g, p, 1891-1982 ES, Madrid
Musician / Composer / Conductor of Classical
Federico Moreno Torroba (3 March 1891 – 12 September 1982) was a Spanish composer, conductor, and theatrical impresario. He is especially remembered for his important contributions to the classical guitar repertoire, becoming one of the leading twentieth-century composers for the instrument. He was also one of the foremost composers of zarzuelas, a form of Spanish light opera. His 1932 zarzuela, Luisa Fernanda, has proved to be enduringly popular. In addition, he composed ballets, symphonic works, and piano pieces, as well as one-act operas and one full-length opera, El poeta, which premiere in 1980, starring well-known tenor Plácido Domingo. Moreno Torroba also ran his own zarzuela company, which toured extensively, especially in Latin America.
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Title | Artist | Year | Type |
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Guitar Concertos - 2 | Federico Moreno Torroba, Pepe Romero and Vicente Coves, Orquesta de Extremadura, Manuel Coves | 2017 | Album |
Torroba - Guitar Concerto, Vol.1 - Romero; Coves | Federico Moreno Torroba | 2015 | Album |
Spanish Music For Guitar: Torroba Concerto De Castilla and Selected Solo Works | Federico Moreno Torroba, Renata Tarragó, Jesus Arambarri | 2015 | Album |
Alirio Diaz | Alirio Díaz, Jascha Horenstein, Antonio Lauro, Johann Sebastian Bach, Heitor Villa-Lobos, Agustín Barrios Mangoré, Federico Moreno Torroba, Joaquín Rodrigo | 2010 | Compil. |
Luisa Fernanda | Federico Moreno Torroba - Marcos Redondo | 2008 | Album |
Luisa Fernanda | Federico Moreno Torroba, Federico Romero, Guillermo Fernández Shaw | 2008 | Album |
Luisa Fernanda | Federico Moreno Torroba, Federico Romero, Guillermo Fernández Shaw | 2008 | Album |
Guitar Music • 1 | Federico Moreno Torroba, Ana Vidović | 2007 | Album |
Torroba - Abril - Sonatina Para Guitarra Y Orchestra, Interludio I, Interludio II, Concierto Mudéjar | Federico Moreno Torroba, Antón García Abril / Rémi Boucher, Raymond Dessaints | 2005 | Album |
Burgalesa | Graham Anthony Devine, Alessandro Marcello, Joaquín Rodrigo, Manuel María Ponce Cuéllar, Federico Moreno Torroba, Johann Sebastian Bach | 2004 | Album |
The Segovia Collection - Volume Two | Andrés Segovia, Joaquín Rodrigo, Manuel María Ponce Cuéllar, Mario Castelnuovo Tedesco, Federico Moreno Torroba, Frederic Mompou | 2002 | Compil. |
Oeuvres Pour Quatre Guitares Et Orchestre | Georges Delerue, Franz Constant, Federico Moreno Torroba, Quatuor de Guitares de Versailles | 2001 | Album |
Spanische Gitarrenmusik - Spanisch Guitar Music | Federico Moreno Torroba, Maximilian Mangold | 2000 | Album |
La Cancion Del Olvido | Jose Serrano, Federico Moreno Torroba | 1998 | Album |
Luisa Fernanda | Federico Romero, Guillermo Fernández Shaw, Federico Moreno Torroba, Ángeles Ottein, Marcos Redondo, Sélica Pérez Carpio, Faustino Arregui, Manuel Hernández, Emilio Vendrell | 1998 | Compil. |
Guitar Recital | Julian Bream, Fernando Sor, Joaquín Turina, Manuel De Falla, Heitor Villa-Lobos, Federico Moreno Torroba | 1996 | Compil. |
Concerto A Cinco / Twelve Interludes | Adam Falckenhagen, Federico Moreno Torroba – Agustín Maruri | 1994 | Album |
Guitar Music Of Villa Lobos And Torroba | Julian Bream - Heitor Villa-Lobos / Federico Moreno Torroba | 1993 | Album |
The Spanish Guitar | Alirio Díaz, Enrique Granados, Isaac Albéniz, Federico Moreno Torroba, Joaquín Rodrigo, Manuel De Falla, Joaquín Turina | 1993 | Compil. |
Maruxa | Amadeo Vives, Dolores Perez, Josefina Cubeiro, Luis Sagi-Vela, Julio Julián, Chano Gonzalo, Federico Moreno Torroba | 1992 | Album |
Guitar Concertos | Mauro Giuliani • Federico Moreno Torroba • Antonio Vivaldi / Dagoberto Linhares, Camerata Cassovia | 1992 | Album |
Luisa Fernanda | Federico Moreno Torroba | 1991 | Single |
Panorama De La Guitare Vol 4 | Federico Moreno Torroba, Graciela Pomponio, Jorge Martinez Zarate | 1991 | Album |
Luisa Fernanda (Comedia Lírica En Tres Actos) | Federico Moreno Torroba, Guillermo Fernández Shaw | 1991 | Album |
Sevilla, Ernesto Bitetti Plays Spielt Joue | Ernesto Bitetti, Isaac Albéniz, Joaquín Turina, Enrique Granados, Manuel De Falla, Federico Moreno Torroba, Francisco Tárrega, José Buenagu, Andrés Segovia | 1990 | Album |
Spanish Guitar Compositions | Joaquín Rodrigo, Federico Moreno Torroba, Manuel De Falla, Joaquín Turina, Antonio Lauro | 1990 | Compil. |
Live At Covent Garden | Placido Domingo, Giacomo Meyerbeer, Giacomo Puccini, Giuseppe Verdi, Federico Moreno Torroba, Reveriano Soutullo, Juan Vert, Johann Strauss Jr. | 1989 | Album |
The Segovia Collection, Vol. 5: Five Centuries Of The Spanish Guitar | Andrés Segovia - Luis De Milán, Luis de Narváez, Gaspar Sanz, Fernando Sor, Federico Moreno Torroba, Enrique Granados, Frederic Mompou | 1989 | Compil. |
Maruxa | Federico Moreno Torroba | 1985 | Album |
Concierto Para Una Fiesta / Concierto De Malaga | Joaquín Rodrigo / Celedonio Romero / Federico Moreno Torroba, Pepe Romero, The Academy Of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Sir Neville Marriner | 1984 | Album |
Bizet "Carmen" Suite / Falla Dances | Georges Bizet - The Romeros - Ruperto Chapí - Manuel De Falla - Federico Moreno Torroba | 1984 | Compil. |
Bizet Carmen / Falla 3 Dances | Georges Bizet - The Romeros - Ruperto Chapí - Manuel De Falla - Federico Moreno Torroba | 1984 | Album |
Les Grands D'Espagne (Volume 4) | Salvador Bacarisse, Federico Moreno Torroba, Narciso Yepes, Orquesta Filarmonía de España, Rafael Frühbeck De Burgos | 1983 | Album |
Homanaje A La Seguidilla, Guitar Concerto In D, Op. 99 | Angel Romero, Federico Moreno Torroba Conducting The English Chamber Orchestra | 1982 | Album |
Concierto Ibérico / Diálogos | Federico Moreno Torroba – The Romeros, Pepe Romero, The Academy Of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Sir Neville Marriner | 1980 | Album |
The Spanish Guitar | Alexandre Lagoya - Francisco Tárrega • Emilio Pujol • Isaac Albéniz • Federico Moreno Torroba • Joaquín Rodrigo | 1980 | Album |
Eric Hill Plays Guitar Music Of Torroba | Eric Hill Plays Guitar Music Of Federico Moreno Torroba | 1979 | Album |
Antología De La Zarzuela, Vol. 1 | Teresa Tourné, Alfredo Kraus, Pedro Lavirgen, Renato Cesari, Coros Cantores De Madrid, José Perera, Orquesta De Conciertos De Madrid, Pablo Sorozábal, Federico Moreno Torroba | 1979 | Compil. |
Antología De La Zarzuela, Vol. 2 | Pilar Lorengar, Leda Barclay, Alfredo Kraus, Pedro Lavirgen, Renato Cesari, Coros Cantores De Madrid, José Perera, Orquesta De Conciertos De Madrid, Pablo Sorozábal, Federico Moreno Torroba | 1979 | Compil. |
Luisa Fernanda | Federico Moreno Torroba - Teresa Tourné, Estrella Alsina, Pedro Lavirgen, Renato Cesari, Orquesta De Conciertos De Madrid | 1978 | Album |
La Verbena De La Paloma | Tomás Bretón, Teresa Tourné, Renato Cesari, Coros Cantores De Madrid, José Perera, Orquesta De Conciertos De Madrid, Federico Moreno Torroba | 1978 | Album |
The Classic Spanish Guitar | Alirio Díaz, Isaac Albéniz, Manuel De Falla, Enrique Granados, Miguel Llobet, Joaquín Malats, Luis De Milán, Alonso Mudarra, Luis de Narváez, Joaquín Rodrigo, Gaspar Sanz, Regino Sainz De La Maza, Domenico Scarlatti, Andrés Segovia, Fernando Sor, Francisco Tárrega, Federico Moreno Torroba, Joaquín Turina, Heitor Villa-Lobos | 1977 | Album |
La Zarzuela - Antologia Lirica Vol.2 (1897 - 1904) | Federico Moreno Torroba | 1974 | Album |
Gigantes Y Cabezudos | Manuel Fernández Caballero, Isabel Rivas, Carlo Del Monte, Federico Moreno Torroba | 1973 | Album |
Preludios E Intermedios de Zarzuela Vol. 3 | Federico Moreno Torroba | 1972 | Album |
Luisa Fernanda | Federico Moreno Torroba / Federico Romero / Guillermo Fernández Shaw - Marcos Redondo / Sélica Pérez Carpio / Faustino Arregui | 1971 | Album |
Zarzuela - La Bruja / La Caramba | Ruperto Chapí, Federico Moreno Torroba / Coro Lirico De Madrid and the Agrupación Sinfónica "La Zarzuela" | 1971 | Album |
Luisa Fernanda | Federico Moreno Torroba, Federico Romero, Guillermo Fernández Shaw, Luis Sagi-Vela, Lily Berchman, Isabel Penagos, Miguel Sierra, Coros de Radio Nacional de España, Orquesta de Cámara de Madrid, Ricardo Estevarena | 1971 | Album |
Concerto De Castille / Concerto En Flamenco | Federico Moreno Torroba / Sabicas | 1970 | Album |
Spanish Music For Guitar - Torroba: Concerto De Castilla And Selected Solo Works | Federico Moreno Torroba - Renata Tarragó - Orquesta De Conciertos De Madrid, Jesus Arambarri | 1967 | Album |
Luisa Fernanda | Federico Romero, Guillermo Fernández Shaw, Federico Moreno Torroba, Teresa Berganza, Maria Rosa Del Campo, Julián Molina, Antonio Blancas, Coros Cantores De Madrid, Orquesta Nacional De España, Rafael Frühbeck De Burgos | 1967 | Album |
Homenaje A La Seguidilla / Concertino En La Menor | Rafael Frühbeck De Burgos / Narciso Yepes / Federico Moreno Torroba / Salvador Bacarisse / Orquesta Filarmonía de España | 1966 | Album |
La Chulapona | Federico Moreno Torroba, Federico Romero, Guillermo Fernández Shaw - Orfeón Donostiarra, Gran Orquesta Sinfónica, Rafael Frühbeck De Burgos | 1964 | Album |
Famous Guitar Compositions | Luise Walker, Ludovico Roncalli, Domenico Scarlatti, Fernando Sor, Guido Santórsola, Heitor Villa-Lobos, Federico Moreno Torroba, Jan Anton Van Hoek | 1963 | Album |
Concierto En Flamenco For Guitar And Orchestra | Federico Moreno Torroba - Sabicas | 1962 | Album |
Concierto De Castilla For Guitar And Orchestra (A First Recording) Plus A Tarragó Guitar Recital | Renata Tarragó Spain´s Distinguished Guitarist, Federico Moreno Torroba, Orquesta De Conciertos De Madrid, Jesus Arambarri | 1962 | Album |
Luisa Fernanda | Federico Romero - Guillermo Fernández Shaw / Federico Moreno Torroba Principales Interpretes: María de los Ángeles Morales, Fuensanta Solá, Manuel Ausensi, Carlos Munguía y Gran Orquesta Sinfónica Director: Ataúlfo Argenta | 1962 | Album |
Europe's Great Torroba And His Strings Play The Best Of The Broadway Musical Hits | Federico Moreno Torroba | 1960 | Album |
La Marchenera | Federico Moreno Torroba, Ricardo González Del Toro, Fernando Luque, Pilar Lorengar, Conchita Balparda, Carlos Munguía, Manuel Ausensi, Gran Orquesta Sinfónica, Coros Cantores De Madrid | 1960 | Album |
Ay La | Federico Moreno Torroba | 1959 | Single |
Bull Ring Pasodobles | Federico Moreno Torroba Conducting | 1958 | Album |
Espana Tiene Un Jardin | Federico Moreno Torroba | 1958 | Single |
La Gran Via - Agua Azucarillos Aguardiente | Federico Chueca, Agrupación Sinfónica "La Zarzuela", Federico Moreno Torroba | 1955 | Album |
Spanish Guitar Recital Vol.1 And 2 | Vicente Gomez - Francisco Callejo - Federico Moreno Torroba - Fernando Sor | 1952 | Album |
Arada And Danza / Fandanguillo | Federico Moreno Torroba / Joaquín Turina / Andrés Segovia | 1950 | Album |
Zarzuelas | Rafael Frühbeck De Burgos, Federico Moreno Torroba | Album | |
Concerto De Castille / Concerto En Flamenco | Federico Moreno Torroba / Sabicas | Album | |
Maria Manuela | Guillermo Fernández Shaw, Federico Moreno Torroba | Album | |
La Marchenera | Gonzales Del Toro, Antonio Luque, Federico Moreno Torroba, Coros Cantores De Madrid | Album | |
Konzert für Gitarre und Orchester E-dur / Suite Nr. 3 A-dur / Musik für Gitarre | Andrés Segovia, Luigi Boccherini, Gaspar Cassadó, Johann Sebastian Bach, Dionisio Aguado, Fernando Sor, Sylvius Leopold Weiss, Manuel María Ponce Cuéllar, Federico Moreno Torroba, Óscar Esplá | Album | |
Amor, Amor: The Love Songs Of Spain... | Federico Moreno Torroba | Album | |
El Caserio | Orquesta Lírica Española, Coros Cantores De Madrid, Federico Moreno Torroba | Album | |
Pasodobles Toreros | Federico Moreno Torroba | Single | |
4 In The Afternoon (Bull Ring Pasodobles) | Federico Moreno Torroba, Banda De Pasodobles de Madrid | Album | |
The Song Of Spain | Consuelo Rubio, Federico Moreno Torroba | Album | |
Espana Alegre | Federico Moreno Torroba | Single | |
Music Of The Bullfight | Federico Moreno Torroba | Album | |
La Violetera | Federico Moreno Torroba | Single | |
Tangos y Pasodobles | Federico Moreno Torroba | Album | |
Musique Populaire Espagnole | Rafael Ferrer, Federico Moreno Torroba, Orquesta Sinfónica Española | Album | |
Zarzuela - La Bruja / La Caramba | Ruperto Chapí, Federico Moreno Torroba / Coro Lirico De Madrid and the Agrupación Sinfónica "La Zarzuela" | Album | |
Andrès Segovia | Andrés Segovia - Girolamo Frescobaldi, Mario Castelnuovo Tedesco, Alberto Ponce, Jean-Philippe Rameau, Alexandre Tansman, Federico Moreno Torroba | Album | |
Zarzuela - Themes From Light Spanish Classics | Orquesta De Conciertos De Madrid Directed And Arranged By Federico Moreno Torroba | Album | |
Luisa Fernanda - Maravilla | Agrupación Sinfónica "La Zarzuela", Federico Moreno Torroba | Album |
Federico Moreno Torroba Jr. |