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Rodrigo: A Portrait

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-03-25

Works: Joaquín Rodrigo: Cançoneta for Violin and Strings; Juglares; Children's Pieces (5); Canción y danza; Zarabanda lejana y villancico; Preludio al gallo mañanero; Serenata espa...
Performers: Gallén, Ricardo; Goni, Antigoni; Lojendio, Raquel; McFadden, Jeffrey; Ovrutsky, Mikhail; Pizarro, Artur; Polo, Asier
Conductors: Bragado-Darman, Max; Valdes, Maximiano; Encinar, Jose Ramon
Ensemble: ; Castille and Leon Symphony Orchestra; Principality of Asturias Symphonic Orchestra

Joaquin Rodrigo (1901–1999) was a prolific composer whose remarkable guitar concerto, the famous 'Concierto de Aranjuez', brought Spanish music to the attention of a wide...continue...

Spanish Classics - Rodrigo: Complete Orchestral Works Vol 6

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2003-05-01

Works: Joaquín Rodrigo: Palillos y panderetas, for orchestra; Danzas (2) españolas, for orchestra; Per la flor del lliri blau; Viejos aires de danza (3), for orchestra; A la busca del más a...
Performers: Tena, Lucero
Conductors: Bragado-Darman, Max
Ensemble: Castille and Leon Symphony Orchestra

The symphonic poem 'A la busca del mas alla' was dedicated to NASA and is arguably Rodrigo's boldest orchestral work. Its fragmented discourse, complex writing...continue...

Spanish Classics - Rodrigo: Complete Orchestral Works Vol 4

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2003-02-01

Works: Joaquín Rodrigo: Concierto heróico, for piano & orchestra; Preludio para un poema a la Alhambra, for orchestra; Música para un jardín, for orchestra; Homenaje a la Tempranica, for...
Performers: Ligorio, Daniel
Conductors: Bragado-Darman, Max
Ensemble: Castille and Leon Symphony Orchestra

"Pianist Daniel Ligorio Ferrandiz tears through the concerto with lots of fire and dazzle, and the Castile and Leon Symphony play with passion and finesse....continue...

Spanish Classics - Rodrigo: Complete Orchestral Works Vol 3

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2003-01-01

Works: Joaquín Rodrigo: Concierto en modo galante for Cello; Concierto de estio for Violin; Concierto como un divertimento, for cello & orchestra; Cançoneta for Violin and Strings
Performers: Ovrutsky, Mikhail; Polo, Asier
Conductors: Bragado-Darman, Max
Ensemble: Castille and Leon Symphony Orchestra

Drawing its inspiration from eighteenth-century Spain and the music of Boccherini, 'Concerto in modo galante' has a popular feel with touches of irony. For the...continue...