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By Graham Wade. Since the naming of the classical guitar concerto and its extraordinary fame, a kind of cult has arisen round Aranjuez. Did Rodrigo and his wife spend their honeymoon in Aranjuez? Is the slow movement a cry of pain? What did actually spark the writing of the Concierto de Aranjuez?
Monument devoted to Joaquín Rodrigo's Concierto in the city of Aranjuez. The Concierto de Aranjuez ([konˈθjeɾ.to ðe a.ɾaŋˈxweθ], "Aranjuez Concerto") is a concerto for classical guitar by the Spanish composer Joaquín Rodrigo. Written in 1939, it is by far Rodrigo's best-known work, and its success established his reputation as one of ...
Jan 6, 2024 · Concierto de Aranjuez (Adagio) is a beautiful and haunting composition that holds a timeless appeal. Originally written by the Spanish composer Joaquín Rodrigo in 1939, this piece has become one of his most famous works. Miles Davis, the legendary jazz trumpeter, recorded a memorable rendition of this piece in his album “Sketches of Spain ...
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May 8, 2012 · Rodrigo’s Concierto de Aranjuez is simply the best- loved guitar concerto. The secret of its appeal is an imaginative fusion of 18thcentury Spanish-Italian guitar music, flamenco, and 20th century neoclassicism.
The miracle of Evans and Davis’s “Concierto de Aranjuez (Adagio)”—its paradoxical success—is the jumbling of diverse cultural and geographical national misattributions. For listeners it is a blessing in disguise.
JOAQUIN RODRIGO - Concierto de Aranjuez. MANUEL PONCE - Concierto del Sur. ANTON GARCIA ABRIL - Concierto Aguediano. Soloists: Edoardo Catemario (guitar) Conductor: Bátiz, Enrique. Orchestra: ORT-Orchestra della Toscana. Record Label: Arts Music - 47358-2. Medium: CD.
In 1992, in honor of Rodrigo’s 90th birthday, King Juan Carlos I of Spain awarded him the hereditary title Marqués de los jardines de Aranjuez (Marquis of the gardens of Aranjuez). The 300-acre gardens of Aranjuez are part of an 18th-century summer palace of the Bourbon kings of Spain, on the banks of the Tajo river outside Madrid.
