Concierto de Aranjuez

Album by Joaquín Rodrigo & Julian Bream & Monteverdi Orchestra & Sir John Eliot Gardiner

Concierto de Aranjuez is a concerto for classical guitar and orchestra by Spanish composer Joaquín Rodrigo, composed in 1939 and first performed in 1940. The work blends Spanish folk-inflected melodies and orchestral colour with a lyrical slow movement and lively outer movements, and it became a central piece in the 20th-century classical guitar repertoire that established Rodrigo's international reputation.