The Guitar Connection
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Guitarist John Williams performing Rodrigo's Concierto De Aranjuez with the Royal Opera House Orchestra, conducted by Antonio Pappano.
The first golden era of the trumpet concerto was the 18th century, for the piano and the violin concerto, the 19th century.
But it wasn’t until halfway through the 20th century that the guitar concerto finally came into its own.
In this hour, we’ll explore why the delay—and, how quickly composers made up for lost time.
FEATURED RECORDINGS
| Title |
Group/Artist |
Catalog # |
UPC/EAN |
| Vivaldi - Concerti per mandolini [for Concerto per mandolino RV 425 in C major] |
Giovanni Scaramuzzino, Europa Galante ensemble |
Virgin Veritas 5455272 |
724354552724 |
| Julian Bream – The Complete RCA Album Collection [for Vivaldi Lute Concerto] |
Julian Bream, The Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner |
Sony Classical 546242 |
887254624226 |
| Giuliani - Concertos and Quintets for Guitar [for Guitar Concerto No. 2 in A Major] |
Claudio Maccari, Ensemble Ottocento, |
Brilliant Classics 92621 |
5028421926216 |
| The Guitarist - The Complete Columbia Album Collection [for Rodrigo, Concierto de Aranjuez], |
John Williams, members of the Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy |
Sony Classical 88843092942 |
888430929425 |
| Villa-Lobos, Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Guitar Concertos [for Castelnuovo-Tedesco Guitar Concerto No. 1] |
Pepe Romero,the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner |
Philips 416 357-2 |
028941635723 |
| Andres Segovia – A Centenary Celebration [for Concierto del Sur (Concerto of the South) by Manuel Ponce] |
Andrés Segovia, Symphony of the Air, Enrique Jorda, |
MCA Classics MCAD4-11124 |
008811112424 |
| Hovhaness: Guitar Concerto No. 2, etc. |
Javier Calderon, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Stewart Robertson |
Naxos 8.559336 |
636943933626 |
Aranjuez - Milos Karadaglic, [for Rodrigo’s
Fantasia Para un Gentilhombre] |
Milos Karadaglic, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin |
Deutsche Grammophon B0020039-02 |
028948106523 |
