David Russell, Xuefei Yang, and Milos Karadaglic Reflect on the ‘Concierto de Aranjuez’

On its 75th anniversary, three master guitarists reflect on JoaquÍn Rodrigo’s popular masterpiece To get inside the Concierto de Aranjuez from the player’s perspective, I interviewed three guitarists who have added their unique interpretations to the canon of recorded versions: David Russell’s 1997 take (for Telarc) was cut with the Naples Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Erich Kunzel; Xuefei Yang’s 2010 rendering (for EMI Classics) had her fronting the Barcelona Symphony Orchestra conducted by Eiji Oue; and Miloš Karadaglic recorded it … Continue reading David Russell, Xuefei Yang, and Milos Karadaglic Reflect on the ‘Concierto de Aranjuez’