This CD is reissued by ArkivMusic.
Notes and Editorial Reviews
During the (almost) three years that have passed since I reviewed the original issue of this recording I have had no cause to revise my opinion of it. It remains one of the best of the numerous available versions of the ever-present Concierto de Aranjuez on all counts. There is by now nothing new to be expressed on the work's behalf that is not eccentric, and the time is long past when one might nominate a 'best' recording. The aficionados in our midst may prefer a record that couples it with another guitar concerto, of which there are several good ones, whilst others may welcome the chance to encounter some of Rodrigo's otherwise-unrecorded works, agreeable helpings of late Romanticism served by a master chef, Bátiz. In either case
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this reissue of a very well engineered recording should be welcomed.
-- Gramophone [4/1985, reviewing an LP release of Concierto de Aranjuez, EMI 412068]
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Works on This Recording
1.
Concierto de Aranjuez for Guitar by Joaquin Rodrigo
Performer:
Alfonso Moreno (Guitar)
Conductor:
Enrique Bátiz
Orchestra/Ensemble:
London Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1939; Spain
Length: 21 Minutes 9 Secs.
2.
Danzas fantásticas, Op. 22 by Joaquin Turina
Conductor:
Enrique Bátiz
Orchestra/Ensemble:
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1920; Spain
Length: 17 Minutes 0 Secs.
3.
Nights in the gardens of Spain by Manuel de Falla
Performer:
Aldo Ciccolini (Piano)
Conductor:
Enrique Bátiz
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1911-1915; Spain
Length: 23 Minutes 47 Secs.
5.
El amor brujo by Manuel de Falla
Performer:
Victoria de los Angeles (Soprano)
Conductor:
Carlo Maria Giulini
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Philharmonia Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1914-1915; Spain
Length: 25 Minutes 51 Secs.
6.
Rapsodie espagnole by Maurice Ravel
Conductor:
André Previn
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1907-1908; France
Length: 15 Minutes 59 Secs.
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