Jesús Villa-Rojo, was born in Brihuega, Guadalajara, on February 24, 1940. Adjacent to the so-called Generation of '51, he is the composer who exhibited the greatest degree of creative freedom at that time, the most coherent. He created an interpretative movement within the so-called contemporary music, for being a renowned clarinetist and for creating the LIM group (Musical Interpretation Laboratory), a group of soloists directed by him, and with whom he has performed his compositions for 35 years. Twice National Music Award in Spain and with dozens of international awards. This album includes four works, two from 2004 (Serene Prayer and Expressions), one from 2008 (Lamento) and the fourth, from 2009 (II Sonata). Serene prayer for cello and piano was written in two months, after the 11-M terrorist attack in Madrid, and is a tribute to its victims. Expressions for cello alone is what its name indicates. Dictated in seven parts, they are a sonorous response to so many poems by Saint John of the Cross: My senses suspended, With joy and love, The heart was on fire, The blissful night, With his serene hand, With Nudity and freedom of the spirit ends this composition. The first version of Lamento dates from 1989 and was written by order of the saxophonist Daniel Kientzy. Part of the recorded material of a debla (calé word that means goddess) by singer Rafael Romero “El gallina”. The present version B, changes the saxophone for the cello, but above all it develops the sung part. It was finished in 2008, scored for solo cello, four cellos and cante. Sonata 2 for cello is a piece from 2009, it is written in three times, Allegro impetuous, Lento and Allegro zcherzando.