Guitarist Junhong Kuang made headlines with competition wins as a teen and even as a preteen, and those wanting to check out his work now have the ideal opportunity; his skills are indeed impressive. In the well-worn Concierto de Aranjuez of Joaquín Rodrigo, Kuang has the good sense not to try to improve on Andrés Segovia, Narciso Yepes, and all the other famous figures who have recorded this joyous work, contenting himself with elegant, wonderfully precise renditions of its lines and runs. Manuel Ponce's Concierto del sur ...
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Guitarist Junhong Kuang made headlines with competition wins as a teen and even as a preteen, and those wanting to check out his work now have the ideal opportunity; his skills are indeed impressive. In the well-worn Concierto de Aranjuez of Joaquín Rodrigo, Kuang has the good sense not to try to improve on Andrés Segovia, Narciso Yepes, and all the other famous figures who have recorded this joyous work, contenting himself with elegant, wonderfully precise renditions of its lines and runs. Manuel Ponce's Concierto del sur shows similar mastery on Kuang's part; he catches the distinct but never dominating presence of flamenco-style guitar in the work nicely. These performances would be enough to show a very young guitarist on the brink of stardom, but there are two big additional incentives here. First is the presence of an important new work, written for Kuang when he was only 12: Gerald Garcia's China Sings! is not the orientalist work one might imagine, but a nifty combination of Chinese music and...
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