Grigoryans Re-release Rodrigo Guitar Concertos

Grigoryans Re-release Rodrigo Guitar Concertos

It was  75 years ago, on November 9 in 1940 that Joaquín Rodrigo’s (1901 – 1999) Concierto de Aranjuez for guitar and orchestra was premiered in the Spanish city of Barcelona. Celebrating the anniversary of this enormously popular concerto, guitarist siblings Slava and Leonard Grigoryan have re-released their CD, Rodrigo Guitar Concertos (ABC Classics 4812231), featuring the three…

S’wonderful – Simon Tedeschi’s ‘Gershwin and Me’

S’wonderful – Simon Tedeschi’s ‘Gershwin and Me’

Though separated by time, pianist Simon Tedeschi and George Gershwin  have been connected in spirit. Tedeschi’s  newly released CD Gershwin and Me ( ABC Classics 481 00322) is an expression of this simpatico, affirmed by Tedeschi’s introduction to the CD in which he says “Gershwin’s music has, in some ways, been the accompaniment to my…