Ataulfo Argenta
Ataulfo Argenta was a leading Spanish conductor who appeared to be developing an important career that was cut short by his early death at the age of forty-four.
He was a musically talented child who attracted considerable attention as a pianist, then entered the Royal Conservatory in Madrid at the age of thirteen in 1927. He won a Premio Extraordinario in piano at the Conservatory in 1930, and the Kristina Nilsson Prize in 1931.
The latter prize enabled him to study piano and conducting in Belgium and Germany. These studies saw him safely outside of Spain when the Civil War broke out in that country. After the end of that conflict, when general war broke out in Europe in 1939, he returned to neutral Spain where he worked in a variety of musical jobs, including staff keyboard player (mostly piano and celesta) with the National Orchestra in Madrid.
He returned to Germany for more studies from 1941 to 1943, studying conducting with Carl Schuricht and teaching piano at the Kassel Conservatory, then returned to Spain and made his conducting debut on a broadcast concert with the national radio orchestra.
His first performance with Spain's National Orchestra was on October 10, 1945. It is remembered as a brilliant debut and it led to his being appointed the orchestra's music director in 1947, a post he retained until his death.
He first conducted outside of Spain when pianist José Iturbi hired him to be his conductor in a performance the pianist organized at Harringay Arena in London; the orchestra was the London Symphony. This began a demand for his services as guest conductor with various European orchestras and on South American tours. He also founded a major music festival in Grenada.
He signed a contract with England's Decca record company and specialized in late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century music, especially Spanish music. Among his most notable recordings was the opera Goyescas by Enrique Granados and the symphonic work Danzas fantasticas by Turina, which remained in the LP catalogue for over twenty years. His conducting style was lean, muscular, and precise. He was considered to be on the verge of a major international career when he died.
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España
Ataulfo Argenta, London Symphony Orchestra
Classique - Paru chez Vinyle Numérique le 8 févr. 2023
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Zarzuelas: Alma de Dios y los Claveles
Ataulfo Argenta, Gran Orquesta de Cámara de Madrid
Opérette - Paru chez Digital World Music le 2 déc. 2013
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Amadeo Vives: Doña Francisquita [Zarzuela en Tres Actos] (1954)
Gran Orquesta Sinfónica, Ataulfo Argenta, María de los Angeles
Opéra - Paru chez Classical Moments le 16 mai 2013
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Preludios e Intermedios de Zarzuela (1952-1958), Vol. 1
Gran Orquesta Sinfónica, Ataulfo Argenta
Classique - Paru chez Classical Moments le 9 mai 2013
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José Serrano: Alma de Dios (1953)
Gran Orquesta Sinfónica, Ataulfo Argenta, Manuel Ausensi
Classique - Paru chez Classical Moments le 9 mai 2013
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Berlioz - Symphonie Fantastique
Ataulfo Argenta, Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire
Classique - Paru chez G.O.P. le 18 mars 2024
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La Dogaresa
Opérette - Paru chez RCA Records Label le 26 févr. 1956
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El Dúo de la Africana
Opérette - Paru chez RCA Records Label le 9 oct. 2015
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Zarzuela: Don Gil de Alcalá
Ataulfo Argenta, Gran Orquesta Sinfónica
Opérette - Paru chez Digital World Music le 2 déc. 2013
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Zarzuelas: La Dolorosa y las Leandras
Ataulfo Argenta, Gran Orquesta Sinfónica
Opérette - Paru chez Digital World Music le 2 déc. 2013
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Zarzuela: La Corte del Faraón
Ataulfo Argenta, Gran Orquesta Sinfónica
Opérette - Paru chez Digital World Music le 2 déc. 2013
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José Serrano: La Reina Mora [Zarzuela en Un Acto] (1954)
Gran Orquesta de Cámara de Madrid, Ataulfo Argenta, Ana María Iriarte
Opérette - Paru chez Classical Moments le 24 mai 2013
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Vicente Lleó: El Maestro Campanone [Zarzuela en Un Acto] (1955)
Gran Orquesta Sinfónica, Ataulfo Argenta, Pilar Lorengar
Opérette - Paru chez Classical Moments le 16 mai 2013
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José Serrano: Los de Aragón (1954)
Gran Orquesta Sinfónica, Ataulfo Argenta, Tony Rosado
Classique - Paru chez Classical Moments le 9 mai 2013
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Ernesto Halffter
Ataúlfo Argenta, Orquesta Nacional de España
Classique - Paru chez Artys-Digital le 26 août 2016
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Piotr Ilich Tchaikovsky: Concierto en D Mayor para Violin y Orquesta, Op. 35
Musique symphonique - Paru chez Meta - Vocación Musical le 12 févr. 2013
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El cabo primero (Zarzuela en un acto)
Ataulfo Argenta, Coro Cantores de Madrid, Gran Orquesta Sinfónica, Tony Rosado, Gerardo Gil, Ana Maria Fernandez
Opéra - Paru chez Phorminx le 19 mai 2016
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Las bravias (Zarzuela en un acto)
Ataulfo Argenta, Coros Cantores de Madrid, Gran Orquestra Sinfonica, Ana María Iriarte, Julita Bermejo, Gerardo Monreal
Opéra - Paru chez Phorminx le 19 mai 2016
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Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 2 in a Major
Julius Katchen, Ataulfo Argenta, London Philharmonic Orchestra
Classique - Paru chez Classically le 6 févr. 2024
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Liszt: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 (Mono Version)
Julius Katchen, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Ataulfo Argenta
Divers - Paru chez BNF Collection le 1 janv. 1958
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La Alsaciana
Bandes originales de films - Paru chez Foyer le 1 janv. 2000
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