Track Listing

1. Ste: Prld
2. Ste: Sicilienne
3. Ste: Bourree
4. Ste: Menuet
5. Ste: Rigaudon
6. Preludio Al Gallo Mananero
7. Zarabanda Lejana
8. Pastorale
9. Bagatela
10. Serenata Espanola
11. Sonada De Adios (Hommage A Paul Dukas)
12. Tres Danzas De Espana: Rustica
13. Tres Danzas De Espana: Danza De Las Tres Doncellas
14. Tres Danzas De Espana: Serrana
15. Danza De La Amapola
16. Tres Evocaciones: Tarde En El Parque
17. Tres Evocaciones: Noche En El Guadalquivir
18. Tres Evocaciones: Manana En Triana
19. Preludio De Anoranza
20. Cinco Sons De Castilla, Con Toccata A Modo De Pregon: Toccata
21. Cinco Sons De Castilla, Con Toccata A Modo De Pregon: Son No.1 in f#
22. Cinco Sons De Castilla, Con Toccata A Modo De Pregon: Son No.2 in f#
23. Cinco Sons De Castilla, Con Toccata A Modo De Pregon: Son No.3 in D
24. Cinco Sons De Castilla, Con Toccata A Modo De Pregon: Son No.4 in b (Como Un Tiento)
25. Cinco Sons De Castilla, Con Toccata A Modo De Pregon: Son No.5 in A
26. Cinco Piezas Infantiles: Son Chicos Que Pasan
27. Cinco Piezas Infantiles: Despues De Un Cuento
28. Cinco Piezas Infantiles: Mazurka
29. Cinco Piezas Infantiles: Plegaria
30. Cinco Piezas Infantiles: Griteria Final
31. Berceuse De Printemps
32. Berceuse D'Automne
33. Air De Ballet Sur Le Nom D'Une Jeune Fille
34. El Album De Cecilia: Maria De Los Reyes (Sevillanas)
35. El Album De Cecilia: A La Jota-Jota De Las Palomas
36. El Album De Cecilia: Cancion Del Hada Rubia
37. El Album De Cecilia: Cancion Del Hada Morena
38. El Album De Cecilia: El Negrito Pepo
39. El Album De Cecilia: Borriquillos A Belan
40. Sonatina Para Dos Munecas: Empieza El Dia - Gregory Allen/Anton Nel
41. Sonatina Para Dos Munecas: Allegres Peripecias - Gregory Allen/Anton Nel
42. Sonatina Para Dos Munecas: Recogimiento - Gregory Allen/Anton Nel
43. Sonatina Para Dos Munecas: Vuelta Del Cole - Gregory Allen/Anton Nel
44. Gran Marcha De Los Subsecretarios - Gregory Allen/Anton Nel
45. Atardecer - Gregory Allen/Anton Nel
46. A L'Ombre De Torre Bermeja
47. Cuatro Piezas: Caleseras-Homenaje A Chueca
48. Cuatro Piezas: Fandango Del Ventorrillo
49. Cuatro Piezas: Plegaria De La Infanta De Castilla
50. Cuatro Piezas: Danza Valenciana
51. Cuatro Estampas Andaluzas: El Vendedor De Chanquetes
52. Cuatro Estampas Andaluzas: Crepusculo Sobre El Guadalquivir
53. Cuatro Estampas Andaluzas: Seguidillas Del Diablo
54. Cuatro Estampas Andaluzas: Barquitos De Cadiz

Product Details

• Released on: 1991-01-01
• Number of discs: 2
• Format: Import
• Dimensions: .26 pounds
• Running time: 121 minutes

From Amazon.com
This two-disc set contains all the piano music by the composer of the famous Concierto de Aranjuez. I can't understand why this music isn't better known. For light-hearted, folk-flavored Spanish entertainment music, Rodrigo is right up there with Albeniz and Granados. While you wouldn't want to play through this whole set at once, nearly everything in it (except for a few simple children's pieces) ranks very high on the entertainment scale. The Cuatro Piezas is almost guaranteed to hook you on the set. Rodrigo himself provided an enthusiastic endorsement of these performances, which I gladly second, and the recorded sound is remarkably fine. --Leslie Gerber

Customer Reviews

Obras para piano de Rodrigo
Well played by professor Allen, wonderful music.
I think that this is what is to be expected from
Maestro Rodrigo. First pieces on the first disc
sound sound a bit in the vein of Debussy, this
was so maybe because it was the style of the day,
but it may well also reflect the composer's time
in Paris, where he studied with Paul Dukas, and
was friend with the mexican composer, Manuel Ponce.
All the music in the disc is well played by professor
Allen along with music for piano 4 hands, where professor
Allen is accompanied by Anton Nel. Wonderful recording,
indeed a five stars!!!!!

Disappointing
Rodrigo. One things of the lilting, lovely Spanish melodies of Concierto de Aranjuez or Fantasia para un Gentilhombre. Even the lesser symphonic works have such charm, such appeal -- so I thought that this album of solo piano works would be startlingly good, uniquely Rodrigo. I expected light to heavy Spanish influences, fluid phrasing, even the gently dynamic and soaring crescendos. Well, expectations are rarely satisfied. In this case, the pianist plays very well. His touch is gentle, flirting at times, and he shows understanding of Rodrigo's works. But it is the works themselves, all the songs and sonatas, that are a disappointment. They don't sound like Rodrigo but a great deal like Ravel, as if the French composer were standing over Rodrigo as he wrote, correcting with his pen. There are some pretty melodies here, and some are quite relaxing so that your listening time can pass nicely and sweetly. On the other hand, there are also a good many discords that interrupt the flow and prettiness of the music. Yes, these are very much like Ravel and in places, like bad Ravel. I would recommend the pianist since he does a remarkably nice job, but the actual music is just too different from Rodrigo's normal repertoire or from any sense of Spanish culture and music.