Word: argenta
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...complete evening of Spanish music, appropriately devoted to Granada's adopted composer, Manuel de Falla, and one of Spanish dance. But for visitors from other lands the festival had a real surprise: the performance of Madrid's 13-year-old National Orchestra and its conductor, Ataulfo Argenta. The son of a Santander stationmaster, Argenta, 39, made a living as a coffeehouse pianist for a while, then studied in Germany before taking over the Madrid radio orchestra in 1946. There he did so well (80 concerts in one year) that the bid to the National Orchestra followed quickly. Under...
Music of Spain (Chamber Orchestra of Madrid conducted by Ataulfo Argenta; Montilla). Overtures from Spanish light operas by such composers as Gerónimo Giménez, Ruperto Chapi, Enrique Granados, Pablo Luna. The music is light and atmospheric, well played and smoothly recorded...