone, Until this morning I had never heard of this composer, but
>the overture to his opera Los Esclavos Felices, or The Happy Slave, caught
>my ear as I was driving to work.  ...  My question is, does anyone have
>any specific recordings they would recommend of this impressive composer?

I would recommend Arriaga's Complete String Quartets(3) on MDG 603 0236 (74
minutes) by the Voces String Quartet.  It was reviewed in American Record
Guide in Sept/Oct.2000.  He wrote these three quartets when he was 18 years
old.

Dave Gustafson, Moline,Illinois.