What is also remarkable about this talented man is that at the age of three, he became blind through illness.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joaqu%C3%ADn_Rodrigo
He never really learned to play the guitar himself, yet he was still capable of composing arguably the finest and best known guitar works.
While the Concierto de Aranjuez is obviously his best known work, here is something I came across earlier this year: the Concieto Andaluz. Here is just the first movement, which is often played by Marty Whelan on Lyric FM in the morning.
I believe this is a youth orchestra from Taiwan. There are other versions up on YouTube, but I think the sound quality is better here.
2 comments:
Good to see you posting again, Brendan!
Though I might have heard this before this was my first time ti listen to it. A lovely work. A pity the final chord was cut of a second or two too soon.
Last week I came across some videos of a young Venezuelan conductor, Gustavo Dudamel. He's well worth googling.
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