Rodrigo – Concierto de Aranjuez, pt. 2 – Dimitri Illarionov & FX Quartet

== Dimitri Illarionov (Russia) and FX Quartet performing Second movement, Adagio, from ’Concierto de Aranjuez’ by Joaquin Rodrigo. Live concert at Philarmonia 2, Moscow, Russia December 7th, 2019 Video by Guitar Magazine == The second movement, the best-known of the three, is marked by its slow pace and quiet melody, introduced by the cor anglais, with a soft accompaniment by the guitar and strings. A feeling of quiet regret permeates the piece. Ornamentation is added gradually to the melody in the beginning. An off-tonic trill in the guitar creates the first seeds of tension in the piece; they grow and take hold, but relax back to the melody periodically. Eventually, a climactic build-up starts. This breaks back into the main melody, molto appassionato, voiced by the strings with accompaniment from the woodwinds. The piece finally resolves to a calm arpeggio from the guitar, though it is the strings in the background rather than the guitar’s final note that resolve the piece. On