Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez; Walton: 5 Bagatelles; Christopher Parkening
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Edition: Music CDCD Release Date: 1993-01-19
Music Label: EMI Classics
Soundtracks:
- Concierto de Aranjuez: l. Allegro con spirito
- Concierto de Aranjuez: ll. Adagio
- Concierto de Aranjuez: lll. Allegro gentile
- Fantasia para un gentilhombre: l. Villano y Ricercare (Adagietto - Andante moderato)
- Fantasia para un gentilhombre: ll. Espa?oleta y Fanfare de la Caballer?a de N?poles (Adagio - Allegretto molto ritmico)
- Fantasia para un gentilhombre: lll. Danza de las hachas (Allegro con brio)
- Fantasia para un gentilhombre: lV. Canario (Allegro ma non troppo)
- Five Bagatelles For Guitar And Orchestra: l. Allegro assai
- Five Bagatelles For Guitar And Orchestra: ll. Lento sognando
- Five Bagatelles For Guitar And Orchestra: lll. Alla cubana
- Five Bagatelles For Guitar And Orchestra: lV. Lento
- Five Bagatelles For Guitar And Orchestra: V. Presto con slancio
Music reviews of Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez; Walton: 5 Bagatelles; Christopher Parkening
Music Review: superb repertoire and performances (not a record that's just for guitar afficianados)
Rating: 5 Stars
Where many performances of the Concierto de Aranjuez, both live and on record, pay insufficient attention to the outer movements, treating them essentially as bookends for the sublime and justly famous slow middle movement, Parkening, Litton, and the Royal Philharmonic offer a superb reading of the whole concerto. The slow movement is not just gorgeous, it's also well understood by these musicians, and in the faster movements they play cunningly off the mix of Baroque dance and dissonant Modermist elements that are at play here. Ditto the Fantasia Para un Gentilhombre: movement after movement these are simply excellent, even stunning interpretations and performances.
The Walton rounds out the Rodigo to make this an incredible album. Most discs of this sort are exclusively Flamenco-inflected affairs but the Walton here offers the contrast of an exceptional essay in accessible Modernism. I'm not sure I remember the last time I enjoyed the use of 20th century dissonances and assymetries as much as I do with this piece. The Walton is a composition of depth and sophistication and you will want to get to know it... whether you're a guitar player or not.
Description of Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez; Walton: 5 Bagatelles; Christopher Parkening
Lovers of the Concierto de Aranjuez breathed a sigh of relief when Christopher Parkening made this recording of it--his first--in 1992. The American guitarist delivers an interpretation rich in feeling and nuance; his playing, remarkable for its elegance, for the astonishing evenness of the fingerwork, and above all for beauty and variety of tone, freshly illuminates a justly familiar work. Parkening brings the flamenco elements of the conception to the fore and ornaments the concerto's slow movement in an especially appealing manner. He is backed by a wonderfully alert reading of the score from Litton and the RPO. The sound is excellent. --Ted LibbeyAll Works by Walton CDs
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