Kermit Poling

Concerto De Chiaro - Along These Footsteps to Paradise

Giovanni De Chiaro

Label: Centaur Records, Inc.
Format: CD
Barcode: 0044747359427

Catalog number: CRC 3594
Releasedate: 08-12-17

- These are definitive performances by Giovanni De Chiaro, guitar, for whom the Guitar Concerto was composed, the London Symphony Orchestra, and Kermit Poling, conductor, who, in addition to being a wonderful composer, has decades of experience as a conductor.
- All composed by Kermit Poling

Kermit Poling writes in an individual style that hearkens best to the besty lyrical content of American composers such as Aaron Copland and Virgil Thomson. His music is beautifully crafted, and immediately accessible. The melodies here are stunningly beautiful. The Guitar Concerto was written for the guitarist on this recording, Giovanni De Chiaro. It is one of the greatest guitar concertos of the past 50 years. De Charo has made a career of playing highly accessible music, including his own arrangements of the works of, for example, Scott Joplin.

In addition to being a wonderful composer, Poling has decades of experience as a conductor. In these definitive performances of the Guitar Concerto, he directs the London Symphony Orchestra.

Concierto De Chiaro (Guitar Concerto No. 1)

1 Moving, in 2

13:58

Concierto De Chiaro (Guitar Concerto No. 1)

2 Adagio

15:41

Concierto De Chiaro (Guitar Concerto No. 1)

3 Allegro

10:53

Along These Footsteps to Paradise (Suite for Strings No. 2)

St. Raphael (Moving, in 2)

10:15