Orquesta Ciudad de Granada/Josep Pons /Marco Socías, guitar - RODRIGO: Concierto de Aranjuez + more

Tracks:
01 Concierto de Aranjuez - Allegro con spirito
02 Concierto de Aranjuez - Adagio
03 Concierto de Aranjuez - Allegro gentile
04 Fantasia para un gintilhombre - Villano
05 Fantasia para un gintilhombre - Ricercare
06 Fantasia para un gintilhombre - Espanoleta
07 Fantasia para un gintilhombre - Fanfare de la Caballeria de Napoles
08 Fantasia para un gintilhombre - Danza de la Hachas
09 Fantasia para un gintilhombre - Canario
10 Musica para un jardin - Preludio
11 Musica para un jardin - Berceuse de otona
12 Musica para un jardin - Berceuse de invierno
13 Musica para un jardin - Introduccion a berceuse de primacera
14 Musica para un jardin - Berceuse de primavera
15 Musica para un jardin - Berceuse de verano
16 Musica para un jardin - Postludio
17 Tres viejos aires de danza - Pastoral
18 Tres viejos aires de danza - Minue
19 Tres viejos aires de danza - Jiga

Review @ audaud.com
The blind Spanish composer, who died just four years ago, continued the Spanish compositional lineage of Manuel de Falla. He looked to the 16th century Spanish vihuela tradition, early works for guitar, the harpsichord works of both Domenico Scarlatti as well as Falla’s late Concerto for Harpsichord. If you don’t already have the Concierto de Aranjuez in your collection - the most frequently-performed Spanish classical work in the world - this one is a winner. It pairs it with the suite-like Fantasia, which Rodrigo wrote for Segovia after the famous guitarist expressed his displeasure at not being involved in the premiere of the Concierto. The Music for a Garden began with the composer’s commission to write music for a documentary film on a park in Madrid, and the Three Old Dance Tunes are orchestrations in the style of Ravel of pieces he wrote early in his career. The Iberian performers deliver superbly authentic versions of all four works and HM delivers rich and transparent sound.