Jacob Kellermann, Christian Karlsen, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Norrbotten NEO - Joaquín Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez and works by Francisco Coll & Pete Harden (2020)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 258 Mb | Total time: 63:42 | Scans included
Classical | Label: BIS | # BIS-2485 SACD | Recorded: 2019
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 258 Mb | Total time: 63:42 | Scans included
Classical | Label: BIS | # BIS-2485 SACD | Recorded: 2019
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.