RODRIGO: GUITAR CONCERTO ('DE ARANJUEZ'); FANTASIA PARA UN GENTILHOMBRE; HARP CONCERTO - YEPES, ZABALETA, SEGOVIA

Rodrigo: Guitar Concerto (‘de Aranjuez’); Fantasia para un Gentilhombre; Harp Concerto (Concierto Serenata); Zarabanda Lejana

Narciso Yepes;
Nicanor Zabaleta;
Andrés Segovia

(Guitar) “Yepes’ cadenza is as clean and bright as a new pin, and his rapid repeated-note finish is fantastic.” “I am coming to regard the Fantasia para un gentilhombre with its gracious nobility and baroque feeling as a masterpiece to match the more famous Concierto de Aranjuez.” (Harp): “Zabaleta plays most beautifully and the recording is immaculate.” (Gramophone)

Concierto de Aranjuez (1939) [21:05]
Narciso Yepes (guitar) / Spanish National Orchestra / Ataulfo Argenta
1. Allegro con spirito 5:56
2. Adagio 9:53
3. Allegro gentile 5:15

Fantasia para un Gentilhombre (1954) ‘Fantasia for a Courtier’ [22:20]
Narciso Yepes (guitar) / Spanish National Orchestra / Rafael Frübeck de Burgos
4. Villano y Ricercare (Adagietto – Andante moderato) 5:24
5. Españoleta y Fanfare de la Caballería de Nápoles
(Adagio – Allegretto molto ritmico) 9:49
6. Danza de las hachas (Allegro con brio) 2:03
7. Canario (Allegro ma non troppo) 5:04

Concierto Serenata (Harp Concerto) (1954) [22:50]
Nicanor Zabaleta (harp) / Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra / Ernst Märzendorfer
8. Estudiantina (Allegro ma non troppo – Andante) 8:14
9. Intermezzo (Molto tranquillo) 8:12
10. Sarao (Allegro deciso) 6:23

11. Zarabanda Lejana (Andrés Segovia, guitar) 5:00