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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Argenta: Greatest Moments
World music - Editado por Classic Music International el 29-03-2011
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Agua, Azucarillos Y Aguardiente
Bandas sonoras de cine - Editado por Foyer el 01-01-2000
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Amadeo Vives: Maruxa [Zarzuela en Dos Actos] (1953)
Orquesta De Cámara De Madrid, Ataulfo Argenta, Tony Rosado
Opereta - Editado por Classical Moments el 24-05-2013
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Concierto de Aranjuez (Remastered)
Ataulfo Argenta, Narciso Yepes, Orquesta Nacional De España
Clásica - Editado por Universal Digital Enterprises el 26-10-2018
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El Niño Judío
Opereta - Editado por RCA Records Label el 26-02-2016
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Ataúlfo Argenta
Clásica - Editado por Artys-Digital el 26-08-2016
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Tomás López Torregrosa: El Santo de la Isidra [Zarzuela en Un Acto] (1954), La fiesta de San Antón [Zarzuela en Un Acto] (1958)
Orquesta Sinfónica, Ataulfo Argenta, Tony Rosado
Opereta - Editado por Classical Moments el 24-05-2013
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Tomás Bretón: La Verbena de la Paloma [Zarzuela en Un Acto] (1952)
Orquesta De Cámara De Madrid, Ataulfo Argenta, Ana María Iriarte
Opereta - Editado por Classical Moments el 24-05-2013
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Jacinto Guerrero: El Huésped del Sevillano [Zarzuela en Dos Actos] (1954), La Alsaciana [Zarzuela en Un Acto] (1954)
Gran Orquesta Sinfónica, Ataulfo Argenta, Pilar Lorengar
Opereta - Editado por Classical Moments el 24-05-2013
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Don Gil de Alcalá
Opereta - Editado por Columbia (BMG Spain) el 09-10-1996
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Mendelssohn, Strauss & De Falla: Orchestral Works (Live)
Wiener Symphoniker, Ataulfo Argenta
Clásica - Editado por Orfeo el 01-01-2016
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La Revoltosa
Ataulfo Argenta, Orquestra de Camara de Madrid
Clásica - Editado por Montilla Records el 04-03-1980
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España
Ataulfo Argenta, London Symphony Orchestra
Clásica - Editado por Vinyle Numérique el 08-02-2023
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Berlioz - Symphonie Fantastique
Ataulfo Argenta, Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire
Clásica - Editado por G.O.P. el 18-03-2024
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La Dogaresa
Opereta - Editado por RCA Records Label el 26-02-1956
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El Dúo de la Africana
Opereta - Editado por RCA Records Label el 09-10-2015
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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
Opereta - Editado por Classical Moments el 24-05-2013
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Ernesto Halffter
Ataúlfo Argenta, Orquesta Nacional de España
Clásica - Editado por Artys-Digital el 26-08-2016
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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
Ópera - Editado por Phorminx el 19-05-2016
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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
Ópera - Editado por Phorminx el 19-05-2016
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La Alsaciana
Bandas sonoras de cine - Editado por Foyer el 01-01-2000
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