Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez [Hybrid SACD]

Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez [Hybrid SACD]

Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez [Hybrid SACD]
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Composer: Joaquin Rodrigo
Composer: Antonio Vivaldi
Conductor: Victor Alessandro
Performer: Los Romeros
Performer: The Romeros
Orchestra: San Antonio Symphony Orchestra
Edition: Music CD
Format: Hybrid SACD - DSD
CD Release Date: 2004-11-09
Music Label: Mercury
Soundtracks:
  1. Concierto de Aranjuez, for guitar & orchestra: 1. Allegro con spirito
  2. Concierto de Aranjuez, for guitar & orchestra: 2. Adagio
  3. Concierto de Aranjuez, for guitar & orchestra: 3. Allegro gentile
  4. Concierto andaluz for 4 guitars & orchestra: 1. Tiempo de Bolero
  5. Concierto andaluz for 4 guitars & orchestra: 2. Adagio
  6. Concierto andaluz for 4 guitars & orchestra: 3. Allegretto
  7. Concerto for 4 violins, cello, strings & continuo in B minor ('L'estro armonico' No. 10) Op. 3/10, RV 580: 1. Allegro
  8. Concerto for 4 violins, cello, strings & continuo in B minor ('L'estro armonico' No. 10) Op. 3/10, RV 580: 2. Largo - Larghetto
  9. Concerto for 4 violins, cello, strings & continuo in B minor ('L'estro armonico' No. 10) Op. 3/10, RV 580: 3. Allegro
  10. Mandolin Concerto, for mandolin, strings & continuo in C major, RV 425: 1. Allegro
  11. Mandolin Concerto, for mandolin, strings & continuo in C major, RV 425: 2. Largo
  12. Mandolin Concerto, for mandolin, strings & continuo in C major, RV 425: 3. Allegro
  13. Double Mandolin Concerto, for 2 mandolins, strings & continuo in G major, RV 532: 1. Allegro
  14. Double Mandolin Concerto, for 2 mandolins, strings & continuo in G major, RV 532: 2. Andante
  15. Double Mandolin Concerto, for 2 mandolins, strings & continuo in G major, RV 532: 3. Allegro

Music reviews of Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez [Hybrid SACD]

Music Review: Wonderful Old Recording of the "Royal Family of the Guitar!"
Rating: 5 Stars


First I need to make clear that I'm reviewing the regular CD version of this disk. I haven't heard the SACD version, but feel that most of my remarks, except specifics about sound quality, will apply to it.

If you want to taste the guitar-playing delights offered up by the Romero family or if you want a fine historical record of this remarkable musical dynasty, then this is the CD for you! Jointly and severally, the Romeros do their stuff here: Celedonio (the pater familias), and his sons Ángel, Celín, and Pepe. To back them up the San Antonio Symphony, in one of its very earliest major-label recordings, does its damnedest under the baton of Victor Alessandro--with truly fine results.

To capture the event with the fullest possible fidelity available in 1967 the Mercury Records engineers employ the special setup of their "Living Presence" series: a three-channel, half-inch tape recorder fed by three individual Telefunken 201 microphones, augmented here by a fourth to reinforce the center channel. All the fuss clearly pays off in the marvelous sound quality of this recording.

To get the ball rolling Ángel delivers a truly excellent performance of Joaquín Rodrigo's "Concierto de Aranjuez." (Though Ángel subsequently focussed on conducting, it could not have been for lack of success in playing: his mastery of the guitar is manifest.)

Next the whole family join in on Rodrigo's "Concierto Andaluz for Four Guitars and Orchestra," a joyous, tuneful exhibition of how great four guitars and orchestra can sound together. This is not heavy "symphonic" fare, but music to celebrate the joys of life and lovely sounds.

Slipping backward about 3 centuries, the same group offer a transcription of Vivaldi's "Concerto for Four Violins and Orchestra" from "L'Estro Armonico." This is, I would say, a baroque equivalent of roughly the same spirit as that of the preceding piece: a celebration of the joy of music.

Papa Celedonio next shows how the guitar is properly played by performing a transcription of Vivaldi's "Concerto in C Major for Mandolin and Orchestra." Now we come to understand that the maestro teaches by example.

To close the program sons Pepe and Celín play a third Vivaldi transcription: the "Concerto in G for Two Mandolins and Orchestra," to the beaming approval of Celedonio, we imagine.

Regardless of its historic significance, this CD is of great value for its music alone. I doubt there are significantly better recordings of these pieces anywhere. This CD is a treasure!

I should note that there is now available an SACD disk of this program. Not having heard it, I can't say how it compares with the present CD, which in any case leaves little to be desired in sound quality.
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