IDAGIO | Brouwer: Concierto de Benicàssim - Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez

Featuring

Óliver Díaz
Miguel Trápaga
Real Filharmonía de Galicia
Joaquín Rodrigo
Frank Martin
Leo Brouwer

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Composition History

Leo Brouwer's Concierto de Benicàssim was written in 2002 to commemorate the 150th anniversary of Romantic guitarist Francisco Tárrega's birth.

Composition History

Joaquín Rodrigo's Concierto de Aranjuez reused features from his earlier Toccata, which was originally too technically difficult for guitarists of its time.

Notable Performances

The Concierto de Aranjuez only began to gain international recognition in 1950 when Narciso Yepes performed it in Paris, despite its premiere in 1940.

Recording & Production

For this recording, Brouwer, in discussion with soloist Miguel Trápaga, removed repeats from the second and third movements of his Concierto de Benicàssim to increase its concision.

Compositional Technique

The central Lento movement of Brouwer's Concierto de Benicàssim reworks music he composed in 1968 for the soundtrack of the Cuban film Memories of Underdevelopment.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Joaquín Rodrigo imagined the guitar in his Concierto de Aranjuez as a "phantasmagorical, gigantic and multifarious" instrument with the "wings of a harp, the heart of a piano and the soul of a guitar."

Composition History

Frank Martin's Quatre pièces brèves, composed in 1933 for Andrés Segovia, was initially met with disinterest from the guitarist and only gained popularity after its publication in 1959.