Rodrigo and Villa-Lobos

 

Rodrigo and Villa-Lobos

72728 (UK)
Released 1974

Rodrigo and Villa-Lobos - US

MS 7195 (LP) / 33208 (CD)
Released 1974 (LP) 1990 (CD)

Rodrigo and Villa-Lobos

Recorded London, February & April 1974
Producer: Paul Myers
Engineers: Mike Ross-Trevor & Roy Emerson

with English Chamber Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim

and James Brown, cor anglais

  • Juaquin Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez
    Allegro con spirito [05:58]
    Adagio [11:29]
    Allegro gentile [04:59]

  • Heitor Villa-Lobos: Concerto for Guitar and Small Orchestra, W501
    Allegro preciso [05:13]
    Andantino e andante [09:22]
    Allegretto non troppo [04:15]

Re-issue Notes:

LP Compilations including tracks from this recording:

The Adagio from the this recording of the Concierto de Aranjuez has appeared on three LP compilations: John Williams Collection (1978), Recollections (1979) and The Guitar Music of John Williams (1980).

CD re-issues featuring these recordings:

This album had a straight CD release in the USA in 1990 with the same artwork. A 2003 release as a Super Audio CD (Sony 90381) included Fantasia para un gentilhombre (also with the English Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Sir Charles Groves).

Other compilation CDs with different artwork/titles also feature these recordings:
Invocación Y Danza (2001) and Guitar Concertos (1989) each include both of these recordings;
The Great Guitar Concertos (1989) includes the Villa-Lobos Concerto;
The Golden Guitar (1989) also includes the Concierto de Aranjuez Adagio.
The Guitar Album (1994) includes the Villa-Lobos Concerto.

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