CONCIERTO IN MODO GALANTE, CANCONETA, CONCIERTO DE ESTIO
"These pieces sparkle with activity yet yield to longing - as in the Adagietto of the Galante. The motoric chatter of the solo violin in the outer movements contrasts with the poetic side represented by the hushed Siciliana in the Estio - a summer concerto indeed. The raw braying and yelping of the brass proclaim a Northern energy in the finale - this is no longer a summer of siestas! The violin flickers and flames. The Canconeta is half Havanaise and half love song. This is music of utmost tenderness. It is played with a sense of wonder."
-- Rob Barnett, MusicWeb International

JUGLARES
"Juglares, composed in 1923, was Rodrigo’s first orchestral work. After a brief drum tattoo, there is an attractive Allegro with an appealingly monotonous melody, a passionate slower section, and then a return to the opening section—short and sweet..."
"Do you like the Concierto de Aranjuez? (Who doesn’t?) Naxos and I ask you, each in our own way, to explore more of Rodrigo’s music. He was most definitely not a “one work” composer!"
-- Raymond Tuttle, Fanfare