Concierto de Aranjuez Adagio

When guitarist Jacob Kellermann and conductor Christian Karlsen devised the programme of this recording, one inspiration was the legendary jazz album Sketches of Spain on which Miles Davis performed arrangements of Spanish folk music, along with a version of the Adagio from Joaquín Rodrigo’s Concierto de Aranjuez. Rodrigo’s work is a re-imagining of times past and of courtly life in the gardens of the Royal Palace of Aranjuez, and as such it is the perfect opening to Kellermann’s and Karlsen’s project, intended to conjure up Spain ‘as if through a prism – as a concept rather than a place’. In order to achieve this they have enlisted the help of Francisco Coll and Pete Harden, who have each contributed a concertante work for guitar and ensemble.

Rodrigo's Concierto de Aranjuez is performed and recorded more than all the other guitar concertos put together, and the outer movements are full of Spanish warmth and color, framing a central adagio that builds in intensity like a poignant prayer. This recording is justly famous for "Bonell's imaginative account of the solo part" and "an exceptionally clear, atmospheric recording".

Recorded on 25 and 26 April 1991 at the Teatro Bulevar Casa de Cultura in Torrelones (Madrid) and originally released in October 1991, it was a respectful flamenco vision of Spanish classical music in a flamenco style. In it, Paco de Lucía performs with the Cadaqués Orchestra, conducted by Edmon Colomer, the concerto for guitar and orchestra that Joaquín Rodrigo wrote under the title Concierto de Aranjuez. To complete the album, he recorded with Juan Manuel Cañizares and Jose María Bandera three pieces, arranged by Juan Manuel Cañizares, from Isaac Albéniz's Suite Iberia. The result was absolutely devastating and is one of the best known and recognised versions of Maestro Rodrigo's masterful work.

Young Guitar Virtuoso Kaori Muraji performs with the New Japan Philharmonic conducted by Kazufumi Yamashita performing works by Rodrigo, Arnold, Castelnuovo-Tedesco and Dyens. 20bit K2 Recording. Kaori Muraji was born in Tokyo in 1978. Her first guitar lessons were from her father, Noburu Muraji, when she was 3 years old. She won the top prize at the 1989 Junior Guitar Contest, and was the winner of the Student Guitar Competition in two consecutive years 1989 and 1991.

Por eso hablamos de Tomatito, un guitarrista que lo ha hecho todo, que consiguió el éxito internacional y el respeto de todos acompañando al que ha sido y aún hoy es la auténtica “Leyenda del flamenco” la voz irrepetible que marcó un hito en la historia de la música, Camarón. Para después de 15 años reinventarse como guitarrista solista. Pero Tomatito, no solo explora el mundo del flamenco, el del jazz, también entra en ese mundo tan complejo y alejado del flamenco como es el mundo sinfónico, y lo hace con una obra magna, “Sonanta Suite”, obra compuesta por Tomatito e interpretada por la Orquesta Nacional de España y Tomatito bajo la batuta de Josep Pons y con la que ganó su tercer premio Latin Grammy en 2013. No olvidemos que en total Tomatito lleva ganados 6 premios Latin Grammy en tres categorías diferentes (Flamenco, Jazz y Música Clásica).

On May 19, 1961, Miles Davis was showcased at a Carnegie Hall concert, performing with his quintet of the time (tenor saxophonist Hank Mobley, pianist Wynton Kelly, bassist Paul Chambers and drummer Jimmy Cobb) and, for the first time in public, the Gil Evans Orchestra. Although thought of by some later on as being in an off period since he was between innovations, Miles' trumpet chops were actually in prime form during 1961-63, as he shows throughout the date. All of the music on this 1998 two-CD set has been out before, either on the original LP of the same name or on the later album More Music From the Legendary Carnegie Hall Concert, but this is the first time that the two sets have been reproduced in their original order.