The theme of its central adagio is as famous as that of
Ravel
's
Bolero
.
Since its creation just eighty years ago, the
Aranjuez Concerto
has been the subject of more than a hundred arrangements, the most famous of which is that of jazz trumpeter Miles Davis, in 1960. A reappropriation unauthorized, which rose to the top of the decade.
Yet what some consider the most popular work in the history of classical music almost never saw the light of day.
It all starts with a bet launched in the tone of a joke.
And which, as in any good story, was lifted glass in hand.
"In 1938, the composer Joaquin Rodrigo and his wife, who lived in France, were invited to Spain for a series of conferences
," says guitarist Thibaut Garcia, who has just recorded his own version of the concerto for Erato.
On the way back, they stop in San Sebastian at the Marquis de Bolarque, diplomat
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