Interchange: Concertos by Rodrigo and Assad (2010)

Much of the Telarc label's prize-winning engineering staff departed in a 2009 corporate restructuring. This disc, crediting engineer Robert Friedrich, was apparently recorded before that event, although it was not released until 2010. It shows that the famed Telarc sound, usually applied to symphonic recordings, was equally well-equipped to handle these concertos for the unusual combination of guitar quartet and orchestra; the balance between the guitar and the Delaware Symphony Orchestra under David Amado could not have ... Read More

Much of the Telarc label's prize-winning engineering staff departed in a 2009 corporate restructuring. This disc, crediting engineer Robert Friedrich, was apparently recorded before that event, although it was not released until 2010. It shows that the famed Telarc sound, usually applied to symphonic recordings, was equally well-equipped to handle these concertos for the unusual combination of guitar quartet and orchestra; the balance between the guitar and the Delaware Symphony Orchestra under David Amado could not have been more perfectly adjusted. The Concierto Andaluz of Joaquín Rodrigo, heavily modeled on the composer's ubiquitous concertos for solo guitar and orchestra, serves as a little curtain-raiser for the main attraction: Interchange, composed for the Los Angeles Guitar Quartet, and taking into account the styles and interests of each of its individual members. The composer is Brazil's Sergio Assad, himself well known as a guitar recitalist in partnership with his brother, Odair Assad (or... Read Less