# Concierto de Aranjuez: Adagio guitar solo > The guitar solo on Concierto de Aranjuez: Adagio by Paco de Lucía (1991). Watch from the solo, with tab and lesson links. A flamenco classic from the 1990s. Canonical URL: Paco de Lucía, 1991. Solo by *Paco de Lucía*. Rodrigo's concerto played by a flamenco guitarist, with the famous slow movement given a flamenco phrasing. Joaquín Rodrigo's Concierto de Aranjuez is a cornerstone of the classical guitar repertoire, and Paco de Lucía's recording brings a flamenco guitarist's instincts to it. In the famous Adagio, his phrasing carries a flamenco sense of tension and release, with ornaments and a rhythmic edge that classical players usually smooth away. The tone is warm but more direct than a classical interpretation. The recording divided purists but offered a new way to hear a much-loved melody. Listen for how he shapes the slow, sorrowful theme with a slightly harder attack, giving the familiar tune a rawer emotional quality. Concierto de Aranjuez: Adagio by Paco de Lucía is featured in our Flamenco (#7) list. The solo is played by Paco de Lucía and the song was released in 1991. ## In our lists - [The 25 Greatest Flamenco Guitar Recordings](https://greatestsolos.com/list/flamenco/) — #7 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Concierto de Aranjuez: Adagio? Paco de Lucía played the solo on Paco de Lucía's Concierto de Aranjuez: Adagio (1991). --- GreatestSolos ranks the greatest guitar solos by consensus across published lists. Agent guide: [llms.txt](https://greatestsolos.com/llms.txt) · [Sitemap](https://greatestsolos.com/sitemap.xml) · [Dataset (CSV)](https://greatestsolos.com/data/greatest-guitar-solos.csv) · [How we rank](https://greatestsolos.com/method/)