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Torroba: Guitar Concertos Vol 1 / Romero, Coves

Torroba / Romero / Coves / Malaga Phil Release Date: 01/13/2015
Label: Naxos Catalog #: 573255 Spars Code: DDD
Composer:  Federico Moreno-Torroba Performer:  Pepe Romero ,  Vicente Coves Conductor:  Manuel Coves Orchestra/Ensemble:  Malaga Philharmonic Orchestra Number of Discs: 1
Recorded in: Stereo Length: 1 Hours 17 Mins.


Federico Moreno Torroba (1891-1982) is known today for billions of little guitar pieces that dot just about every Spanish guitar collection. You might assume from this that he was either a composer of little consequence, or one of those guys who lived forever but wrote only a tiny amount of music. He was neither. In Spain he is best known as the composer of Luisa Fernanda (1932), one of the greatest and most popular of Zarzuelas. You might call it the “West Side Story” of Spain. He also wrote operas and concert works, including ten concerted pieces for guitar and orchestra, all of which Naxos proposes to record in this new series.

Now I have to confess, the very thought of more guitar Read more