Joaquin Rodrigo's "Concerto de Aranjuez" may be the most popular guitar concerto of all time. Even if you don't think you know it, there's a good chance you've at least heard some of it. On today's show, hear guitarist Chaconne Klaverenga play Rodrigo's concerto with the Boulder Chamber Orchestra.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Jules Massenet: Meditation from 'Thais'
Chee-Yun, violin; Akira Eguchi, piano
Vocalise: Chee-Yun
Denon 75118
Alexandre Tansman: Suite for Oboe, Clarinet and Bassoon
Nicholas Stovall, oboe; Amitav Vardi, clarinet; Kristin Wolfe Jensen, bassoon
Round Top Festival Institute, Festival Concert Hall, Round Top, TX
Franz Schubert: Symphony No. 9: Movements 2-3
The Orchestra Now; Hans Graf, conductor
Bard College, The Fisher Center for the Performing Arts, Annandale-On-Hudson, NY
Hans Zimmer: Simba Is Alive! (excerpt)
Re-Collective Orchestra and L.A. session musicians; Nick Glennie Smith, conductor
The Lion King (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2019)
Walt Disney Records NA
Hans Zimmer: Reflections of Mufasa (excerpt)
Re-Collective Orchestra and L.A. session musicians; Nick Glennie Smith, conductor
The Lion King (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2019)
Walt Disney Records NA
Hour 2
Anthony Davis: Amistad, Act II, Scene VI: Aria They come as if from the heavens (Excerpt)
Florence Quivar, soprano; Lyric Opera of Chicago; Dennis Russel Davies, conductor
Anthony Davis: Amistad
Anthology of Recrded Music, Inc. NA
Johann Sebastian Bach, arr. Ferrucio Busoni: Chaconne in D minor BWV 1004 from Violin Partita No. 2
Stephen Hough, piano
Grand Teton Music Festival, Walk Festival Hall, Jackson Hole, WY
Joaquin Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez
Chaconne Klaverenga, guitar; Boulder Chamber Orchestra; Bahman Saless, conductor
Boulder Chamber Orchestra, Broomfield Auditorium, Broomfield, CO
Anthony Davis: Amistad, Act I: Overture
Lyric Opera of Chicago; Dennis Russel Davies, conductor
Anthony Davis: Amistad
Anthology of Recrded Music, Inc. NA
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