Hey everyone, I’d like to share a recent find that I believe most will enjoy; HUNGARATON (Philips) SLPXL 12865, (Joaquin) RODRIGO, Concierto de Aranjuez, Pepe Romero (and Los Romeros) on guitar, conducted by Neville Marriner, Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields.
I am not a keen listener of Classical, and except for buying some of the recently re-released Duetche Gramophon records, own few. However, after I heard a YouTube recording of the Adagio of the above record being played on an Ongaku at Kondo headquarters in Japan by chance and liked it, and because I own an Ongaku copy, thought I might buy the record to show off my system with. What I liked was a distinct guitar playing a lovely melody, then a horn, out in the distance, backing it (not overwhelming it). Quite lovely.
It took me awhile to find out the title of the song; Adagio from Rodrigo’s Concerto de Aranjuez, then found a copy on Discogs: EMI ASDQ 5344, Alirio Diaz on guitar with Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos leading the dell’ Orchestra Nazionale Spagnola. It was the same song, but didn’t sound nearly as captivating. In fact, the orchestra just shouted over the guitar so that you could hardly hear it from the noise.
I then looked up the recording on Classical Music sites in order to try and get a recommendation or direction towards what I was looking for. I came up with two possibilities, Julian Bream on guitar or Pepe Romero on guitar. I looked on Discogs to see which pressing from each received the highest reviews then bought those. Today I received the Julian Bream version (ARL 1-1181) featuring the Monteverdi Orchestra conducted by John Elliot Gardner at Berkeley and the Hungarian Joaquin Rodrigo version withNeville Marriner leading the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields. I put the Julian Bream on first.
The Julian Bream record was eh, lots of loud orchestral pounding which over-shouted the guitar and wasn’t particularly nice to listen to. Not my idea of music. Then I put on the Romero’s. At first I thought the guitar too quiet, that it couldn’t be what I heard on YouTube, but the, softly in the distance, a bugle/trumpet I think, supporting the melody. And throughout not only that Adagio, but the entire record (except the last song on side two which was scratched) sounded lovely, each and every song.
So, from this ignorant stranger to these shores, a recommendation. Most of you probably know all about this record and I am probably trying to teach grandma how to suck eggs. To those who don’t, I won’t be offended if you disregard my suggestion, but you might regret doing so later.
I am not a keen listener of Classical, and except for buying some of the recently re-released Duetche Gramophon records, own few. However, after I heard a YouTube recording of the Adagio of the above record being played on an Ongaku at Kondo headquarters in Japan by chance and liked it, and because I own an Ongaku copy, thought I might buy the record to show off my system with. What I liked was a distinct guitar playing a lovely melody, then a horn, out in the distance, backing it (not overwhelming it). Quite lovely.
It took me awhile to find out the title of the song; Adagio from Rodrigo’s Concerto de Aranjuez, then found a copy on Discogs: EMI ASDQ 5344, Alirio Diaz on guitar with Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos leading the dell’ Orchestra Nazionale Spagnola. It was the same song, but didn’t sound nearly as captivating. In fact, the orchestra just shouted over the guitar so that you could hardly hear it from the noise.
I then looked up the recording on Classical Music sites in order to try and get a recommendation or direction towards what I was looking for. I came up with two possibilities, Julian Bream on guitar or Pepe Romero on guitar. I looked on Discogs to see which pressing from each received the highest reviews then bought those. Today I received the Julian Bream version (ARL 1-1181) featuring the Monteverdi Orchestra conducted by John Elliot Gardner at Berkeley and the Hungarian Joaquin Rodrigo version withNeville Marriner leading the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields. I put the Julian Bream on first.
The Julian Bream record was eh, lots of loud orchestral pounding which over-shouted the guitar and wasn’t particularly nice to listen to. Not my idea of music. Then I put on the Romero’s. At first I thought the guitar too quiet, that it couldn’t be what I heard on YouTube, but the, softly in the distance, a bugle/trumpet I think, supporting the melody. And throughout not only that Adagio, but the entire record (except the last song on side two which was scratched) sounded lovely, each and every song.
So, from this ignorant stranger to these shores, a recommendation. Most of you probably know all about this record and I am probably trying to teach grandma how to suck eggs. To those who don’t, I won’t be offended if you disregard my suggestion, but you might regret doing so later.
