Joaquín Rodrigo
Joaquín Rodrigo was one of the most honored of twentieth century Spanish composers. Several of his compositions, in particular the Concierto de Aranjuez for guitar and orchestra, have attained worldwide fame.
Blind from the age of three due to diphtheria, Rodrigo undertook early musical studies under Francisco Antich in Valencia (1920-1923) and Paul Dukas at the École Normale de Musique in Paris (1927-1932). While in Paris, Rodrigo befriended many of the great composers of the time, and received particular encouragement from his fellow Spaniard Manuel de Falla. In 1933 he married the Turkish pianist Victoria Kamhi; they remained inseparable companions until her death in 1997.
After returning to Spain in 1934, Rodrigo quickly won, with some help from Falla, the Conde de Cartagena scholarship that allowed him to return to Paris to study musicology -- with Maurice Emmanuel at the Paris Conservatoire and with André Pirro at the Sorbonne. Some of the most difficult years in Rodrigo's life were in the late 1930s during the Spanish Civil War: his scholarship was cancelled, and he and his wife lived in France and Germany, virtually penniless. They made a meager living giving Spanish and music lessons at the Institute for the Blind in Freiburg. But by 1939, they were able to return to Spain.
Rodrigo started composing in 1923, and won a National Prize in 1925 for his Cinco Piezas Infantiles for orchestra. (Due to his blindness, Rodrigo always composed in Braille, and later painstakingly dictated the music to a copyist.) But his real breakthrough as a composer was with the Concierto de Aranjuez (1940, for guitar and orchestra), which was acclaimed from its first performance in Barcelona. Rodrigo was quickly recognized as one of Spain's great composers, and the awards and commissions started to roll in. In 1947, the Manuel de Falla Chair was created for him at the University of Madrid, where he taught music history for many years. He was much in demand as a pianist and lecturer, traveling to Europe, Central America, the U.S., Israel, and Japan. Many of the world's great instrumentalists commissioned concertos of him, and he eventually wrote works for, among others, guitarist Andrés Segovia, flutist James Galway, harpist Nicanor Zabaleta, and cellist Julian Lloyd Webber.
In 1953, he was awarded the Cross of Alfonso X the Wise by the Spanish government, and as part of the celebration of his ninetieth birthday in 1991, Rodrigo was raised to the nobility by King Juan Carlos I with the title "Marqués de los jardines de Aranjuez." He was ultimately given Spain's highest international honor, the Prince of Asturias Prize for the Arts, in 1996. The government of France also recognized Rodrigo's importance, making him a Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur in 1960 and promoting him to Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres in 1998. By the end of his life, he had also received six honorary doctorates from universities worldwide. Rodrigo died in 1999; he and his wife are both buried at the cemetery at Aranjuez.
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Concierto de Aranjuez y Fantasía para un Gentilhombre (Grabación Histórica de 1962)
Classical - Lançado por Ediciones Joaquín Rodrigo S A em 25/03/2021
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Una Vida Por La Musica
Classical - Lançado por RCA Classics em 06/10/1997
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Concierto de Aranjuez - Joaquín Rodrigo Joaquín Rodrigo - Binaural 3D Sound - Music Therapy (Binaural 3D Sound - Music Therapy)
Classical - Lançado por Joaquín Rodrigo em 21/08/2021
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Joaquin Rodrigo: Aranjuez Concerto - Fantasy For A Gentleman (Alternate Mix)
Classical - Lançado por YOYO USA, Inc. em 01/01/2006
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Piano Masterpieces: Joaquin Rodrigo Plays Own Works (Recorded 1960)
Joaquín Rodrigo, Victoria Kamhi
Classical - Lançado por Jube Classic em 03/06/2014
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Clásicos De España
Orquesta Sinfónica De España, Orquesta Filarmonica de España
Classical - Lançado por Tam-Tam Media em 01/07/2007
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Canciones Españolas
Maria Bayo, Juan Antonio Alvarez-Parejo
Vocal Music (Secular and Sacred) - Lançado por Claves Records em 01/01/1992
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Concierto de Aranjuez
Classical - Lançado por Alpha Center Digital em 31/05/2022
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Concierto de Aranjuez (Grabación histórica)
Classical - Lançado por Ediciones Joaquín Rodrigo S.A. em 29/01/2024
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Rodrigo: Fantasía para un Gentilhombre
Andrès Segovia, Nicanor Zabaleta
Classical - Lançado por Past Classics em 11/03/2013
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Rodrigo Interpreta a Rodrigo (Obras para piano Edición XXV Aniversario)
Classical - Lançado por Ediciones Joaquín Rodrigo SA em 15/03/2024
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Joaquín Rodrigo / Joaquín Turina
Joaquín Rodrigo, Joaquín Turina
Musical Theatre - Lançado por Bomerang Records em 29/10/2020
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Rodrigo Plays Rodrigo
Joaquín Rodrigo, Victoria Kamhi
Classical - Lançado por Naxos Classical Archives em 01/03/2013
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Rodrigo - Concierto de Aranjuez & Concert Serenade for Harp
Berliner Philharmoniker, Reinhard Peters
Classical - Lançado por Sunday Club Records em 20/10/2012
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Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez
Ataulfo Argenta, The National Orchestra of Spain, Narciso Yepes
Concertos - Lançado por Sunday Club Records em 28/01/2014
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