Aranjuez Miloš Karadaglic

• Joaquín Rodrigo (1901-1999): Concierto de Aranjuez for Guitar and Orchestra
• 11. Allegro con spirito05:58
• 22. Adagio10:52
• 33. Allegro gentile04:42
• Manuel de Falla y Matheu (1876–1946): Homenaje pour le Tombeau de Claude Debussy
• 4Homenaje pour le Tombeau de Claude Debussy03:52
• Danza del Molinero ('El Sombrero de Tres Picos')
• 5Danza del Molinero ('El Sombrero de Tres Picos')03:02
• Joaquín Rodrigo (1901-1999): Invocación y danza
• 6Invocación y danza09:14
• Fantasía para un gentilhombre for Guitar and Small Orchestra
• 71. Villano y Ricercare (Adagietto - Andante moderato)05:07
• 82. Españoleta y Fanfare de la Caballería de Nápoles10:20
• 93. Danza de las hachas02:01
• 104. Canario04:59
• Total Runtime01:00:07

Info for Aranjuez

For his third album on Mercury Classics/Deutsche Grammophon, international chart-topping classical guitarist Miloš Karadaglić takes the world-famous Concierto de Aranjuez as the starting point for a journey across the Spanish landscape, paying tribute to the great composers and musicians who placed the modern classical guitar firmly on the international stage.

The Concierto de Aranjuez was written by Joaquín Rodrigo for the Spanish guitarist Regino Sainz de la Maza and very soon became not just the most famous Spanish guitar concerto but also the most famous guitar concerto of all time; its ravishing slow movement was taken up and arranged by musicians of all genres, from Miles Davis, Chick Corea, Jim Hall to Herb Alpert, from Frank Sinatra to José Carreras. And now, Miloš has produced a standalone new interpretation of Aranjuez; the definitive version for our time.

Miloš sees the work as “the holy grail of the guitar repertoire and an endless source of inspiration. The first and last movements sparkle with energy and rhythm. They paint the landscape of nature, happiness and love. The legendary second movement takes us to a different reality, where emotions overflow and a string becomes a voice.”

For the recording of the new album Aranjuez, Miloš was joined by the London Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Yannick Nézet-Séguin at the world-famous Abbey Road Studios in London. Miloš recalls that “Yannick’s energy is infectious and our collaboration was the most electric experience. When we met before the recording sessions to run through the music together, he taught me things I shall always be grateful for. For example, he asked me to rethink my approach to Rodrigo’s notorious scale passages. He suggested that, instead of focusing on each note, I should think of them as gestures – taking each one in a different direction as if they were brushstrokes. At that moment I relaxed completely; I had found the final piece of a puzzle, a piece I had been looking for all along.”

Aranjuez is a celebration of the most popular Spanish works for guitar and orchestra, which includes Rodrigo’s Fantasía para un gentilhombre, and it explores the birth and recognition of the modern guitar in the 20th century. “The guitar as we know it today emerged only at the end of the 19th century, after centuries of various transformations. The Spanish guitar maker Antonio de Torres constructed an instrument larger in size and tone than its predecessors, and that marked the beginning of a new age. The guitar was ready to leave the elegant aristocratic salon for the concert platform…”

For Miloš it has been a long journey from Montenegro, where he was born and at eight started playing the guitar. Now a household name, he has become among his generation one of the most successful champions of his instrument. London, where he now lives, played a decisive role in his career, particularly during his years as a student at the Royal Academy of Music.

„…an energising experience …he pulls off the Aranjuez with energy and aplomb, his playing demonstrating a new level of maturity and an ever-developing skill. The accompanying London Philharmonic Orchestra sounds vibrant and well-drilled under the electrifying baton of Yannick Nezet-Seguin.“ (John Suchet, Classic FM, London)

„Karadaglic has the deluxe partnership of the London Philharmonic Orchestra and Yannick Nézet-Séguin, the Canadian wunderkind maestro . . . The new disc shows him engaging with some of the greatest music to have emerged from Spain, and playing it with passion and subtlety in tribute to his guitarist idols.“ (Hugh Canning, The Sunday Times, London)

Miloš Karadaglic, classical guitar
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor

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Booklet for Aranjuez