Xuefei Yang has made another album, this one called "40 Degrees North" (on EMI Classics). And who is Ms. Yang? A Chinese classical guitarist, and, really, one of the most extraordinary instrumentalists in the world.

She may be Chinese, but every guitarist is a little bit Spanish — or, indeed, a lot Spanish. Ms. Yang's new CD carries that unusual title because, as the liner notes explain, that is "the line of latitude that roughly connects the capital cities of China and Spain."

The music on this CD is both Spanish and Chinese (though not at the same time, usually). For example, Ms. Yang plays arrangements of piano music by Albéniz and Granados — her own arrangements. When you play the guitar or some other minor instrument (pardon the expression), you have to borrow and refashion.

Ms. Yang plays her Spanish music, like her other music, fabulously: with sparkle, clarity, and flair. As I was listening to her in Granados's "Valses poéticos," I thought, "Alicia de Larrocha might play them this way, if she played the guitar." (Sra. de Larrocha is one of the great pianists of our time.)

On the Chinese side of things, Ms. Yang plays arrangements of folk songs, an arrangement of a violin concerto, etc. Some arrangements are done by her; some are done by others. Stephen Goss has created a bouquet of pieces called "The Chinese Garden." In one of these pieces, "Jasmine Flower," you are listening to Puccini's "Turandot," note for note. Or rather, you are listening to the folk melody that Puccini employed, unforgettably.

Please note that this album was recorded in Holy Trinity Church, Weston, Hertfordshire. A Chinese guitarist is playing Spanish music, plus Chinese stuff, in an English church. Ain't globalization grand — and music, too?