Rodrigo’s Sonada de Adiós/The Sounding of Farewell (Homenaje a Paul Dukas) was written for piano in 1935. It was published the year of Dukas' death, in the French magazine Revue Musicale alongside Falla and Messaien’s homages to Dukas. I first arranged this piece in the early 2000s while still at university, and performed it frequently with my former duo partner. I can remember exploring Rodrigo's piano works in the music library, and being surprised at how many great piano pieces there were that I had never heard. His Suite for Piano is one I really like. Of course, I was looking for something that may work as a solo or duo arrangement. In any case, after many years of not playing this piece, I was visited by Tim Beattie, and the idea to record this piece was...