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Joaquín Rodrigo
12+ albums
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Joaquín Rodrigo Vidre (22 November 1901 – 6 July 1999) was a Spanish composer of classical music and a virtuoso pianist. In spite of being blind from an early age, he achieved great success. He was born in Sagunto, Valencia, and lost his sight almost completely at the age of three after contracting diphtheria. He began to study piano and violin at the age of eight, but despite being best known for his guitar music, never mastered the instrument himself. Rodrigo studied music under Francisco Antich in Valencia and under Paul Dukas in Paris. After briefly returning to Spain, he went to Paris again to study musicology, first under Maurice Emmanuel and then under André Pirro. In 1925 he received Spain's National Prize for Orchestra for Cinco piezas infantiles [Five Children's Pieces]. From 1947 Rodrigo was a professor of music history, holding the Manuel de Falla Chair of Music in the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters, at Complutense University of Madrid. His most famous work, Concierto de Aranjuez, was composed in 1939 in Paris. It is a concerto for solo classical guitar and orchestra. The central adagio movement is one of the most recognizable in 20th century classical music, featuring the interplay of guitar with English horn. The success of this concerto led to commissions from a number of prominent soloists, including the flautist James Galway and the cellist Julian Lloyd Webber. In 1954 Rodrigo composed Fantasía para un gentilhombre at the request of Andrés Segovia. His
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Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez: II. Adagio
53,4722Concierto de Aranjuez for Guitar and Orchestra: 2. Adagio
25,5463Cançoneta for Violin and Orchestra
22,1314Concierto de Aranjuez: II. Adagio
16,5865Concierto de Aranjuez
13,9296Concierto de Aranjuez - Adagio
13,2067Fantasía para un gentilhombre: IIa. Españoleta
9,2608Adagio
7,0259- Espanoleta y Fanfare de la C
6,39110Concierto de Aranjuez: I. Allegro con spirito
5,929albums
Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez; Fantasía para un gentilhombre etc.
Great Performances - John Williams
Aranjuez
Conciertos
Joaquin Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez; Tres piezas espanolas; Fantasía para un gentil hombre - Sony Classical Masters
RODRIGO: Concierto de Aranjuez / Concierto Andaluz
RODRIGO: Piano Music, Vol. 1
Concierto de Aranjuez
RODRIGO: Concierto Pastorale / Fantasia para un Gentilhombre
Spanish Night
Rodrigo: Concierto De Aranjuez
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Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez; Fantasia