Aranjuez - Thibaut Garcia (LP)

Expressing his own cultural identity, guitarist Thibaut Garcia combines Rodrigo's archetypally Spanish Concierto de Aranjuez with a declaration of l'esprit français: Alexandre Tansman's neoclassical Musique de cour, inspired by the court of Louis XIV. Garcia's heritage is Spanish, but he is French, born in the city of Toulouse, where this album was recorded with the Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse and the young British conductor Ben Glassberg. It is completed by four solo pieces by Regino Sáinz de la Maza, the guitarist who gave the premiere of the Concierto de Aranjuez in 1940.

"Rarely has such a combination of virtuosity, intelligence, character and flair been brought to bear on this most popular of all concertos… Garcia’s ability to meticulously mould the trajectory of a strum as much as a phrase, without the slightest hint of premeditation, stems from locating the emotional epicentre of the Rodrigo in the Adagio’s cadenza and working outwards." --GRAMOPHONE

Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez
Thibaut Garcia (guitar)
Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse
Ben Glassberg

Tansman: Musique de cour d'après Robert de Visée
Thibaut Garcia (guitar)
Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse
Ben Glassberg