Rodrigo: Piano Music Vol.1 - CD

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Joaquin Rodrigo (1901-99) composed music for solo and piano duet throughout his long creative life. The earliest works on this collection of his complete music for piano dates from 1923 and the last from 1987.<br /> <br /> Blind from birth, Rodrigo studied composition in Paris with Paul <span data-scayt_word="Dukas" data-scaytid="1">Dukas</span> and became a pianist of considerable ability. Whilst his main contemporary Manuel de <span data-scayt_word="Falla" data-scaytid="2">Falla</span> delved deeply in to Spanish traditional music, Rodrigo created a kind of neo classical style imbued with a Spanish <span data-scayt_word="flavour" data-scaytid="3">flavour</span>, drawing heavily on 18th century musical styles and mannerisms. The more conservative style of his music compared with de <span data-scayt_word="Falla's" data-scaytid="4">Falla's</span> appealed greatly to the post civil war authorities of Franco's Spain.<br /> <br /> Many of the works for piano are short, and look back to the single movement sonatas of <span data-scayt_word="Scarlatti" data-scaytid="5">Scarlatti</span>, and the keyboard music of <span data-scayt_word="Rameau" data-scaytid="6">Rameau</span>, <span data-scayt_word="Couperin" data-scaytid="7">Couperin</span> and <span data-scayt_word="Soler" data-scaytid="8">Soler</span>. However some of the works display considerable virtuosity such as <span data-scayt_word="Preludio" data-scaytid="9">Preludio</span> al <span data-scayt_word="galo" data-scaytid="10">galo</span> <span data-scayt_word="manañero" data-scaytid="11">manañero</span> which is a brilliant and highly effective composition.<br /> <br /> The third of the CDs in this set features the composer and his wife, pianist Victoria <span data-scayt_word="Kamhi" data-scaytid="12">Kamhi</span> performing his music for four hands -- it is a fascinating document and the listener can hear the composer adding personal touches to his music.<br /> <br /> <span data-scayt_word="Evocaciones" data-scaytid="25">Evocaciones</span><br /> <span data-scayt_word="Danza" data-scaytid="28">Danza</span> de la <span data-scayt_word="Amapola" data-scaytid="29">Amapola</span><br /> <span data-scayt_word="Sonada" data-scaytid="30">Sonada</span> de adios "<span data-scayt_word="Hommage" data-scaytid="31">Hommage</span> a Paul <span data-scayt_word="Dukas" data-scaytid="26">Dukas</span> "<br /> A <span data-scayt_word="l'ombre" data-scaytid="33">l'ombre</span> de Torre <span data-scayt_word="Bermaja" data-scaytid="34">Bermaja</span><br /> <span data-scayt_word="Preludio" data-scaytid="27">Preludio</span> de <span data-scayt_word="anoranza" data-scaytid="36">anoranza</span><br /> Suite <span data-scayt_word="para" data-scaytid="37">para</span> piano<br /> <span data-scayt_word="Cancion" data-scaytid="38">Cancion</span> y <span data-scayt_word="danza" data-scaytid="39">danza</span> (Song and Dance)<br /> Sonatas de <span data-scayt_word="Castilla" data-scaytid="40">Castilla</span> (5) con toccata a <span data-scayt_word="modo" data-scaytid="41">modo</span> de <span data-scayt_word="pregon" data-scaytid="42">pregon</span><br /> Album de Cecilia<br /> <span data-scayt_word="Serenata" data-scaytid="44">Serenata</span> <span data-scayt_word="espanola" data-scaytid="45">espanola</span><br /> <span data-scayt_word="Cuatro" data-scaytid="46">Cuatro</span> <span data-scayt_word="estampas" data-scaytid="48">estampas</span> <span data-scayt_word="andaluzas" data-scaytid="49">andaluzas</span><br /> Cinco <span data-scayt_word="piezas" data-scaytid="50">piezas</span> del <span data-scayt_word="siglo" data-scaytid="51">siglo</span> XVI<br /> <span data-scayt_word="Cuatro" data-scaytid="47">Cuatro</span> <span data-scayt_word="Piezas" data-scaytid="52">Piezas</span><br /> <span data-scayt_word="Preludio" data-scaytid="43">Preludio</span> al <span data-scayt_word="gallo" data-scaytid="54">gallo</span> <span data-scayt_word="mananero" data-scaytid="55">mananero</span><br /> <span data-scayt_word="Zarabanda" data-scaytid="56">Zarabanda</span> <span data-scayt_word="lejana" data-scaytid="57">lejana</span><br /> <span data-scayt_word="Bagatela" data-scaytid="58">Bagatela</span><br /> Air de Ballet<br /> Berceuse de <span data-scayt_word="Otono" data-scaytid="60">Otono</span><br /> Berceuse de <span data-scayt_word="primavera" data-scaytid="61">primavera</span><br /> <span data-scayt_word="Danzas" data-scaytid="62">Danzas</span> (3) de <span data-scayt_word="Espana" data-scaytid="63">Espana</span><br /> <span data-scayt_word="Pastorale" data-scaytid="64">Pastorale</span><br /> Cinco <span data-scayt_word="Piezas" data-scaytid="59">Piezas</span> <span data-scayt_word="Infantiles" data-scaytid="66">Infantiles</span><br /> Gran <span data-scayt_word="Marcha" data-scaytid="70">Marcha</span> de los <span data-scayt_word="Subsecretarios" data-scaytid="71">Subsecretarios</span><br /> <span data-scayt_word="Atardecer" data-scaytid="72">Atardecer</span><br /> <span data-scayt_word="Juglares" data-scaytid="73">Juglares</span><br /> Sonatina <span data-scayt_word="para" data-scaytid="67">para</span> dos <span data-scayt_word="Muñecas" data-scaytid="75">Muñecas</span><br /> <span data-scayt_word="Cuatro" data-scaytid="68">Cuatro</span> <span data-scayt_word="danzas" data-scaytid="77">danzas</span> de <span data-scayt_word="Espana" data-scaytid="69">Espana</span><br /> A <span data-scayt_word="l'ombre" data-scaytid="79">l'ombre</span> de Torre <span data-scayt_word="Bermaja" data-scaytid="80">Bermaja</span> (historical recording - Joaquin Rodrigo)<br /> Gran <span data-scayt_word="Marcha" data-scaytid="81">Marcha</span> de los <span data-scayt_word="Subsecretarios" data-scaytid="82">Subsecretarios</span> (historical recording - Joaquin Rodrigo)<br /> El <span data-scayt_word="vendedor" data-scaytid="88">vendedor</span> de <span data-scayt_word="chanquetes" data-scaytid="89">chanquetes</span> (historical recording - Joaquin Rodrigo)<br /> <span data-scayt_word="Pastorale" data-scaytid="87">Pastorale</span> (historical recording - Joaquin Rodrigo)<br /> <span data-scayt_word="Preludio" data-scaytid="91">Preludio</span> al <span data-scayt_word="gallo" data-scaytid="92">gallo</span> <span data-scayt_word="mananero" data-scaytid="93">mananero</span> (historical recording - Joaquin Rodrigo)<br /> <span data-scayt_word="Sonada" data-scaytid="94">Sonada</span> de adios "<span data-scayt_word="Hommage" data-scaytid="95">Hommage</span> a Paul <span data-scayt_word="Dukas" data-scaytid="96">Dukas</span> " (historical recording - Joaquin Rodrigo)<br /> Sonatas de <span data-scayt_word="Castilla" data-scaytid="97">Castilla</span> (5) con toccata a <span data-scayt_word="modo" data-scaytid="98">modo</span> de pregon (historical recording - Joaquin Rodrigo)<br /> <br /> <br />