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Post Subject: With OrchestraPosted by Paul S on: 4/12/2009
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Juaquin Rodrigo wrote two (too) often-played works for guitar and orchestra, the Concierto de Aranjuez and the Fantasia para Gentilhombre. The music itself may not be to everyone's taste, but IMO the works are well rendered by Narcisco Yepes with the Orquesta Sinfonica RTA, Odon Alonso, conductor. DGG stereo, 139 440. Recording is OK, except highs get typical-for-DGG steely unless VTA is well attended to.
Obviously, the guitar has certain limitations that do not ingratiate the instrument to a full orchestra, and IMO these limitations ultimately sink most attempts to pull it off. But here, the work itself and Yepes both make the most of the "vested" instrument, and the conductor and orchestra are also spot-on for the pairing.
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