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Garcia, Ponce, Rodrigo - Junhong Kuang
8.579053 (Naxos, CD)
DDD
NEW RELEASE (24 July 2020)
Playing time: 57'46"
Tracks: 8
Booklet pages: 6
© 2020 Naxos Rights (Europe) Ltd
Main country of recording: CZ
Country of manufacture: DE
Reviewer: Gerald Fenech
Review of Garcia, Ponce, Rodrigo - Junhong Kuang published on 17 September 2020
Listen: Gerald Garcia: Silver Clouds across the Moon (China Sings!) (track 8, 0:00-0:58)
Junhong Kuang, guitar
Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice
Darrell Ang, conductor
Joaquín Rodrigo (1901-1999):
Concierto de Aranjuez (1939)
1 Allegro con spirito
2 Adagio
3 Allegro gentile
Manuel Ponce (1882-1948):
Concierto del sur (1941)
4 Allegro moderato
5 Andante
6 Allegro moderato e festivo
Gerald Garcia (born 1949):
China Sings! (version for guitar and orchestra) (2013, arranged 2019) (first recording)
7 Dark Sky, Silver Clouds: Tranquillo
8 Silver Clouds across the Moon: Allegro non troppo
Recorded 26-29 August 2019 at Dukla House of Culture, Pardubice, Czech Republic