Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez
Charles Ramirez (guitar)
Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Douglas Boyd
For most listeners it is the great Adagio of Rodrigo's Concierto that decides their view of a performance, and to them Charles Ramirez and Douglas Boyd will have delivered a must-hear. The initial...
Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez
Charles Ramirez (guitar)
Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Douglas Boyd
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For most listeners it is the great Adagio of Rodrigo's Concierto that decides their view of a performance, and to them Charles Ramirez and Douglas Boyd will have delivered a must-hear. The initial...
About
Charles Ramirez’ concert career began at the Royal College of Music in London, where he first performed Joaquin Rodrigo's Concierto de Aranjuez as a student in 1973, and a few months later gave his professional debut on London's South Bank, establishing his reputation as an artist of exceptional skill and musicality. He was appointed Professor of Guitar at the Royal College of Music when he was just 25 years old, a position he has held ever since, and has taught many of the world's leading professionals. Charles has performed extensively in Britain and abroad, broadcasting regularly for BBC Radio 3.
This disc sees him perform works by Joaquín Rodrigo with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe – the Concierto de Aranjuez and Fantasia para un gentilhombre – under conductor and founding member of the orchestra Douglas Boyd. The programme is completed with Rodrigo’s enchanting solo-guitar piece Elogio de la guitara.
This disc is the first in a new series of five recordings with Charles Ramirez for Signum.
Contents and tracklist
- Charles Ramirez
- Chamber Orchestra of Europe
- Douglas Boyd
- Charles Ramirez
- Chamber Orchestra of Europe
- Douglas Boyd
- Charles Ramirez
- Chamber Orchestra of Europe
- Douglas Boyd
Awards and reviews
August 2011
For most listeners it is the great Adagio of Rodrigo's Concierto that decides their view of a performance, and to them Charles Ramirez and Douglas Boyd will have delivered a must-hear. The initial cor anglais is eloquent; then Ramirez adopts a wonderful improvisatory freedom while holding a firm lyrical line...If it's the extras that count for you, Ramirez strikes out with a fine, attractive and not-so-often-heard solo piece which is something of a work-out for the player.
June 2011
Ramirez is technically masterful, his tone rich, his musical ideas intelligent.
July 2011
Ramirez is an intelligent musician and his tone is gorgeous...There's a promising sense of an unfolding journey in the early stages of the opening Allegro con spirito and in this excellent Chamber Orchestra of Europe under Douglas Boyd is entirely complicit
May 2011
Ramirez's performances are attractive from start to finish...From the start, one notices the warm and close sound of the solo instrument, which is treated as an equal partner with the orchestra. The clarity of the sound makes one feel as though one is sitting in the orchestra: a most pleasurable experience.
18th March 2011
Guitar virtuoso Charles Ramirez is on supple, sensitive form on this collection of Rodrigo suites
14th April 2011
The warhorse of classical guitar, Concierto de Aranjuez sparkles in the hands of Charles Ramirez. Even more impressive is the more virtuosic Elogio de la guitarra, where Ramirez sustains some fiendish fingerwork.
