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Concierto de Aranjuez

193924 min

This guide follows Rodrigo’s Concierto de Aranjuez (1939) in three parts: Allegro con spirito (sonata form), Adagio and Allegro gentile.

Recording: Pepe Romero (guitar), DR Symfoniorkestret, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos

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Follow all 28 sections as they play

  1. I · Sonata form
  2. II
  3. III
I Sonata form0:10–6:38

In D major and 6/8. The long opens with the guitar strumming a three- pattern in a flamenco rhythm of twos against threes, and each repetition raises the top note of the chord. The first follows, and the guitar leads the , which leans from D major toward E♭ major. Then come the , the and the .

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II6:59–17:47
III 17:53–24:00

Section boundaries in music are not always sharp; a transition may be felt over a pause or a held chord.

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Liszt → Smetana → Grieg → Albéniz → Dvořák → Sibelius → Elgar → Williams → Janáček → Villa-Lobos → Rodrigo → Márquez

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