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Artur Pizarro - Rodrigo: Piano Music, Volume 1 (2005)

Artur Pizarro - Rodrigo: Piano Music, Volume 1 (2005)

BAND/ARTIST: Artur Pizarro

  • Title: Rodrigo: Piano Music, Volume 1
  • Year Of Release: 2005
  • Label: Naxos
  • Genre: Classical
  • Quality: FLAC (image+.cue,log,scans)
  • Total Time: 01:09:13
  • Total Size: 214 Mb
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Tracklist:

Joaquín Rodrigo (1901-1999)

01. A l’ombre de Torre Bermeja (In the Shadow of the Crimson Tower) [0:05:08.23]
02. 4 Piano Pieces - Caleseras (Homenaje a Chueca) [0:01:51.41]
03. 4 Piano Pieces - Fandango del ventorrillo (Fandango of the Inn) [0:01:37.74]
04. 4 Piano Pieces - Plegaria de la Infanta de Castilla (Prayer of the Princess of Castile) [0:05:50.53]
05. 4 Piano Pieces - Danza valenciana (Valencian Dance) [0:02:54.53]
06. Pastoral [0:02:05.04]
07. Preludio de anoranza (Nostalgic Prelude) [0:03:30.41]
08. 2 Berceuses - Berceuse de Printemps (Spring Lullaby) [0:01:56.70]
09. 2 Berceuses - Berceuses d'Automne (Autumn Lullaby) [0:02:50.43]
10. Bagatela [0:01:50.36]
11. 4 Estampas andaluzas - El vendedor de chanquetes (The Whitebait Seller) [0:01:45.52]
12. 4 Estampas andaluzas - Crepusculo sobre el Guadalquivir (Twilight Over the Guadalquivir River) [0:03:34.20]
13. 4 Estampas andaluzas - Seguidillas del diablo (The Devil’s Seguidillas) [0:03:55.09]
14. 4 Estampas andaluzas - Barquitos de Cadiz (Little Boats of Cadiz) [0:05:04.69]
15. Sonada de adios (Sounding of Farewell) [0:03:58.56]
16. Serenata espanola (Spanish Serenade) [0:05:05.53]
17. Air de ballet sur le nom d'une jeune fille (Ballet Theme on a Young Girl’s Name) [0:03:07.63]
18. Zarabanda lejana (Distant Sarabande) [0:02:55.05]
19. 5 Piezas del siglo XV - I. Diferencias sobre 'El Canto del Caballero’ (Antonio de Cabezon) (Variations on ‘The Knight’s Song’) [0:03:01.15]
20. 5 Piezas del siglo XV - II. Pavana (Luis de Milan) [0:01:35.70]
21. 5 Piezas del siglo XV - III. Pavana (Luis de Milan) [0:01:07.39]
22. 5 Piezas del siglo XV - IV. Pavana (Enriquez de Valderrabano) [0:03:11.70]
23. 5 Piezas del siglo XV - V. Fantasia que contrahace la harpa de Ludovico (Alonso Mudarra) (Fantasia in the Style of Ludovico’s Harp) [0:01:27.26]

Performers:
Artur Pizarro – piano

The piano music of Joaquín Rodrigo is rarely heard and practically unknown compared to his guitar works. This disc by Artur Pizarro should help rectify the oversight. None of the works here are as substantial as Rodrigo's concertos, but the colorings and expressions are just as rich as in those larger works. Many of these are indebted in some way to other composers. The first piece is an homage to Isaac Albéniz's Torre Bermeja (Crimson Tower), appropriately entitled In the Shadow for the Crimson Tower. Rodrigo wrote the glowingly resonant Sonada de adiós in memory of Paul Dukas, one of his teachers. The last five pieces on the disc are transcriptions of works by late-Renaissance Spanish composers. These are almost over-Romanticized in shading, but do capture the original spirit, if not quite the sound. The final Fantasia que contrahace la harpa de Ludovico has attention-grabbing, modern-sounding harmonies and rhythms. The rest of the works on the disc are dances, full of Spanish fire and spice, mini tone poems, and character pieces, which also draw on Spanish idioms and post-Romantic harmonies. Pizarro moves easily from the simple, soft lines of a berceuse to the punctuated figures found in the Estampas Andaluzas, changing his articulation as needed to realize fully and marvelously the spirit of the music. What would make this disc even better would be a warmer sound. The recording is a little distant, and it tends to thin out the colors of the music.


Artur Pizarro - Rodrigo: Piano Music, Volume 1 (2005)





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