Rodrigo por Cañizares

CD  Rodrigo por Cañizares
Guitarist: Juan Manuel Cañizares
 
This album, tenth in the series por Cañizares, is dedicated to Joaquín Rodrigo (Sagunto, 1901 – Madrid, 1999), who, nearly thirty years ago, opened my eyes to symphonic music with his immortal Concierto de Aranjuez.
 
I chose the opening piece carefully, Aranjuez, ma pensée, a composition based on the composer of Concierto de Aranjuez’ famous Adagio. For this special occasion, I added some tremolo effects to the melody in the arrangements, to recreate a version closer to the orchestral work.
 
The second track, Preludio al atardecer, is an unpublished work by Rodrigo, composed in 1926 and discovered by Mr Javier Suárez Pajares in 2018. Thanks to the generous permission of Doña Cecilia Rodrigo, daughter of composer, I have had the honour and privilege of interpreting it for the first time in history. The score welcomes the guitarist with a beautiful metaphor: ‘At dusk, a guitar sighs, there … almost in the Alhambra’; and indeed, the piece is full of Andalusian flavour and, in some passages, of a marked flamenco imprint.
  
Cuatro Estampas Andaluzas, Cuatro Piezas para Piano, Tres Danzas y Cinco Piezas del Siglo XVI were composed by Master Rodrigo for piano, the instrument that he played most proficiently: I have transcribed them for guitar and included them in this album as a tribute to him at the 20th anniversary of his death.
 
This album is a heartfelt tribute to him and his wonderful music, with my gratitude. 
 
Juan Manuel Cañizares
 
Content:
Aranjuez ma pensée &
Preludio al Atardecer (obra inédita de Rodrigo)

1. Aranjuez ma pensée (Extracto del Adagio del Concierto de Aranjuez) (1988) 【6:43】
2. Preludio al Atardecer (Obra inédita de Joaquín Rodrigo) (1926) 【4:30】
3. Danza de la Amapola (1972) 【1:57】

 
Cuatro Estampas Andaluzas (1946/52)

4. El Vendedor de Chanquetes 【2:12】
5. Crepúsculo sobre el Guadalquivir 【4:09】
6. Seguidillas del Diablo 【4:29】
7. Barquitos de Cádiz 【5:14】

 
Cuatro Piezas (1938)

8. Caleseras – Homenaje a Chueca 【2:01】
9. Fandango del Ventorrillo 【1:34】
10. Plegaria de la Infanta de Castilla 【5:48】
11. Danza Valenciana 【2:51】

 
Tres Danzas de España (1941)

12. Rústica 【1:37】
13. Danza de Tres Doncellas 【1:53】
14. Serrana 【1:45】

 
Cinco Piezas del Siglo XVI (1938)

15. Diferencias sobre el Canto del Caballero (Antonio de Cabezón) 【3:17】
16. Pavana (Luis de Milán – I, Allegretto) 【2:55】
17. Pavana (Luis de Milán – II, Allegro Moderato)【1:44】
18. Pavana (Enriquez de Valderrábano) 【4:02】
19. Fantasía que Contrahace la Harpa de Ludovico (Alonso Mudarra) 【1:51】