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Excellent Rodrigo compendium.

Manuel Lopez (malopez@email.msn.com | Cambridge, MA | 09/20/1999

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This is great music, with great performances, on a very good recording. (I disagree with the other online reviewer--to me the soloists sound crisp and rich.)"

A great introduction to Rodrigo!

brtherjohn | Orange County, CA | 02/10/2004

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I had much of this material on vinyl, and it's great to have these packaged on 4 full budget-priced CDs. The sound is quite acceptable, although a little bright, which was common for early digital recordings from the 80's. But, they're otherwise clear and full. There are better recordings of the guitar concertos (which is a crowded field), but they hold up fairly well - and are better than Batiz' rerecordings of the some of the guitar concertos he did some 10 years ago on ASV.
The other concertos are quite nice as well. Distinctively Rodrigo-esque!
Anyone interested in this set will want to invest in Batiz' more recent survey with his Mexican State Orchestra of Rodrigo works.
Highly recommended!"

Batiz dirige obras de Rodrigo

P. Alvarez | Killeen, Texas United States | 11/14/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Antes que el sello Naxos grabara las obras de Rodrigo,

estaba esta grabaccion, la que era y aun es recomendada.

Batiz es un gran exponente de la musica de Rodrigo,

aclamado por el mismo compositor, Batiz dirige las

obras de Rodrigo con claridad, y a la vez mantiene

las obras con el espiritu original que el compositor

expresa. En esta grabaccion el maestro Batiz dirige

tres orquestas:la Royal Philharmonic, London Symphony;

y Orquesta Sinfonica del Estado de Mexico. Los

unicos conciertos que aqui no aparecen son: Concierto

para una Fiesta, y Concierto como un Divertimento.

Una grabaccion de recomendaccion maxima..."