Rafael Hérnandez is considered one of the greatest, if not the greatest, composers of Puerto Rico. Coming from a poor family, he first learned the profession of a cigar maker, but then studied music and learned to play numerous instruments.

After his service in the First World War he lived and worked in the USA, Mexico and Puerto Rico as a musician, composer, orchestra leader and actor. "Cumbanchero" is one of Hérnandez's greatest internationally known hits. In Naohiro Iwai's breathtaking, so...